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Journey’s Neal Schon brushes aside talk of Steve Perry reunion: ‘We’re moving forward into the future’

Perry, a member of the band from 1978-98, helped Journey to its 1980s-era commercial peak.

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Plasticland – Plasticland (1984; 2014 reissue)

No one recreated psychedelia as authentically as Plasticland did in the 1980s.

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Ken Husbands Trio – Keepin’ It Going (2014)

Covering a wide expanse of moods but maintaining the same airy feeling, Ken Husbands’ “Keepin’ It Going” is trio date that has a little something for most tastes of jazz wrapped into a tidy, funky little trio.

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The Friday Morning Listen: The Roots – And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014)

This past week, I spent perhaps too much time reading (and re-reading) a couple of bits on the Internet. The first was a series written by Questlove, entitled When the People Cheer: How Hip-Hop Failed Black America. The other was an only tangentially-related article published way back in 2003 calledRead More

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Something Else! sneak peek: Albert Ayler, “Ghosts [Live in Hilversum]” (1964; 2014 reissue)

It’s about more than mere individuals playing well, and this performance brings real meaning to the words “spiritual unity.”

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One Track Mind: David Gray, “Back In The World” from Mutineers (2014)

The song unfolds as if the music is tracing behind the lyric rather than, say, the drums.

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Me’Shell Ndegéocello – Comet, Come to Me (2014)

Ndegéocello has a complete command of music in its many forms – and the creativity to forge something different.

Steve Lukather on Toto's 'Goin' Home,' 'St. George and the Dragon,' others: Deep Cuts

Steve Lukather on Toto’s ‘Goin’ Home,’ ‘St. George and the Dragon,’ others: Deep Cuts

Steve Lukather goes off the beaten path, exploring some of these lesser-known tracks from Toto’s ’35th Anniversary Tour: Live In Poland.’

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Movies: I Am Divine (2014)

Much more than a drag queen, Divine was a character actor devoted to his craft.

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‘Just a bit more organic’: After Journey tour, Neal Schon plans another solo project

Schon has released as many albums in the last two years as he did in all of the 2000s.