Paul Simon’s new record, his first since 2006’s dense Brian Eno-collaboration Surprise, is a career-spanning, sometimes duskily ruminative, quirk-splashed triumph — simultaneously bold in its constructions and timeless in its themes. You May Also Like: Paul Simon, “Another Galaxy” from Surprise (2006): One Track Mind Paul Simon’s Graceland stirred outsizedRead More

Karl Grambo and the Roadhouse Redeemers have a rollicking, greasy good time on Bedrooms, Bars and Bibles. The only complaint is that the party, which clocks in at just eight songs, ends so quickly. Grambo opens with “I Was There,” featuring this grinding, grumpy riff and a gravelly, insistent voiceRead More

On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to Orrin Evans You May Also Like: Captain Beefheart, “Pachuco Cadaver” from Trout Mask Replica (1969): One Track Mind Bill Evans – Another Time: The Hilversum Concert (2017)

Orrin Evans arrived amidst a wave of new jazz performers in the early 1990s. Unlike many of those young lions, however, he managed to bob up from that era’s ultimately empty retro-conservatism. You May Also Like: Johannes Wallmann, jazz pianist and bandleader: Something Else! Interview Bill Evans – Time Remembered,Read More

“In the darkness,” Jon Anderson sings on this haunting track, “there is always a song for you.” His road back to us has been dark, indeed You May Also Like: Jon Anderson, of Yes and Anderson Rabin Wakeman: Something Else! Interview The Solo Song Where Jon Anderson Finally Reclaimed HisRead More

Drew Paralic is that most unusual of things, a jazz pianist and composer who has released an album of originals played by others. Having taken up the instrument too late, he says, to approach the mastery of deeply appreciated influences like Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk, Paralic instead decided toRead More

There is a magic in the old songs, but not necessarily in performing them in the old ways. You May Also Like: Yves Leveille – ‘L’echelle du Temps’ (2022) ElectroBluesSociety Featuring Boo Boo Davis – ‘Chicago Blues Covers’ EP (2020)

Speaking from the heart is one thing, but to sing from that tender place — to reveal just how vulnerable you are on stage — takes a different kind of courage. And Haley Dreis, the South Carolina classical fiddle player turned budding popular songsmith, has that courage. You May AlsoRead More

Gregg Rolie, a founding member of Santana and then of Journey, shares unique insights into songs from across a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career.

Gregg Rolie discusses Santana and Journey, two legendary bands he co-founded, as well as his intimate solo EP ‘Five Days.’