Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Dixon, Dr. John, Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper – A Celebration of Blues and Soul (2014)
A years-long labor of love helps save a key piece of musical, not political, history.
Archive for May, 2014
Bobby Avey – Authority Melts From Me (2014)
There have been times in the recent history of jazz when I thought that the MuseumAuthority™ would win out. You May Also Like: Bobby Avey – Inhuman Wilderness (2016) Ben Monder, Tony Malaby + Tom Rainey – ‘Live At the 55 Bar’ (2021) David Ake – Humanities (2018)
Something Else! sneak peek: Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook, “Everybody Sometimes” (2014)
Smaller scale than your average Squeeze single, though no less charming, Glenn Tilbrook’s “Everybody Sometimes” doesn’t try to do too much You May Also Like: No related posts.
WTF?! Wednesdays: Peter Brotzmann and Nasheet Waits Duo at UMass Amherst (2005)
We were sitting about 70 feet away and the amount of sound coming from that man’s horn … unamplified … was kind of scary. I don’t know how he does it.
Ralph Bowen – Standard Deviation (2014)
If straight-up mainstream jazz is what you crave, you can’t go wrong with Ralph Bowen. Standard Deviation is a solid execution of the form from beginning to end.
Lindsey Buckingham says rejuvenated Christine McVie is firing up Fleetwood Mac: ‘The priority was to work on her stuff’
Lindsey Buckingham is taking fans inside the recording of Fleetwood Mac’s forthcoming studio effort, its first with Christine McVie, Buckingham and Stevie Nicks since 1987’s Tango in the Night. You May Also Like: No related posts.
‘The FDA has granted her access’: Ailing wife of Sammy Hagar drummer cleared for critical therapy
Costs for treatment continue to skyrocket, so a pay-per-view concert broadcast has been scheduled featuring Sammy Hagar, members of Night Ranger and others.
Old Crow Medicine Show, “Sweet Amarillo” (2014): Something Else! sneak peek
“Sweet Amarillo” brings Old Crow Medicine Show back to their roots, while reminding us of what country music used to be – and what it could be again.
Natalie Merchant – Natalie Merchant (2014)
Natalie Merchant offers an album full of distilled thoughts, easily the most intense collection of her solo career.
Traffic – ‘The Best Of Traffic’ (1969): On Second Thought
How good was Traffic? So good that the band from Birmingham, England warranted this album only two years after getting together.
