Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, “I’ll Be There” (2015): One Track Mind
When others are building newfound fame around your essential disco vibe, it’s time for a return in full. And that’s just what Chic has done.
Archive for March 22nd, 2015
Tommy Shaw – The Great Divide (2011): On Second Thought
Bluegrass, I like. Tommy Shaw, I like. But together? You couldn’t help but wonder how ‘The Great Divide’ would ever work. But it did.
Ernestine Anderson, “Just In Time” from Swing the Penthouse (2015): One Track Mind
In February 1962, as Ernestine Anderson took the stage at a Seattle jazz club, the then-34 year old should have been consolidating her early successes.
Jethro Tull’s ‘Locomotive Breath’ was a brilliant moment of studio trickery
“Locomotive Breath,” released this week back in 1971, seemed like Jethro Tull’s most coherent, successful synthesis yet. It was actually pieced together.
