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I’ve been spending a lot of time over recent weekends doing something I haven’t done in a long time: listening to the radio. You May Also Like: Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble – ‘The Red Planet’ (2020) Yes, That’s Stephen Stills on One of the Bee Gees’ BiggestRead More

All hail the long-awaited return of the ass-kicking rebel chick Shirley Manson and her scraggly band of alterno-rockers in Garbage. You May Also Like: Why R.E.M.’s ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage’ Remains Definitive

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by Beverly Paterson Sorely overlooked when it was originally released on the Allied label in 1968, The Plastic Cloud — the solitary album by this Bay Ridge, Canada band — has since reaped the critical accolades it deserves You May Also Like: Orpheus – ‘Orpheus’ (1968): Forgotten Series Noel Redding’sRead More

Boasting a homey, Dan Fogelberg-esque nostalgia in both tone and style, Drexel Rayford’s Cherokee Road takes a series of long looks back You May Also Like: Bart and the Bedazzled – Blue Motel (2018)

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton may have begun his journey as part of the traditionalists in the early-1990s Young Lions movement, but he couldn’t have emerged any further afield. You May Also Like: Nicholas Payton – ‘Smoke Sessions’ (2021)

The new English beat combo King Mob comes tearing out on “Selene Selene,” quickly rejoining the fender-bending journey started during their previous tenures with the Sex Pistols, the Pretenders and the Sharks. You May Also Like: Deborah and Pat Mastelotto – ‘A Romantic’s Guide to King Crimson’ (2021)