If you were standing at the intersection of electronica, jazz and kraut rock, you’d be bound to bump into Jake Playmo and his Das Böse Ding band. You May Also Like: David Paich – ‘Forgotten Toys’ (2022) Jake Reed – ‘Reed Between The Lines’ (2020)
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The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2 picks up where the first volume left off in Dio’s solo career and features tracks from 1996 onward. It’s an interesting period for me You May Also Like: Dio’s Often-Forgotten ‘Magica’ Recalled Early Ronnie James Dio Triumphs
Bob Dylan, both with and without his legendary collaborators the Band, roared to the top of Something Else! Reviews’ reader poll for September 2012 — with entries at both Nos. 1 and 2. You May Also Like: Jeff Lynne’s Dream to Work With Reunited Beatles Had Tense Initial Moments
Following by mere months the release of Streets, Charles Gayle’s return to his sax/bass/drums trio format, Look Up is a document of a live date in the same configuration from eighteen years earlier in Santa Monica, California. You May Also Like: How Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle Saved ‘One FromRead More
Nebraska comes to a close with a song that sums up one of the underlying themes of the album: redemption. And man, we need some redemption here You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’
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Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen has never made a bad solo album, but in the pecking order of quality, ‘Kamakiriad’ is his weakest effort.
