Archive for September, 2024

Greg Cahill of Special Consensus: Albums That Shaped My Career

Greg Cahill of Special Consensus: Albums That Shaped My Career

Special Consensus is coming up on 50 years, and bandleader Greg Cahill is still going strong. Here’s a look at three key LPs that shaped his career.

Adam Larson's Hybrid - 'Movable Objects' (2024)

Adam Larson’s Hybrid – ‘Movable Objects’ (2024)

Together on Hybrid’s ‘Movable Objects’ Adam Larson, Clark Sommers and John Kizilarmut have created a brisk and enchanting 40-minute listen.

Delay Tactics – 'Out-Pop Options' (1982); 'Any Questions?' (1984; 2024 reissue)

Delay Tactics – ‘Out-Pop Options’ (1982); ‘Any Questions?’ (1984; 2024 reissue)

A new reissue of ‘Out-Pop Options’ and ‘Any Questions?’ from Carl Weingarten’s Delay Tactics shows that great prog music survived 1977’s big punk asteroid.

Mark Bacino - 'Top of the World' (2024)

Mark Bacino – ‘Top of the World’ (2024)

There’s been a long road to Mark Bacino’s fourth album – but it was well worth it.

Jason Stein - 'Anchors' (2024)

Jason Stein – ‘Anchors’ (2024)

Jason Stein has made many very good records before, but in reaching deep inside himself, he came forth with a truly great one with ‘Anchors.’

Narada Michael Walden: Albums That Shaped My Career

Narada Michael Walden: Albums That Shaped My Career

Narada Michael Walden’s music and that of the artists he works with varies intriguingly from genre to genre. So do the albums that shaped his career.

Tim Berne With Bill Frisell - 'Live in Someplace Nice' (1984; 2024 release)

Tim Berne With Bill Frisell – ‘Live in Someplace Nice’ (1984; 2024 release)

‘Live in Someplace Nice’ is a welcome addition to the thin catalog of the short-lived endlessly inventive duo of Tim Berne and Bill Frisell.

Sylvester - 'Live at the Opera House' (2024)

Sylvester – ‘Live at the Opera House’ (2024)

Sylvester has enjoyed a surge in popularity in the decades after his death. ‘Live at the Opera House’ gives new listeners over two hours of reasons why.

Patricia Brennan - ‘Breaking Stretch’ (2024)

Patricia Brennan – ‘Breaking Stretch’ (2024)

With ‘Breaking Stretch,’ Patricia Brennan continues to build upon her uniquely inventive style of jazz simply by building up her ensemble.

Why Supertramp's 'Crime of the Century' Still 'Has a Wonderful Feel to It'

Why Supertramp’s ‘Crime of the Century’ Still ‘Has a Wonderful Feel to It’

Roger Hodgson joins us to discuss ‘Crime of the Century,’ the breakthrough Supertramp album released 50 years ago this month.