The Beatles, “I’ll Cry Instead,” A Hard Day’s Night (1964): Deep Beatles
This song shows where John Lennon would go as a Beatle, and as a solo artist.
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Bobby Broom – My Shining Hour (2014)
Steely Dan opening act Bobby Broom releases a terrific set of jazz standards.
Bruce Springsteen road songs, including ‘Thunder Road,’ ‘Racing in the Street,’ ‘Born to Run,’ others: Gimme Five
He uses these metaphors as a foundation for deeply revealing character studies.
One Track Mind: Peter Frampton, “Friendly Fire” from Hummingbird In A Box (2014)
A song as topical as it is musically complex.
Exclusive stream: Zebrina with Ben Goldberg, “The Desert Speaks” from Hamidbar Medaber (2014)
This Miles-meets-Mosada alchemy offers Interesting new twists.
Gary Numan, “I Am Dust” from Splinter (2014): One Track Mind
With “I Am Dust,” Gary Numan exchanged proto-goth black-nailed dystopia for something new.
‘We just thought that would be fun’: The Yardbirds’ lasting connection with 10cc’s Graham Gouldman
They scored an early hit with a Gouldman song. But it didn’t end there.
‘Something’s got to trigger’: Micky Dolenz on the best Monkees song you’ve never heard
One of their most trenchant late-1960s protest songs took a circuitous route.
‘A very romantic, sexy and happy song’: Maria Muldaur on her ageless ‘Midnight at the Oasis’
She says it elicits “very happy and, dare I say it, X-rated memories.”
‘We’d create some sort of magic’: If Hall and Oates record again, it would be in a whole new way
“The whole idea of making an album,” John Oates says, “is really old-fashioned.”
