Jackson Browne, “The Birds of St. Marks” from ‘Standing in the Breach’ (2014): One Track Mind
Jackson Browne explores a Byrds-ian jangle on this full-band version of a song for Nico that’s been laying around since 1970.
Archive for August 18th, 2014
Fire! Orchestra directed by Mats Gustafsson – Enter (2014)
A prog-leaning album that is noisy, experimental and brave.
Gimme Five: Garage Sailing Part II, with Traffic, Emerson Lake and Palmer, the Who and others
Finding cool old CDs on sale is great. Just don’t get the greedy eye.
Dead Earth Politics – The Queen of Steel EP (2014)
They had me at “Redneck Dragonslayer.”
One Track Mind: John Mellencamp, “Troubled Man” from Plain Spoken (2014)
A canny combination of the Mellencamp of old and the Mellencamp of today.
Something Else! sneak peek: Wadada Leo Smith, “Lake Superior” from The Great Lakes Suites (2014)
Wadada Leo Smith and his band of free jazz icons show the young guys how it’s done.
