Books: Mo’ Meta Blues, by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (2013)
I used to think that I was crazy. Or at the very least, sort of abnormal. You May Also Like: Lyia Meta – ‘Always You’ (2023)
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Something Else! Interview: Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall Jazz Band
For all of its storied five-decade history, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band — at least before issuing That’s It! this summer on Legacy — had never released an album of all-new recordings. You May Also Like: The Blind Boys of Alabama’s Down in New Orleans added a new musical wrinkleRead More
‘Hopefully, we’ll get to more new songs soon’: The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger turns focus to fresh material
Now that the Rolling Stones have concluded their 50th anniversary celebration, the question of new music looms large. Their last full-length album was back in 2005, with Bigger Bang. You May Also Like: How ‘Love is Strong’ Grew Into a Stone-Cold Rolling Stones Classic Rolling Stones – Blue and LonesomeRead More
One Track Mind: Gov’t Mule, “Captured” from Shout (2013)
Warren Haynes’ Gov’t Mule has hatched an interesting idea: Issuing a new double-album project with Disc 1 devoted to new songs, while the second disc features those same song interpreted with a series of big-name guests. You May Also Like: No related posts.
‘Take your thought and say it over and over’: David Lee Roth on Van Halen’s delicate balance of power
As we bid farewell to Van Halen’s lengthy tour in support of A Different Kind of Truth, David Lee Roth provides some insight into the delicate balance of power the band has always had. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Jeff Golub with Brian Auger – Train Keeps A Rolling (2013)
June, 2011 was a bittersweet time for Jeff Golub. He had released The Three Kings that month, a blues-themed record that won this successful crossover jazz guitarist wide acclaim You May Also Like: Brian Groder Trio – R Train on the D Line (2016)
‘I will say, I would be surprised’: Robert Lamm all but nixes idea of Beach Boys-style reunion for Chicago
Even as Robert Lamm celebrates the debut of a long-awaited new Chicago single, the band’s 45th anniversary looms — along with questions about staging a Beach Boys-style reunion of its original surviving members. You May Also Like: Chicago – Chicago II (1970; 2017 Steven Wilson Remix)
‘I knew there was something special’: Deen Castronovo on joining Journey as Steve Perry exited
Deen Castronovo says that Neal Schon warned him, before he took the drumming job in 1998, that Journey had split with long-time frontman Steve Perry. A exuberant Castronovo replied: “I don’t care who it’s with. I wanna play.” You May Also Like: No related posts.
WTF?! Wednesdays: The Shaggs, “Philosophy of The World” (1969)
Welcome to the Jackson Five of Fremont, New Hampshire…with slightly less talent. OK, not much talent at all, really. The Shaggs were concocted by one Austin Wiggin Jr. You May Also Like: Joe Satriani’s ‘Is There Love In Space?’ Showcased His Best (and Worst) Impulses Julee Johnson, “So on TopRead More
Gimme Five: Solo songs from Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour
With just three proper solo albums over three and a half decades, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour very inconsistency — there was once an amazing stretch of 22 years between releases — can make it hard to keep up. You May Also Like: No related posts.
