Something Else! sneak peek: Rotem Sivan Trio, “Sefi’s Blues” (2014)
Played with grace, fire and the knowledge of how much of both to deliver.
Other News
One Track Mind: Mike Zito with Sonny Landreth, “Fortunate Son” from Blues Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival (2014)
Every bit of this song’s original impetus, that flinty anger, returns.
Steve Cropper almost lost the Blues Brothers gig to Robben Ford: ‘I said – No, you won’t!’
Could there have been a different guitarist in that legendary band?
Allman Brothers Band – ‘The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings’ (2014)
Something bigger than the music was happening with the Allman Brothers Band – certainly something bigger, I’d guess, than they could explain.
David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar?: Michael Anthony mulls over the great Van Halen debate
He was in Van Halen with Roth between 1974-85, and Hagar from 1985–96.
‘I think he’s woken us up’: A resurgent Queen looks ahead to future with Adam Lambert
Brian May says Lambert has given Queen a new lease on its musical life.
Something Else! sneak peek: The Stooges’ James Williamson, “I Gotta Right” from Re-Licked (2014)
Iggy Pop is elsewhere. Yet this Stooges remake detonates with real force anyway.
‘It got to be a bit mad there’: How Yardbirds stalwart Jim McCarty found peace
“Everyone wants some peace of mind,” McCarty says, “even original Yardbirds.”
Wil Blades – Field Notes (2014)
Every song finds a different way to soothe, groove and satisfy the soul. Blades and his badassed organ trio never seem to run out of ideas.
Odd Couples: The Doors’ “The End” vs. Buick MacKane’s “The End”
Same title, sure. But these songs simply couldn’t be any different.
