David Byrne and Brian Eno found renewal in Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Inventive yet still unabashedly joyous, ‘Everything That Happens Will Happen Today’ was released by David Byrne and Brian Eno on August 18, 2008.
Archive for August, 2015
Yes, “Clear Days” from Time and a Word (1970): YESterdays
Jon Anderson has written a few classic Yes songs by himself. Sadly, “Clear Days” from the 1970 release ‘Time and a Word’ is not one of them.
John Mellencamp’s No Better Than This was a darkly inspiring triumph
Even as shadows gathered around the superlative ‘No Better Than This,’ released this week in 2010, John Mellencamp clung to his weathered optimism.
Lucas Lee – Business Brunch Specials: Uranium Omelet [With GMO-Free Brown Sauce] (2015)
Lucas Lee offers a fascinating instrumental tale of the corporate world on the impishly titled ‘Business Brunch Specials: Uranium Omelet [With GMO-Free Brown Sauce].’
Geoff Downes Talks Up Yes’ Often-Forgotten ‘Drama’: ‘It’s a Quite Astonishing Piece’
When a reworked Yes issued ‘Drama’ on August 18, 1980, it divided the loyalties of a stunned fanbase. Geoff Downes saw things differently.
Bob Wayne – Hits the Hits (2015)
‘Hits the Hits,’ a 13-song collection of covers, allows Bob Wayne to put his unique spin on classic rock – and some much stranger pop choices.
Toto’s Fahrenheit was more than the sum of its ballads: ‘We’ll morph from style to style’
Released in August 1986, ‘Fahrenheit’ fell into an emerging trend, but the big-hearted singles didn’t reflect all of Toto’s varied musical goals.
Liberty Ellman – Radiate (2015)
Liberty Ellman takes time off from doing great things for other jazz musicians to do a pretty great thing under his own name.
Gregg Rolie remembers Santana breakthrough at Woodstock: ‘We thought of it as just another gig’
Woodstock kicked off on August 15, 1969, then grew to truly epic proportions. Santana’s Gregg Rolie says its scope only dawned on him later.
The Beatles, “Think For Yourself” from Rubber Soul (1965): Deep Beatles
With the Beatles’ “Think For Yourself,” it became clear that George Harrison’s skill as a songwriter was developing at an incredibly fast rate.
