One Track Mind: John Mellencamp, “Troubled Man” from Plain Spoken (2014)
A canny combination of the Mellencamp of old and the Mellencamp of today.
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Something Else! sneak peek: Wadada Leo Smith, “Lake Superior” from The Great Lakes Suites (2014)
Wadada Leo Smith and his band of free jazz icons show the young guys how it’s done.
One Track Mind: Bob Dylan, “Full Moon and Open Arms” (2014)
It may be a Sinatra song, but Dylan sticks close to his more recent sound.
Skid Row – Rise of the Damnation Army: United World Rebellion, Chapter 2 (2014)
It seems, finally, that Skid Row has found its way again.
Something Else! sneak peek: The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, “Betamax” from Worker (2014)
Reconciling the icy precision of electronic music with the immediacy of fusion.
Steely Dan Sunday: The Five Best Steely Dan Singles
We pick the five best-ever singles from Steely Dan, rank ’em and praise ’em!
One Track Mind: Justin Hayward, “One Day Someday” from Spirits … Live (2014)
Hayward has never sounded closer to the material, or closer to us.
Alestorm – ‘Sunset on the Golden Age’ (2014)
Alestorm honed their cutlasses to a razor-sharp point on ‘Sunset on the Golden Age.’
The Core Trio – The Core Trio with Matthew Shipp (2014)
With or without the fourth player, the Core Trio exemplify what free jazz sounds like when the minds behind it are set free.
‘I don’t mean to sound like everyone’s dull’: Jon Davison admits Yes’ new Heaven and Earth is ‘easy listening’
The softer-edged current project from Yes made a respectable debut at No. 26.
