The Beatles reunite! (Well, kind of): More Perfect Playlists
With Lennon and Harrison’s untimely passings, this is as close as we’ll ever get again.
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‘He’s like our hidden weapon’: Neal Schon on the overlooked vocal talent of Journey’s Deen Castronovo
A Castronovo-sung single from Schon’s new solo album shot into the Top 5.
Melissa Aldana and Crash Trio – Melissa Aldana and Crash Trio (2014)
Ready or not, here comes 2013’s Monk International Competition saxophone winner Melissa Aldana. ‘Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio’ marks a solid first step in the post-Big Win phase of her young career.
‘I’m going to go out on a limb’: Steve Cropper on how technology is ruining modern music
Cropper is set for another European tour with the Animals later this year.
Forgotten series: Bob Carpenter – Silent Passage (1984)
In the melancholy wisdom of his lyrics, this lost singer-songwriter has very few rivals.
Gene Segal Quintet – Mental Images (2014)
It was a long stretch between Gene Segal’s first and second albums but ‘Mental Images’ assures that the intervening time was time was spent.
‘It was such a powerful day’: Nils Lofgren discusses his new box set’s major Neil Young find
Lofgren’s ‘Face the Music’ set includes 169 original songs from across his career.
On Second Thought: Chad and Jeremy – Painted Dayglow Smile (1992)
This serves as a tasty sampling of their output on Columbia Records.
Grateful Dead Songs That, Well, Suck: Gimme Five
Despite the Grateful Dead’s success, there have been a few musical blunders along the way.
Steely Dan Sunday, “Kulee Baba” (1980, unreleased)
“Kulee Baba,” when Steely Dan goes global. Ahhh, the CD. Those plastic discs of music we used before iTunes. With a noise reduction system Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were crying for when (mis)mastering Katy Lied. Seventy minutes worth and no static at all. CDs arrived commercially in the FallRead More
