Steely Dan Sunday: Songs That Got Us Hooked on Steely Dan
Our panel of Steely Dan fanatics reminisce about that magic moment when their minds were blown away by the artful brilliance of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.
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One Track Mind: Nino Bisignano and the Initiative, “Anymore” (2014)
Anchored by a cool-cat groove, this ropes together swing, jazz, and pop.
Garden Music Project – Inspired by Syd Barrett’s Artwork (2014)
A canny amplification of Barrett’s muse, beyond the hippie-fied stuff.
One Track Mind: Marianne Faithfull, “Sparrows Will Sing” from Give My Love To London (2014)
Faithfull’s take on a Roger Waters song finds new depths of emotion.
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble – Sketches of Spain Revisited (2014)
There is no small amount of blasphemy going on here.
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
They promise sweeping changes to old favorites in tonight’s debut concert.
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.
‘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
O’Toole, author of Deep Beatles, will give two talks on Saturday.
