Archive for March 5th, 2014

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One Track Mind: Deep Purple’s Don Airey with Gary Moore, “Mini Suite” from Keyed Up (2014)

Don Airey, who had a vibrant career of his own prior to Deep Purple, has provided a ringing farewell for his old bandmate Gary Moore — with a final assist from the too-soon-gone guitarist himself. You May Also Like: Ian Gillan picks the classic track Deep Purple should play: ‘ItRead More

Benmont Tench Remembers Difficult First Session With Bob Dylan: 'He Proceeded to Leave'

Benmont Tench Remembers Difficult First Session With Bob Dylan: ‘He Proceeded to Leave’

Benmont Tench had seen success with Tom Petty, had been part of several hits. Then came a memorable session with Bob Dylan.

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‘We ended up going down some cul-de-sacs’: On David Gilmour’s experimental first projects with Pink Floyd

David Gilmour joined Pink Floyd as the band was completing its final recording with original frontman Syd Barrett. But 1968’s Saucerful of Secrets didn’t herald a new direction, so much as the beginning of a long period of experimentation. You May Also Like: Nick Mason on the moment Pink FloydRead More

The Zombies - The Zombies (1965): Forgetten Series

The Zombies – The Zombies (1965): Forgetten Series

‘The Zombies’ finds the band handling jazz, pop, soul, and beat music with an instinctive maturity. The roots of progressive rock begin here!

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Noah Baerman – Ripples (2014)

Noah Baerman plays piano, organ, slide guitar and sings a little. He leads a trio, a chamber octet, a duet, a quartet of singers, a two-sax/vibes quintet, and an assortment of combinations of these ensembles. He composes for every shade of jazz from greasy soul-jazz to Third Stream. And heRead More

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Ringo Starr begins work on a new studio album, with Toto’s Steve Lukather on board

Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, a current member of Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band, tells us he wrote a song for this as-yet-unnamed album.

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‘If I never do it again, that’s OK’: Adrian Belew dives into ProjeKCt work, with no King Crimson regrets

The Crimson ProjeKCt, a Robert Fripp-approved King Crimson offshoot group, begins its new tour today in Tel Aviv — even as the mothership band is set to restart featuring two of the ProjeKCt’s stalwart members. You May Also Like: King Crimson moved far afield on Discipline, but didn’t forget itsRead More

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‘They keep pulling me back in!’: Yes reunion in the works for 1990s-era member Billy Sherwood

Billy Sherwood, who worked with Yes as a touring musician, studio mixer, producer and then as a full-time member across the 1990s, has returned to the fold as a second engineer on their on-going new studio project. You May Also Like: Billy Sherwood + Tony Kaye and Chris Squire, “TheRead More

WTF?! Wednesdays: Dave Seidel, "Accretion" (2014)

WTF?! Wednesdays: Dave Seidel, “Accretion” (2014)