A Halloween treat: Bob Dylan at Philharmonic Hall, New York City, October 31, 1964
Bob Dylan gave this concert 50 years ago tonight, and it still resonates.
Archive for October, 2014
The Big Reveal: On movie plot points that change everything
Mike Tiano discusses a film sub-genre where everything is not as it seems.
Will Queen record with Adam Lambert next?: ‘I think it would be very interesting’
Queen’s Roger Taylor discusses the possibility of a studio collaboration with Adam Lambert.
Huntertones, “Theme from Jurassic Park” (2014): One Track Mind
The Huntertones, née The Dan White Sextet, lean on trombonist Chris Ott’s arranging magic to give another cinematic song a swift, hard-bop kick in the pants.
Bruce Springsteen, “Incident on 57th Street” (1973): Deep Cuts
How you can pen such a profound and meaningful song in your early 20s, as Bruce Springsteen does here?
Bud Powell – Live At The Blue Note Café, Paris 1961 (2014 reissue)
Perhaps not quite as amazing as his fabled sides for Blue Note Records, but Bud Powell’s ‘Live At The Blue Note Café, Paris 1961’ is plenty good enough to make any jazzbo wish they’d have been there.
Aerial – Why Don’t They Teach Heartbreak at School? (2014)
Tingling and trembling with style and substance, Aerial’s ‘Why Don’t They Teach Heartbreak at School?’ is a power-pop epic.
Eric Bibb – Blues People (2014)
Eric Bibb’s civil rights blues manifesto ‘Blues People’ is poignant, and also entertaining.
‘Hydra’ may be the best Toto album you’ve never heard: ‘That’s a cult classic!’
Released 35 years ago today, ‘Hydra’ showed the full breadth of what Toto could do. It’s influencing their new album, too.
Flying Colors, “A Place in Your World” from Second Nature (2014): One Track Mind
Flying Colors is a group loaded with talent, but in need of a rejiggering of priorities toward its own embedded prog-pop sensibilities.
