Former Spock’s Beard frontman Neal Morse doesn’t just return to solo mainstream prog rock on the title track from his new album, he dives headlong into the genre’s most familiar sounds You May Also Like: Neal Morse Did It All (Again) on ‘Songs from November’

At last! Jeff Lynne, having most recently issued a solo album in 1990 with Armchair Theatre, will be returning with two new studio recordings. But … “At Last”? The Etta James number? You May Also Like: When Jeff Lynne’s ELO Triumphantly Returned With ‘Live in Hyde Park’ Jeff Lynne’s ELO,Read More

Stripped of its typical grandiosity, Paul Anka’s “I’m Not Anyone” becomes a far more emotionally complex tribute to the late Sammy Davis Jr., in the hands of jazz vocalist Eric Van Aro. You May Also Like: No related posts.

There is a droning, strangely intoxicating groove to this song, like a reckless combining of a two-on-the-tongue night of acid and some grease-popping north Mississippi blues. You May Also Like: Ken Sharp, “Girl / Forget That Girl” (2020): One Track Mind

This belated Top 10 hit was so unsettling as to stand apart from anything Art Garfunkel ever did as part of Simon and Garfunkel.

When they finally released at the beginning of this year all of Alex Chilton’s lost 1970 sessions from his abortive attempt to make his first post-Box Tops solo record, I got curious You May Also Like: Ethan Chilton, “Caldera” from ‘The Planets’ (2021): One Track Mind

Whether she’s the female answer to Trombone Shorty or the trombone version of Esperanza Spalding is something I’ll leave other to decide You May Also Like: Natalie and Zachary Wilksch, “Can’t Get Your Face Off My Mind” (2018): One Track Mind

Ornette Coleman used it, and so did Gerry Mulligan. And now, a quartet of Norwegians in their mid-20s is doing it, too. However Pixel, as this Nordic combo is called, isn’t making Harmolodics out of the non-chordal trumpet/sax/standup bass/drums configuration. You May Also Like: Manu Katché – Unstatic (2016)

Sometimes what you need is a good us-against-the-world song. You May Also Like: Gloryhammer, “Fly Away” (2022): One Track Mind Metallica, “Hardwired” from Hardwired … to Self Destruct (2016): One Track Mind

The recent reissue of Bob Mould’s underrated early-1990s work with Sugar was but prologue for this new single — a burst of guitar-pop blitzkrieg that recalls his Husker Du-era work on Flip Your Wig. You May Also Like: Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, “Boomtown Blues” from The DistanceRead More