Articles by: Nick DeRiso

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

With the second, and title track, from forthcoming Lazaretto album, Jack White makes a bold move away from the amped-up blues of the initial “High Ball Stepper.” You May Also Like: Four Jacks and a Jill, “Master Jack” (1968): One Track Mind

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Little Feat – Live in Holland (2014)

We’ve heard Little Feat live, of course. Grooved along on 1978’s Waiting for Columbus, and let it all hang down with the Rockpalast Live set recorded during the same 1977 jaunt. But neither captured the long-gone Lowell George at the peak of his powers You May Also Like: Little FeatRead More

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Bruce Springsteen – American Beauty EP (2014)

Bruce Springsteen’s American Beauty finishes with a multi-tracked solo celebration of 5 o’clock freedom, and a layered meditation on the shelter that love provides. But that’s not how it starts. You May Also Like: Nils Lofgren’s ready for Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band’s return: ‘Some hope that lingers’ JohnnyRead More

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One Track Mind: Dolly Parton, “Don’t Think Twice,” from Blue Smoke (2014)

Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice,” with its sad acceptance of life’s strange twists set to a plucky finger-picked cadence, always seemed well suited for a country-music makeover. You May Also Like: Bob Dylan, “Pay in Blood” from Tempest (2012): One Track Mind Bob Dylan – ‘Travelin’ Thru: The Bootleg Series,Read More

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One Track Mind: Bruce Springsteen, “Hey Blue Eyes” from American Beauty (2014)

There’s a moment, just when you get comfortable with the idea that this is a paean to home, love and hearth, when Bruce Springsteen sharply widens the lens. All around this couple, despite the illusion of a cocoon of safety and of love, there are troubles, there are questions, thereRead More

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One Track Mind: Bruce Springsteen, “Hurry Up Sundown” from American Beauty (2014)