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Download: Tim Finn, ‘People Like Us’ (2012)

Inspirational without feeling like a too-easy bromide, Tim Finn’s free download “People Like Us” urges us, gently but insistently, toward contentment with what’s left in our lives. It’s a big message, but compressed into a magisterial, piano-driven storyline, rather than ballooned into your average 21st century anthem-rocker. The temptation onRead More

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Scrapomatic – I'm A Stranger And I Love The Night (2012)

When Derek Trucks and wife Susan Tedeschi effectively combined their bands into the Tedeschi-Trucks Band, it was a musical marriage made in heaven. There was, however, one casualty of this merger You May Also Like: Derek Trucks Band’s ‘Already Free’ Gave Us a Fine-Tuned, Intimate Farewell Susan Tedeschi’s Varied ‘BackRead More

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Greg Lake brings his informal shows to the UK: ‘A meeting, rather than a concert’

Already a smash hit in America, Greg Lake’s “Songs of a Lifetime” tour is headed to the UK for a series of 11 November dates. The co-founding member of both King Crimson and Emerson Lake and Palmer is also selling the audio version of his new autobiography, appropriately titled LuckyRead More

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Instead of slowing down after huge summer tour, Styx is just getting started

The ever-touring Styx, which is just coming off a massive summer jauntwith Ted Nugent and REO Speedwagon called the Midwest Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, isn’t slowing down. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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'Next year, so far': Stevie Nicks confirms (sort of) a reunion for Fleetwood Mac in 2013

Stevie Nicks this morning confirmed — well, almost — that Fleetwood Mac will reunite next year. Details about whether that could mean a new studio album, or simply a tour, remain unclear. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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One Track Mind: Natalie Cressman and Secret Garden, "Honeysuckle Rose" (2012)

Whether she’s the female answer to Trombone Shorty or the trombone version of Esperanza Spalding is something I’ll leave other to decide You May Also Like: Natalie and Zachary Wilksch, “Can’t Get Your Face Off My Mind” (2018): One Track Mind

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'Changed my world': Songs of the Century producer Billy Sherwood on Supertramp

Producer Billy Sherwood takes us inside Songs of the Century: An All-Star Tribute to Supertramp, offering new insights into this guest-packed release devoted to one of the 1970s’ most underrated hitmakers. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Steely Dan's Donald Fagen to release fourth solo project, Sunken Condos; preorder it here!

Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen has completed eight new originals which, coupled with a new version of Isaac Hayes’ “Out of the Ghetto,” will comprise a forthcoming solo album. You May Also Like: Donald Fagen, “New Frontier” from ‘The Nightfly Live’ (2021): Steely Dan Sunday Donald Fagen, “Maxine” from ‘The NightflyRead More

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Steven Wilson, Mikael Akerfeldt to guest on Steve Hackett’s new Genesis-themed double album

Steve Hackett will return to his celebrated era with 1970s-era Genesis, the first time he’s done so in the studio since Watcher Of The Skies: Genesis Revisited was issued in 1996. Hackett tells Guitarist magazine that the double album of re-recorded tracks will include guest appearances by Steve Wilson ofRead More

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King's X set to retake the road with recovered co-founding drummer Jerry Gaskill

King’s X will return to North America for the first time since drummer Jerry Gaskill’s heart attack earlier this year, with dates beginning in New York this September. You May Also Like: Kansas, “With This Heart” from The Prelude Implicit (2016): One Track Mind