Something Else! sneak peek: Dan White Sextet, “Your Song” from Your Song (2014)
“Your Song” is as dynamic and full of nifty little turns as life itself.
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Something Else! sneak peek: Bruce Hornsby, “Mandolin Rain” from Solo Concerts (2014)
This No. 4 1986 hit is experienced anew, like it’s never been heard.
‘I was like, what is this?’: Opening for David Bowie was memorable for Hall and Oates – sort of
Along the way, Hall and Oates gathered a highlight reel of hilarity.
Something Else! sneak peek: Wadada Leo Smith, “Lake Superior” from The Great Lakes Suites (2014)
Wadada Leo Smith and his band of free jazz icons show the young guys how it’s done.
Something Else! sneak peek: The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, “Betamax” from Worker (2014)
Reconciling the icy precision of electronic music with the immediacy of fusion.
‘I don’t mean to sound like everyone’s dull’: Jon Davison admits Yes’ new Heaven and Earth is ‘easy listening’
The softer-edged current project from Yes made a respectable debut at No. 26.
‘I was just strumming around’: Loose session with Steve Cropper sparks one of Rod Stewart’s biggest hits
“It’s more luck,” Stewart says of songwriting, “than judgment.”
Something Else! columnist Kit O’Toole featured at this weekend’s Fest for Beatles Fans
O’Toole will part of panel discussions on Saturday and Sunday in Rosemont, Illinois.
Something Else! exclusive stream: Michael Carvin Experience, “Night In Tunisia” from Flash Forward (2014)
It’s clear from “Night In Tunisia” that Michael Carvin is the Bill Parcells of drums.
‘David invited him to do stadiums with us!’: Graham Nash on touring as Crosby, Stills Nash and … Fallon?
Fallon would work, he jokes, because “nobody would know he wasn’t Neil.”
