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.
Other News
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.
‘Such an amazing band’: Adam Lambert selects his all-time favorite Queen song
In the midst of a world tour, Lambert has been working with Queen since 2009.
There’s more to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon than its trippy music: ‘Astonishingly relevant’
A key element to the album continues to resonate, Nick Mason says.
Street Priest – More Nasty (2014)
Here in ‘Merica, we covet our freedom and we root for the underdog. And we like brash. Therefore, the free-funk, noise band out of Oakland that call themselves Street Priest is as American is, well you know, Grandma’s apple pie.
The time Steve Hackett blew away the Yardbirds’ Jim McCarty: ‘It was absolutely deafening!’
The ex-Genesis guitarist first worked with McCarty in the 1980s.
Exclusive advance stream: Marco Minnemann, “Soul Dance” from EEPS (2014)
You’ll never think of Marco Minnemann the same way again.
Deep Beatles: “Don’t Bother Me” from With the Beatles (1963)
George Harrison begins developing his craft at an astoundingly rapid pace.
One Track Mind: Shooter Jennings, “4th of July” from Put the O Back in Country (2005)
I still can’t figure out why this wasn’t a huge summer hit.
Nick DeRiso’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Reissues and Live): Toto, the Who, Roy Orbison, Stick Men, Jon Anderson, Mike Bloomfield
These 10 reissues and live sets provided us with important new perspectives.
