‘It just popped up’: Roger McGuinn on the Byrds’ happenstance beginnings
Slowly, but surely, something magical was happening.
Archive for August, 2014
One Track Mind: Keith Richards and Friends, “Words of Wonder/Get Up Stand Up” (2014)
This charity single deftly combines a Richards deep cut with a reggae classic.
Ricardo Tejero/Marco Serrato/Borja Díaz – Sputnik Trio (2014)
ree-form jazz doesn’t need to go on for mind-numbingly lengths if the musicians know what they’re doing. The Sputnik Trio have this all figured out.
Steely Dan Sunday, “Mr. Sam” (1975, unreleased)
It’s everything one would expect from a song of the mid-Jurassic period of Steely Dan.
Interstatic – Arise (2014)
The rougher edges of the guttural ‘Arise’ revisits the period when jazz and rock collisions created explosive music and rekindles the old magic with new vigor.
The Beatles, “I’ll Cry Instead,” A Hard Day’s Night (1964): Deep Beatles
This song shows where John Lennon would go as a Beatle, and as a solo artist.
Bobby Broom – My Shining Hour (2014)
Steely Dan opening act Bobby Broom releases a terrific set of jazz standards.
Bruce Springsteen road songs, including ‘Thunder Road,’ ‘Racing in the Street,’ ‘Born to Run,’ others: Gimme Five
He uses these metaphors as a foundation for deeply revealing character studies.
One Track Mind: Peter Frampton, “Friendly Fire” from Hummingbird In A Box (2014)
A song as topical as it is musically complex.
Exclusive stream: Zebrina with Ben Goldberg, “The Desert Speaks” from Hamidbar Medaber (2014)
This Miles-meets-Mosada alchemy offers Interesting new twists.
