Archive for August, 2014

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One Track Mind: Johnny Butler, “Macaroni Dip” (2014)

Earlier this year, outlier saxophonist Johnny Butler made an EP titled Raise It Up, pulling most everything from the pantry and throwing it into a logic board-laden blender. You May Also Like: Sam Butler – Raise Your Hands! (2015)

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Billy Sherwood’s new all-star tribute to the Beatles: Something Else! sneak peek

Listen in as Ann Wilson of Heart takes on “Across the Universe” from ‘Let It Be.’

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Mud Morganfield + Kim Wilson – For Pops [A Tribute to Muddy Waters] (2014)

The late Muddy Waters is in the blood, soul and heart of Mud Morganfield.

Gimme Five: Overlooked Albums by Bad Company, Genesis, Husker Du, others

Gimme Five: Overlooked Albums by Bad Company, Genesis, Husker Du, others

Call this one: A Trip to St. Cecilia’s Orphanage for Homeless Albums.

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Jon Herington chooses his favorite Steely Dan guitar solo: ‘So melodic, and the sound is fantastic’

“They hired so many amazing players,” he says. But which one was best?

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Farmers By Nature – Love And Ghosts (2014)

This improvised music supergroup is truly a democratic musical commune.

'Two individual artists working together': Actually, they were never really 'Hall and Oates'

‘Two individual artists working together’: Actually, they were never really ‘Hall and Oates’

Turns out, Hall and Oates were hinting at solo careers to come from the first.

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The Road Hammers – Wheels (2014)

Forget about the genre this album is supposed – or not supposed – to be.

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Something Else! sneak peek: MoeTar, “Regression to the Mean” from Entropy of the Century (2014)

Does a song have to be repetitive and elementary to work? MoeTar says: No.

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The Doughboys, “The Tears of a Clown” (2014): One Track Mind

Covering Motown classics can be awfully risky, but you can always trust the Doughboys to do things right.