Andy Summers on the Police, Circa Zero and Never Settling: Something Else! Interview
When the Police reunited in 2007-08, new music was never in the cards. That sent Andy Summers on a quest.
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Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana – Mehliana: Taming the Dragon (2014)
Forget everything you know about Brad Mehldau, who rose to fame via contemplative classical-leaning reimagingings of pop songs at an acoustic piano. This isn’t that. It isn’t even jazz You May Also Like: Avishai Cohen’s Melodic, Masterful Gently Disturbed Was a Canny Update Dragon – ‘O Zambezi’ (1978): Antipodean April
One Track Mind: Damian Joyce with Keith Emerson, “When You’re Around” (2014)
Offered with a rough-hewn, acoustic grace, Damian Joyce’s paean to the Big Apple unfolds with a warm confidentiality. But the beginning? Pure Keith Emerson. You May Also Like: ‘Fanfare For the Uncommon Man: The Official Keith Emerson Tribute Concert’ (2021)
One Track Mind: Asia, “Valkyrie” from Gravitas (2014)
Once the proposed title for the first album from this new iteration of Asia, “Valkyrie” finds John Wetton fashioning an epic tale of struggle and of redemption — something that couldn’t be further away from the compact pop of signature hits like “Heat of the Moment.” You May Also Like:Read More
Johnny Winter – True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story (2014)
You want to know the Johnny Winter story? Listen to the blues stuff, and there’s a heaping helping of it here.
Fleetwood Mac’s Jeremy Spencer – ‘Coventry Blue’ (2014)
Jeremy Spencer’s ‘Coventry Blue’ dives deeper into the sense of varied experimentation that guided 2012’s ‘Bend in the Road.’
One Track Mind: John McLaughlin, “Abbaji” from The Boston Record (2014)
It’s easy enough to focus on the initial dry-ice fluidity that guitarist John McLaughlin brings to this advance track from the forthcoming Boston Record, recorded live at the Berklee College of Music. Instead, take a moment to let Etienne Mbappe’s chocolatey sweet bass line envelop you. You May Also Like:Read More
St. Paul and the Broken Bones – Half the City (2014)
Close your eyes, and there’s no way you picture this guy singing these songs. The guy with the glasses, the suit, the flushed cheeks. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Benmont Tench – You Should Be So Lucky (2014)
The songs, after a long time away, just started floating to the surface for Benmont Tench. He’d been a member of Tom Petty’s staggeringly underrated band the Heartbreakers forever, had even had a Nashville writing gig for a time. You May Also Like: Mudcrutch’s belated self-titled debut brought Tom PettyRead More
Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition – Dark Night of the Soul (2014)
Rattling out like a loose-mufflered muscle car, Dark Night of the Soul is a more raw-boned version of Jimbo Mathus’ typical roots rock — darker and harder, like a grittier, more visceral take on the mythical parables of the Band. You May Also Like: Robert Randolph & the Family BandRead More
