Articles by: Nick DeRiso

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Journey bandmates Steve Smith and Neal Schon reunite, find ‘an immediate chemistry’

Steve Smith left Journey to focus on jazz, his first musical love, in the late 1990s – but he has remained close with the band’s co-founding guitarist. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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A Fragile Tomorrow, “Waters Part” (2012): One Track Mind

A Fragile Tomorrow continues to explore 1980s indie-rock sounds here, even as they steadily build upon those core influences.

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Chad Wackerman – Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations (2012)

The title says it all here, as Chad Wackerman leads a crack group of musicians including ever-adventurous guitar virtuoso Allan Holdsworth through a complex and varied series of dynamics and tempos. You May Also Like: Allan Holdsworth – Tales From The Vault (2016) Scott T. Jones – ‘Fictional Characters’ (2020,Read More

The Jeff Healey Band - Live in Belgium (2012)

The Jeff Healey Band – Live in Belgium (2012)

A straight-blues release, ‘Live in Belgium’ finds the late Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey at the peak of his powers.

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Tab Benoit – Legacy: The Best of Tab Benoit (2012)

Tab Benoit plays the blues with all of the natural fury, sweet romance and dark mysteries of Louisiana — so neatly matching his home state’s essence in structure and feel that it might be easy to call him the Bayou State’s Stevie Ray Vaughan. You May Also Like: No relatedRead More

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Lez Miles – Like Being Hit With A Hammer (2012)

Australian singer-songwriter Lez Miles, best known as a founding member and lead guitarist with the 1980s hitmakers Adelaide, has crafted a cinematic project that follows the story of a soldier named Franklin. You May Also Like: Jan Hammer – Seasons Pt. 1 (2018) When Miles Davis Finally Looked Back onRead More

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Dr. John – Locked Down (2012)

More often than not, it’s seemed like Dr. John has relied on the dark mysteries of his voice — rather than the material — to sell his records. Of course, what a voice it is: Full of wry sweetness, weed-smoke inscrutability and spicy indignation. You May Also Like: The BlackRead More

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Ricky Skaggs – Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass (2008)

With today’s passing of Earl Scruggs at age 88, we returned to a stirring tribute to the three-finger banjo style of this Country Music Hall of Famer by Ricky Scaggs. You May Also Like: Marty Stuart, April 7, 2017: Shows I’ll Never Forget

Ellis Marsalis on Resiliency, Memory and the Term 'Jazz': Something Else! Interview

Ellis Marsalis on Resiliency, Memory and the Term ‘Jazz’: Something Else! Interview

Ellis Marsalis would have had a sweeping impact as a musical innovator and longtime educator even if he hadn’t parented a series of famous jazz-playing sons.

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Something Else! sneak peek: Journey's Neal Schon with Steve Smith, "The Calling" (2012)

This new instrumental is interesting because Steve Smith showed up just as Journey took a turn in the late 1970s from its more fusion-informed early period toward a platinum-selling arena-rock formula. You May Also Like: No related posts.