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The Friday Morning Listen: Bruce Springsteen – High Hopes (2014)

As reported a few months back, tickets for a block of Bruce Springsteen shows went on sale on February 14th. You May Also Like: Jack Bruce and Robin Trower found new success with old sounds on Seven Moons Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’

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One Track Mind: Ideal Bread, “Crops” from Beating The Teens (2014)

Ideal Bread have made a career of lovingly presenting the music of the great Steve Lacy. On their previous records, The Ideal Bread and Transmit, the group trafficked in more or less straight readings of Lacy’s music. You May Also Like: Adam Hopkins’ Crickets, “Grounded” (2023): Something Else! One TrackRead More

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Jamie Saft, with Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte – The New Standard (2014)

‘The New Standard’ puts an edge into the oftentimes prosaic jazz trio format.

More Perfect Playlists: Led Zeppelin - IV, Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti

More Perfect Playlists: Led Zeppelin – IV, Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti

Let’s rearrange some of our favorite moments from Led Zeppelin.

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Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, “Hand of Doom” (2014): Something Else! sneak peek

Brownout’s horn-driven take on “Hand Of Doom” heralds an offbeat collection of Black Sabbath remakes.

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One Track Mind: Chris Jasper, “The One” from The One (2014)

The architect of classic Isleys slow jams like “Footsteps” and “Between The Sheets” is at it again.

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Matthew Davidson – Cross My Heart (2014)

This is a blues record that often moves far afield from the blues, and a pop record with real soul.

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Erik Friedlander – Nighthawks (2014)

The unexpected solitude the master cellist found from the five day loss of power in lower Manhattan from Hurricane Sandy gave him the perspective and focus that provided the material for his bluegrass-tinged combo’s second release, Nighthawks.

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Andy Babiuk on the Newly Formed Empty Hearts: Something Else! Interview

“I really don’t like it,” Andy Babiuk says, “when people call us a supergroup.”

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Movies: Metallica, Through the Never (2013)

So, I’m just getting around to checking out the Metallica “movie” since it hit Netflix, and it’s a bit of an odd beast. You May Also Like: Metallica, “Hardwired” from Hardwired … to Self Destruct (2016): One Track Mind Metallica’s Remix of “Some Kind of Monster” Finally Fixed What’s WrongRead More