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Toto, "Great Expectations" from 'Toto XIV' (2015): Toto Tuesdays

Toto, “Great Expectations” from ‘Toto XIV’ (2015): Toto Tuesdays

Toto pulled out all the stops to wrap up 2015’s ‘Toto XIV,’ concluding with the epic prog-rock masterpiece “Great Expectations.”

Todd Rundgren - 'A Wizard, a True Star ... Live!' (2021)

Todd Rundgren – ‘A Wizard, a True Star … Live!’ (2021)

‘A Wizard, a True Star … Live!’ begs two questions: Does anybody besides Todd Rundgren completists need it, and will it satisfy that audience?

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François Bourassa, “Blues Masqué” from ‘L’impact du Silence’ (2021): Something Else! video premiere

Here is the video premiere of “Blues Masqué” by the talented Canadian pianist François Bourassa.

Indigenous Lifeforms - 'Siberia Extreme' (2020)

Indigenous Lifeforms – ‘Siberia Extreme’ (2020)

Indigenous Lifeforms’ ‘Siberia Extreme’ captures the essence of spiritual, shamanic story-telling, combining very Western improvisation with soaring vocals.

BLOOP (Lina Allemano + Mike Smith) - 'Proof' (2021)

BLOOP (Lina Allemano + Mike Smith) – ‘Proof’ (2021)

Experiments with combining these two worlds on the fly can be a risky proposition but BLOOP (Lina Allemano and Mike Smith) have it all figured out and the ‘Proof’ is in the pudding.

Chicago, "Goody Goody" from 'Night & Day: Big Band' (1995): Saturdays in the Park

Chicago, “Goody Goody” from ‘Night & Day: Big Band’ (1995): Saturdays in the Park

The frustrating part about Chicago’s underrated ‘Night & Day: Big Band’ is that not many people – even long-term fans – ever heard it.

CJ Vanston Goes Inside the Sessions For 'Toto XIV': Something Else! Interview

CJ Vanston Goes Inside the Sessions For ‘Toto XIV’: Something Else! Interview

Toto co-producer CJ Vanston joins Anthony Sonego for the conclusion of a three-part talk, this time discussing his collaborations on 2015’s ‘Toto XIV.’

Chase Ceglie - 'Fear and Love, Together' (2021)

Chase Ceglie – ‘Fear and Love, Together’ (2021)

Those who seek to pigeonhole music – this is jazz, that is pop, this is hip hop – have their work cut out with Chase Ceglie’s ‘Fear and Love, Together.’

Sacred and Great Gigs in the Sky: The Vocalise Tradition from Duke Ellington to Pink Floyd

Sacred and Great Gigs in the Sky: The Vocalise Tradition from Duke Ellington to Pink Floyd

The wordless performances on key recordings from Duke Ellington to Pink Floyd are sublime, ethereal, haunting, atmospheric, anything but ordinary.

Kenneth Kirschner + Joseph Branciforte - 'From the Machine: Volume 1' (2021)

Kenneth Kirschner + Joseph Branciforte – ‘From the Machine: Volume 1’ (2021)

Kenneth Kirschner and Joseph Branciforte feed human musical ideas into computer algorithms using an elaborate set of rules and a dash of randomness to generate fully notated compositions.