Emerson Lake and Palmer’s “Endless Enigma,” “Take a Pebble” + Others: Deep Cuts
For a trio whose biggest single barely scratched the Top 40, Emerson Lake and Palmer still came to be associated with several key moments. Let’s go deeper.
Archive for June 25th, 2013
Amon Amarth – ‘Deceiver of the Gods’ (2013)
To not like Amon Amarth is to not like heavy metal? I wish I’d written that, because I wholeheartedly concur.
Almost Hits: The Cars, “Since You’re Gone” (1981)
This is, even more so than the title track hit from 1981’s Shake It Up, the exact midpoint between the harder-edged new wave of the Cars’ classic 1978 debut and the sleek MTV smash Heartbeat City still to come. You May Also Like: Todd Rundgren jumpstarted the New Cars’ surprisinglyRead More
New Prog Collective features more final recordings from Yes’ Peter Banks: ‘Special meaning, now and forever’
Billy Sherwood, fresh off a stint in the reconstituted Alan Parsons Project, has completed work on Epilogue — the second Prog Collective effort. Parsons will be featured on this new album, as well as several current and former members of Yes. You May Also Like: The Prog Collective – ‘WorldsRead More
John Scofield – Überjam Deux (2013)
Überjam was the most contemporary music John Scofield had made in a richly varied, artistically meaningful and just plain enjoyable career in jazz over these last forty years; only fellow guitarist Pat Metheny can point to a more impressive body of work over that time. You May Also Like: JohnRead More
