Articles by: Nick DeRiso

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One Track Mind: Jack White, “Temporary Ground” from Lazaretto (2014)

Another twist from an artist who gets a thrill out of kicking down genre walls.

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One Track Mind: Phish, “The Line” from Fuego (2014)

A song, just like a shot, can go awry. And in that blink of an eye, careers – maybe, lives – change.

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‘Actually passionate about doing new things’: Ian Anderson ends speculation on future of Jethro Tull

Anderson bristles at the idea of being “an old married couple that has to go on display.”

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Inside the Mysterious Naming of Booker T. and the MGs: ‘We Thought, What Do We Do?’

At first, Booker T. and the MGs were thought to have been named in tribute to producer Chips Moman’s car.

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One Track Mind: David Gray, “Back In The World” from Mutineers (2014)

The song unfolds as if the music is tracing behind the lyric rather than, say, the drums.

Steve Lukather on Toto's 'Goin' Home,' 'St. George and the Dragon,' others: Deep Cuts

Steve Lukather on Toto’s ‘Goin’ Home,’ ‘St. George and the Dragon,’ others: Deep Cuts

Steve Lukather goes off the beaten path, exploring some of these lesser-known tracks from Toto’s ’35th Anniversary Tour: Live In Poland.’

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‘Just a bit more organic’: After Journey tour, Neal Schon plans another solo project

Schon has released as many albums in the last two years as he did in all of the 2000s.

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John Wetton On ‘Battle Lines’: ‘It Will Take Some Doing to Better That’

‘Battle Lines’ found John Wetton beginning anew as a solo artist after an on-again, off-again initial period with Asia.

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Red Molly – The Red Album (2014)

This heretofore traditional Americana trio offramps into a diaphanous, mystery-filled place.

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Guitar With Wings: A Photographic Memoir, by Laurence Juber (2014): Books

Juber, with Wings from 1978-81, always had a keen sense of what this opportunity meant.