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Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble – Sketches of Spain Revisited (2014)

There is no small amount of blasphemy going on here.

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Peripheral Vision – Sheer Tyranny Of Will (2014)

Unfailingly fresh, incalculable and rewarding, Peripheral Vision is giving jazz the swift kick in the pants that it needs. ‘Sheer Tyranny Of Will’ is sheer inventive talent on display.

'We want to redesign it': Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty take a radical approach to their own music

‘We want to redesign it’: Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty take a radical approach to their own music

They promise sweeping changes to old favorites in tonight’s debut concert.

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One Track Mind: Pokey LaFarge’s Central Time Tour, “Mama Don’t Allow” (2014)

They take a kind of orchestral approach to the hootenanny aesthetic.

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‘I still think about it’: The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz on a scary moment when he was shot

Dolenz says he pursued someone with a pellet gun, to no avail.

Something Else! columnist Kit O'Toole to speak during Beatles at the Ridge event

Something Else! columnist Kit O’Toole to speak during Beatles at the Ridge event

O’Toole, author of Deep Beatles, will give two talks on Saturday.

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Queen’s Roger Taylor – Best (2014)

You’re left with a broader perspective on what Taylor contributed to Queen.

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‘We’re all above grass still’: Members of Genesis are too busy to reunite — for now

They’re back in the headlines with a new documentary and box set.

As Time Goes By, Why Don't the Fundamental Things Apply?

As Time Goes By, Why Don’t the Fundamental Things Apply?

Mike Tiano laments our sad inattention to the legacy of performers past.

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Steve Cropper made one of his biggest career decisions in the bathroom: ‘Man, you can’t do that’

Inspiration, it seems, hits artists at the strangest times.