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Geyster – Knight Games, Vols. I-III (2015)

Geyster is having a love affair with vintage West Coast music and is taking us along for a long, pleasurable nearly two hour ride.

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Hall and Oates’ most complicated hit song might surprise you: ‘Very unusual, more sophisticated chord changes’

One of the more difficult Hall and Oates songs, from a guitar player’s technical standpoint, is also one of the duo’s most hummable, biggest hits.

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Kurt Baker Combo – Muy Mola Live! (2015)

Kurt Baker Combo’s ‘Muy Mola Live!’ erupts with such excitement and electricity that you’ll feel as if you’ve been transported to the show.

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Michael Sherwood on ‘Toto XIV,’ Michael Jackson + Steve Porcaro: Something Else! Interview

Michael Sherwood, a long-time collaborator with Steve Porcaro, discusses ‘Toto XIV,’ working with Michael Jackson and his old band Lodgic.

Steve Howe Praises Fellow Guitarist Steve Morse: 'The Breadth of the Music!'

Steve Howe Praises Fellow Guitarist Steve Morse: ‘The Breadth of the Music!’

As Ritchie Blackmore’s successor in Deep Purple, Steve Morse doesn’t always get the respect he deserves. But Steve Howe simply loves the guy.

Partial early-Genesis reunion could happen, on one condition: 'I wouldn’t want to do Mike and the Mechanics material'

Partial early-Genesis reunion could happen, on one condition: ‘I wouldn’t want to do Mike and the Mechanics material’

Original guitarist Anthony Phillips wants to work with former Genesis bandmate Mike Rutherford, but only if he makes an important concession.

Toto IV found Toto at an early career crossroads: 'We wanted to make something great'

Toto IV found Toto at an early career crossroads: ‘We wanted to make something great’

The story of Toto can be divided to before April 8, 1982, and after. That’s when they released ‘Toto IV,’ still the biggest album of their lengthy career.

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Gaps and Spaces [Greg Ward + Caleb Willitz] – Synoptic Optiks (2015)

Here is a review of the Greg Ward/Caleb Willitz experimental Gaps & Space project ‘Synoptic Optiks.’ Once again, Greg Ward finds another way to defy not only expectations but discourage the very notion of setting expectations on him in the first place.

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Vahagn Stepanyan – Moonlight (2015)

‘Moonlight’ covers a lot ground musically, yet Armenian-born keyboardist Vahagn Stepanyan manages to hit the mark with each song.

Toto, "You Are the Flower" from Toto (1978): Toto Tuesdays

Toto, “You Are the Flower” from Toto (1978): Toto Tuesdays

The music on Toto’s “You Are the Flower” had always been more to my liking that the lyrics. Until I became a father. Then, I got it.