‘The Last Waltz’ Was Nearly Derailed, Time and Again: ‘Like Throwing the dice’
‘The Last Waltz,’ released as a triple album on April 7, 1978, chronicled a guest-packed Band concert that overcame one complication after another.
Archive for April 7th, 2015
Vahagn Stepanyan – Moonlight (2015)
‘Moonlight’ covers a lot ground musically, yet Armenian-born keyboardist Vahagn Stepanyan manages to hit the mark with each song.
Toto, “You Are the Flower” from Toto (1978): Toto Tuesdays
The music on Toto’s “You Are the Flower” had always been more to my liking that the lyrics. Until I became a father. Then, I got it.
Larry Campbell + Teresa Williams, “Surrender to Love” (2015): One Track Mind
Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams’ “Surrender to Love” shares a feel with Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles, but the passionate intimacy is theirs alone.
