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‘That’s where we differed’: Jim McCarty explains why Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck left the Yardbirds

Legend says Clapton split over “For Your Love.” But there was more to it.

Willow Willow - Listening To Music (2014)

Willow Willow – Listening To Music (2014)

‘Listening to Music,’ from Jessica Vohs and Miranda Zeiger’s Willow Willow, makes you remember why you enjoy music in the first place.

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One Track Mind: David Lee Roth, “Tobacco Road” from Eat ‘Em and Smile (1986)

It’s corny and completely over the top, but that’s what I want from Dave.

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Thank You Scientist – Maps of Non-Existent Places (2012; 2014 reissue)

Thank You Scientist more than deserves a second audition; don’t miss out this time.

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One Track Mind: Dennis DeYoung, “Lorelei” from Music of Styx: Live in Los Angeles (2014)

Unbent by the years, DeYoung reclaims one of his best early Styx songs.

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One Track Mind: Jon Kanis, “Make A Wish” from Fundamentalism Is The Only Way (2014)

Frugally arranged, yet intense, “Make A Wish” is a real keeper.

It's time for prog fans to forgive Rolling Stone magazine

It’s time for prog fans to forgive Rolling Stone magazine

Mike Tiano explores an enduring rift that should have been over long ago.

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John Dieterich, Ben Goldberg, Scott Amendola – Short-Sighted Dream Colossus (2014)

They find plenty of common ground in this improvisational, experimental space.

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‘A great time to look back on’: Nick Mason mulls over his favorite Pink Floyd era

It was a period, he says, when “the expression ‘musical differences’ hadn’t been invented.”

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John Lennon heralds Beatles’ demise with Live Peace in Toronto: ‘Jesus, did I do that?’

The gold-selling album also marked the debut of a future prog legend.