Archive for 2012

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Gimme Five: Overlooked jazz guitar recordings by Pat Martino, John McLaughlin, others

Here’s my look at jazz guitar records that didn’t get their due. You May Also Like: How John McLaughlin’s First 4th Dimension Album Brought Things Back in Focus John McLaughlin’s Shakti – ‘This Moment’ (2023)

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Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters – Bikers Welcome Ladies Drink Free (2012)

Ever ask yourself what Al Jourgensen, main man of industrial metal pioneers Ministry, would sound like if he decided to go country? Yeah, me either. You May Also Like: Esquire featuring Nikki Squire, “Ministry of Life” (2016): One Track Mind Wilco (The Album) echoed, but didn’t quite live up toRead More

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Bill Medley – 100 Percent/Soft and Soulful (1968/69; 2012 reissue)

Bill Medley’s first forays into a solo career upon leaving the Righteous Brothers have been lost to the digital age, until now. You May Also Like: Soft Machine – ‘Live at the Baked Potato’ (2020) Soft Works – ‘Abracadabra in Osaka’ (2020)

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Something Else! sneak peek: Andrew Bird, "Eyeoneye" (2012)

Here’s a sneak peek at “Eyeoneye,” the lead single from Andrew Bird’s forthcoming release Break It Yourself, to be issued March 6 via Mom + Pop. Recorded inside a barn owned by Bird in western Illinois, it’s the singer-songwriter’s first project since Noble Beast in 2009. You May Also Like:Read More

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Crosby and Nash, Lucinda Williams, Tom Morello, Warren Haynes, Willie Nelson, others contribute to Occupy Wall Street benefit album

An impressive amalgam of musical stars has banded together to aid the Occupy Wall Street movement through the benefit project Occupy This Album — subtitled “A Compilation of Music By, For and Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the 99%.” You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Norman Greenbaum talks legendary smash 'Spirit in the Sky,' set for rare live performance

Norman Greenbaum, more than 40 years after penning the seminal gospel-rock hit “Spirit in the Sky,” is set for a return to the the stage — appearing as a guest with the band Time in Bottle at The Last Day Saloon near his home in Santa Rosa, Calif., on FebruaryRead More

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Neil Young reportedly at work on a new studio project with Crazy Horse

Neil Young, in a Sunday talk at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, revealed that he has been recording with Crazy Horse again, according to Neil Young News. You May Also Like: How Neil Young’s Complex, Hypnotic ‘Greendale’ Revived the Concept Album

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Jeff Lorber Fusion – Galaxy (2012)

Keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger and bandleader Jeff Lorber has been propagating fusion jazz for so long, the term “Jeff Lorber Fusion” seems almost redundant. You May Also Like: Jeff Lorber Fusion – Prototype (2017) Jeff Lorber Fusion – Impact (2018)

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The Doors – L.A. Woman: 40th Anniversary Edition (1971; 2012 reissue)

If people thought the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were radical, they were probably stunned to the core by the Doors. Although the Los Angeles band arrived at a time, in 1966 to be exact, when rock music was rapidly expanding beyond its traditional format, they pushed the envelope toRead More

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Abigail Riccards – Soft Rains Fall (2011)

When I first listened to Chicago-based jazz singer Abigail Riccards I had that strange and wonderful feeling of temporarily “forgetting who I was.” This is the kind of power that music can have You May Also Like: No related posts.