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John Wetton Still Loves One of King Crimson’s Most Misunderstood Albums: ‘I Don’t Regret What Happened’

Robert Fripp unceremoniously ended King Crimson before this project even appeared on store shelves.

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‘You should be on a stage where you belong’: Journey’s Jonathan Cain has a message for Steve Perry

Cain boasts a huge appreciation for Perry, despite their lengthy time apart.

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Judas Priest – ‘Redeemer of Souls’ (2014)

Judas Priest’s ‘Redeemer of Souls’ shows you don’t need new tricks if you can perform the old ones with the fire, passion and energy of 30 or so years ago.

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Exclusive stream: Elizabeth Shepherd, “What’s Happening” from Signal (2014)

She will change your perceptions of what a “jazz vocalist” in this day and age means.

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One Track Mind: Jerry Garcia Band, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” from GarciaLive: Volume Four (2014)

Jerry Garcia’s take is simply enveloped in an atmosphere of absence.

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The Ugly Beats – Brand New Day (2014)

Spartan but sturdy arrangements, capped with hummable choruses and spiky breaks.

Steely Dan Sunday, "Kind Spirit" (1980?)

Steely Dan Sunday, “Kind Spirit” (1980?)

Another unfinished diamond in the rough that evokes a feeling of what could have been.

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Is this ambient track from Pink Floyd concerts part of the new Endless River album?

Their atmospheric, unreleased ‘Big Spliff’ sessions apparently sparked a new project.

Nick DeRiso’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (R&B, Jazz and Blues): Paul Rodgers, Rebirth, Walter Trout, Brad Mehldau, Wilko Johnson + Roger Daltrey

Nick DeRiso’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (R&B, Jazz and Blues): Paul Rodgers, Rebirth, Walter Trout, Brad Mehldau, Wilko Johnson + Roger Daltrey

Little other than a sense of soul holds this list together. That’s more than enough.

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Micky Dolenz pushes back on criticism of early Monkees recordings: ‘So many groups used studio musicians’

The Monkees, in fact, employed the same sidemen as the Beach Boys, and the Byrds.