Floratone to Bill Frisell is a lot like what the Fireman is to Paul McCartney: a way to break outside of usual comfort areas.

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This begins, as most blues albums do, with a stamping rhythm and this heartfelt lyric in celebration of a bunch of stuff that’s not good for you. Only then, that chewed-clean template is joined by these bright blasts of shiny brass newness. You May Also Like: Alister Spence and SatokoRead More

Mark Lindsay, coming off a career-making period as frontman for Paul Revere and the Raiders, proceeded to reel off a string of solo hits for Columbia in the early 1970s — only they had little, if anything, in common with the initial fancy-pantsed garage-rock outbursts of his old band. ByRead More

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson took the stage of the 1983 US Festival as confirmed crossover country stars — but without all of the sell-out slickness that’s attached to the term these days. You May Also Like: Willie Nelson Found a Worthy Foil on the Diverse, Rootsy ‘Willie and theRead More

Yessir, the world is sure full ‘o problems, but our Mr. Springsteen knows that there’s still room for some old-fashioned lust. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’ How Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tunnel of Love’ Dug Deeply to Find Hard Truths