The Carolina Chocolate Drops, despite their rocket-ride to Grammy fame in 2010, hadn’t yet made an album that captured their live set’s boot-scooting, blues-belting string-band revivalist verve — until now. You May Also Like: Richard Lloyd Giddens Jr. – Mimosas (2017)

Lou Reed’s recent collaboration with Metallica found its share of detractors, and that criticism was apparently hard for the veteran rocker to absorb. You May Also Like: Lou Reed Head Faked His Fans Once Again With ‘Animal Serenade’ Metallica, “Hardwired” from Hardwired … to Self Destruct (2016): One Track Mind

It’s the emptying of a soul on a personal level. Or is it the soul of a nation, pleading to its citizenry? You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’

David Lee Roth has described Van Halen’s music as “whiskey in a paper cup,” recommending “short doses and not every night — please!” Now, he’s ready to go in depth on what makes their sound so special. You May Also Like: How Van Halen’s Jaw-Dropping First Album Ruined My SexRead More

Legendary Cream bassist Jack Bruce is part of a new supergroup, this one featuring Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid. Check them out here! You May Also Like: Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski, John Scofield – Hudson (2017) Tomeka Reid Quartet – ‘3+3’ (2024)

Styx fans remember well the year 1979 and Cornerstone, an album that began a decisive turn away from prog rock for the band — with its capstone moment being the epic ballad “Babe.” From there, it seems, the group was on a collision course You May Also Like: No relatedRead More

On this special edition of Something Else Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to ubiquitous sideman Kenny Aronoff You May Also Like: John Fogerty, LPT, Alan Parsons Project + Others: Five for the Road

Imagine towns both small and large, all across a country. Their essence has been drained by “progress” and blind greed You May Also Like: Rob Meany with Terramara, “Dreamer in Dreamland” (2023): One Track Mind

Tony Banks, a co-founding member of Genesis, is preparing a new classical album for March release, called Six Pieces for Orchestra. The Naxos label recording is Banks’ second classical project You May Also Like: No related posts.

Levon Helm, legendary co-founder of the Band and multiple solo Grammy winner, has been cleared for a return to performing after undergoing an undisclosed medical procedure. He’s set to perform again on March 10, according to a new post by manager Barbara O’Brien on Helm’s Facebook page. Helm suffered throughRead More