Though she doesn’t make radio hits anymore, Me’Shell Ndegéocello just gets more interesting as her focus gets ever sharper. You May Also Like: Meshell Ndegeocello – ‘The Omnichord Real Book’ (2023) Thrift Store Halo – ‘Enemies With Benefits’ EP (2022) The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, “Fire” (1968): One TrackRead More

In what just may be the freak-nastiest Yuletide-themed track ever, Holidelic takes Tchaikovsky’s delicately ornate “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies” on a grave-spinningly fonky ride. You May Also Like: Neil Young Set a Solo Course on ‘Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House’

Sure, this Jon Anderson song is a guilty pleasure. But what part of Christmas isn’t, really?

It’s been four years since Queen + Paul Rodgers issued this song in honor of World AIDS Day on Nov. 30, 2007. Time to put aside the problems many have had with Queen carrying on, and focus on the track itself. You May Also Like: Why You Should Give QueenRead More

On the way to work, I indulged in a little college-era nostalgia: Give The People What They Want by The Kinks. You May Also Like: In Defense of the Kinks’ Often-Overlooked Sophomore Album, ‘Kinda Kinks’

David Byrne does some intriguing new things with this live update of “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody),” from the Talking Heads’ 1983 release Speaking in Tongues. You May Also Like: Ever Wonder How David Byrne Fit Inside That Giant Talking Heads Suit?

Discovered far too late, Mississippi bluesman Charles Caldwell was already dying of pancreatic cancer as he began recording his belated debut for Fat Possum. You May Also Like: Junior Kimbrough Set a New Blues Standard on ‘All Night Long,’ Then Vanished How R.L. Burnside’s ‘Bad Luck City’ Introduced an ExcitingRead More

One of the more distinctive and convincing points made by Ted Gioia in his definitive chronicle of jazz, The History of Jazz (1997, rev. 2011, Oxford University Press) is about the under-credited impact pianist Lennie Tristano made You May Also Like: Jason Stein Quartet – Lucille! (2017) Jason Stein’s LocksmithRead More

How do things like this go unreleased? Ex-Sunny Day Real Estate frontman Jeremy Enigk wrote some beautiful music for the soundtrack to the film United States Of Leland You May Also Like: Joe Sofra, “One of Those Things” (2020): One Track Mind Sluka, “Happy In Your World” (2021): One TrackRead More

Maybe you suspected, just from listening to his wildly inventive work with Queen, that there was little guitarist Brian May couldn’t do. I wasn’t so sure. You May Also Like: Desmond White, “Dream Girl” from Glace (2017): One Track Mind The ‘Sheer Heart Attack’ Song That Confirmed Queen’s Metallic GeniusRead More