Archive for November, 2013

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The Friday Morning Listen: Keith Jarrett – No End (2013)

Discovering that Keith Jarrett could play the guitar was a little like finding out that Bob Dylan could speak coherently. Wait, what? You May Also Like: Keith Jarrett Returned to His Strengths on ‘Testament Paris/London’ Noah Haidu – ‘Slowly: Song For Keith Jarrett’ (2021)

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Howe Gelb – The Coincidentalist (2013)

Avant-garde and alternative folk-rock twanger Howe Gelb, who also serves as the leader of Giant Sand and godfather of the Tucson music scene, is alternately gruff and sweet on this new project. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Mick Turner – Don’t Tell the Driver (2013)

With Don’t Tell the Driver, Mick Turner presents a vocal and instrumental song cycle focusing on loss and the passage of time. You May Also Like: ‘Bachman and Turner’ Resurrected the Spirit of Bachman-Turner Overdrive How Bachman-Turner Overdrive Pushed Back Against Prog With ‘Not Fragile’ Ruby Turner – ‘Love WasRead More

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‘We may have had the first ever’: Did Hall and Oates make history with 1981’s ‘Kiss On My List’?

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees Hall and Oates are known for 34 charting hits, making them the most successful duo ever. John Oates says they may have made another kind of history, too. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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‘Got That Something!’ by Allan Kozinn (2013): Books

Many books, articles, and documentaries have analyzed the Beatles’ music, often focusing on their work from Rubber Soul through Let It Be. Their early work is overlooked or seen as “simplistic” You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Keith Jarrett – No End (2013)

Coming from a very prominent jazz and classical pianist who famously disparaged modern, plugged-in instruments at the height of the fusion era, this is quite a revelation. You May Also Like: Keith Jarrett Returned to His Strengths on ‘Testament Paris/London’ Why Keith Jarrett’s Reunion With Charlie Haden on ‘Jasmine’ WasRead More

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Something Else! sneak peek: Red Dragon Cartel, “Feeder” from Red Dragon Cartel (2014)

Since the death of vocalist Ray Gillen and the end of Badlands, we haven’t heard much from Jake E. Lee. You May Also Like: Jake Hertzog – Well Lit Shadow (2016)

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‘We liked them’: You won’t believe this dead-on Rush imitation from Kiss’ Gene Simmons

When Rush opened for Kiss in 1974-75, one of them was the biggest band in the world and the other had Geddy Lee on vocals. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Arcade Fire – Reflektor (2013)

Montreal’s Arcade Fire tables their most ambitious record yet with Reflektor, a sprawling two-disc outing that pushes through an oft-irreverent 75 or so minutes with transcendent confidence. You May Also Like: Richard Turgeon, “Fire Drill” (2021): One Track Mind LCD Soundsystem, Aug. 5, 2016: Shows I’ll Never Forget The CrazyRead More

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‘We love good songs’: Graham Nash, David Crosby couldn’t wait to work again with Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour

Remember 1987? That year, within a span of a few months, David Gilmour’s edition of Pink Floyd released a new album on the heels of a tandem Roger Waters solo effort. You May Also Like: No related posts.