Archive for February, 2015

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Jimmy Page, “A Minor Sketch” from Sound Tracks (2015): One Track Mind

A long-awaited new Jimmy Page album is being promised. Until then, we’re left with table scraps from a feast that’s somehow never been served.

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Steve Cropper explains his in-the-moment genius: ‘I don’t practice! We don’t do that!’

Steve Cropper’s life-long success as a sideman, songwriter and producer hasn’t come from spending endless hours in the woodshed. In fact, far from it.

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Aram Bajakian, Music Inspired by ‘The Color of Pomegranates’ (2015): Sneak peek

Aram Bajakian consistently finds inspiration for his music from places few or no one else thinks to look. This time, he’s making a new soundtrack for an old, classic film made in the former Soviet Union.

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Steve Earle, “The Tennessee Kid” from Terraplane (2015): One Track Mind

You can’t dig too deeply into blues, as Steve Earle is doing these days, without a teeth-splintering clang of your shovel against Robert Johnson’s legend.

Matthew Shipp Trio - To Duke (2015)

Matthew Shipp Trio – To Duke (2015)

‘To Duke’ is a madly clever tribute to Duke Ellington from the Matthew Shipp Trio.

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Florence + the Machine, “What Kind Of Man” from How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)

Florence + the Machine follows an introductory video of sweeping expectancy with something that provides a more detailed sense of what’s ahead.

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Colin Webster, Andrew Lisle + Alex Ward – Red Kite (2015)

‘Red Kite,’ the debut album by the London-based trio of Colin Webster, Andrew Lisle and Alex Ward, unfolds as an exercise in brilliant extremes.

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Micky Dolenz discusses the Monkees’ Hall of Fame chances: ‘I’ve never been too bothered by it’

With the 50th anniversary of the Monkees’ TV show nearing in 2016, is it finally time for a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nod? Mickey Dolenz weighs in.

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Steve Hackett goes deep on Genesis, solo work and GTR: ‘It was a fusion of influences’

In honor of his 65th birthday today, we returned with Steve Hackett to Genesis, his ever-inventive solo career and the one-off supergroup GTR.

Boz Scaggs, "Last Tango on 16th Street" from A Fool to Care (2015): One Track Mind

Boz Scaggs, “Last Tango on 16th Street” from A Fool to Care (2015): One Track Mind

Box Scaggs’ new wistfully urbane interpretation of “Last Tango on 16th Street” is about more than Mission Street atmospherics.