Archive for July, 2023

How Deep Cuts on ‘Music From Big Pink’ Underscore the Band’s Triumph

How Deep Cuts on ‘Music From Big Pink’ Underscore the Band’s Triumph

Released 55 years ago this month, ‘Music From Big Pink’ included several songs that defined the Band’s legacy. Let’s dig into some lesser-known moments.

Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen + Edward Vesala – ‘Triptykon’ (1973, 2023 Hi-Res reissue)

Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen + Edward Vesala – ‘Triptykon’ (1973, 2023 Hi-Res reissue)

Jan Garbarek would continue to produce great records for ECM in the years and even decades that followed, but there won’t ever be another ‘Triptykon.’

Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills’ ‘Super Session’ Was a Free-Form Masterpiece

Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills’ ‘Super Session’ Was a Free-Form Masterpiece

Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills’ wildly improvisational ‘Super Session’ arrived 55 years ago this month. They don’t make them like this anymore.

Dylan Ryan / Heather McIntosh / Devin Ryan, “Amid, Imbued” (2023): Video Premiere

Dylan Ryan / Heather McIntosh / Devin Ryan, “Amid, Imbued” (2023): Video Premiere

Here is the video premiere of “Amid, Imbued” by Dylan Ryan, Heather McIntosh and Devin Ryan, from the upcoming album ‘Light From a Curious Sky.’

Location Location Location [Michael Formanek, Anthony Pirog + Mike Pride] – ‘Damaged Goods’ (2023)

Location Location Location [Michael Formanek, Anthony Pirog + Mike Pride] – ‘Damaged Goods’ (2023)

Michael Formanek, Anthony Pirog and Mike Pride produce the kind of inspired music that comes from jamming – even if the record wasn’t made that way.

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – ‘Connection’ (2023)

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – ‘Connection’ (2023)

With ‘Connection,’ Marc Ribot and his rabble-rouser super trio Ceramic Dog are back leading the hell raising contingent of loud, improvised music.

Michael Bisio + Timothy Hill – ‘Inside Voice / Outside Voice’ (2023)

Michael Bisio + Timothy Hill – ‘Inside Voice / Outside Voice’ (2023)

Michael Bisio and Timothy Hill recently got together to make a delightful, instinctive record that neither could have made with anyone else.

How Citizen K’s ‘III’ Defined the Pop Rock Genius of Klas Qvist

How Citizen K’s ‘III’ Defined the Pop Rock Genius of Klas Qvist

Fans of bands rooted in Beatlemania will find a lot to love in the clever grooves of the late Klas Qvist’s ‘Citizen K III.’

‘Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90’: Movies

‘Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90’: Movies

‘Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90’ was well-meaning, heartfelt, and often well-performed – but a few intangibles were lacking.

John McLaughlin’s Shakti – ‘This Moment’ (2023)

John McLaughlin’s Shakti – ‘This Moment’ (2023)

John McLaughlin is known for his restlessness – here electric, there acoustic, here Western, there Eastern. ‘This Moment’ straddles many of those worlds.