Why Yes Completed ‘Heaven and Earth’ Without Roy Thomas Baker: ‘All Fair in Love and War’
Roy Thomas Baker earlier helmed failed Yes sessions prior to 1980’s ‘Drama.’
Archive for September, 2014
Robert Plant – Lullaby and … the Ceaseless Roar (2014)
Plant’s new album gives no quarter to his oldest fans’ built-in expectations.
‘Uh, don’t touch our masters’: The controversy surrounding the Eagles’ first No. 1 song
Don Henley became so infuriated that he came up with an ingenious plan.
Matthew Shipp – I’ve Been To Many Places (2014)
Not content to draw inspiration only from his influences, Shipp finds the insight for his music from himself, an earlier version of himself as interpreted by today’s version.
J.D. Souther, “I’ll Be Here At Closing Time” (2008): One Track Mind
Souther is one of the best in the business at telling stories, period.
Toto and Michael McDonald, August 29, 2014: Shows I’ll Never Forget
Toto just seems to get better with age – and Michael McDonald held his own.
On Second Thought: The Above – The Above (2010)
This Brooklyn five-piece races down Carnaby Street, circa 1966.
One Track Mind: Grace Marino, “Don’t Say It’s Gone” (2014)
Poppy enough to rocket up the charts, yet unique enough to warrant individuality.
Vinnie Sperrazza – Apocryphal (2014)
Yes, ‘Apocryphal’ is ethereal, an adjective that might be overused a tad, but it’s all about the way Vinnie Sperrazza and his three accomplices give the music that quality. It puts Sperrazza’s formal debut in a far corner of jazz that’s rarely occupied with so much moxie.
