Marco Minnemann – EEPS (2014)
A multi-instrumentalist who makes a living at the drums but has plenty more to say.
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Something Else! sneak peek: Dirty Loops, “Wake Me Up” (2014)
A lot of Dirty Loops’ covers have been released via YouTube, and the latest one to hit the video circuit is their more organic, more virtuosic rendition of Avicii’s Aloe Blacc-sung “Wake Me Up.”
One Track Mind: “Weird Al” Yankovic, “Word Crimes” from Mandatory Fun (2014)
An anthem, whether you know the source material or not, for those who love words.
‘The standard is unbelievably high’: Picking Carl Palmer’s brain on the best modern drummer
Palmer boasts a lengthy resume of success with Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Asia.
For Micky Dolenz, there’s been much more to life: ‘I’m not a Monkee every day’
His solo shows are a varied delight. Later this fall, he’ll appear in ‘Comedy is Hard.’
The Beatles, “I’ll Be Back” from A Hard Day’s Night (1964): Deep Beatles
Inexplicably underrated, “I’ll be Back” foreshadows later Lennon-penned masterpieces.
Top Topham’s unlikely Yardbirds return was decades in the making: ‘Didn’t really approve of him carrying on’
Back in their earliest days, guitarist Top Topham was torn between two worlds.
Ada Rovatti – Disguise (2014)
The tunes are solid and so are the arrangements, but there’s no disguising good playing and ‘Disguise’ has all of those things out in the clear open. A welcome return to form for Ada Rovatti.
‘He said the song was a hit because he was better looking’: How Rick Springfield got the best of Sammy Hagar
A late-’70s Hagar tune eventually hit the Top 10, but only after Springfield covered it.
Eric Wyatt – Borough of Kings (2014)
Eric Wyatt makes good on his enviable Brooklyn upbringing by evoking the masters he’s met as a child while finding his own voice to do it.’Borough of Kings’ is pure, Brooklyn-bred jazz at its finest.
