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One Track Mind: Chris Jasper, “The One” from The One (2014)

The architect of classic Isleys slow jams like “Footsteps” and “Between The Sheets” is at it again.

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Matthew Davidson – Cross My Heart (2014)

This is a blues record that often moves far afield from the blues, and a pop record with real soul.

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More than four decades later, Deep Purple issues official video for ‘Smoke on the Water’

The clip finds the famously battling Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore in happier days.

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‘I never heard anybody be that intense’: David Crosby selects his favorite Neil Young performance

“Ever,” David Crosby says. “Anybody. Anybody. Ever.”

WTF?! Wednesdays: Ryuichi Sakamoto and Arto Lindsay, "We Love You" (1990)

WTF?! Wednesdays: Ryuichi Sakamoto and Arto Lindsay, “We Love You” (1990)

What do you get when you unleash pianist/composer Sakamoto and noise merchant Lindsay on this early Rolling Stones track? You May Also Like: Arto Lindsay – Cuidado Madame (2017) Is This the Best-Ever Prince Cover?

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‘My friends will be joining me’: Kenney Jones to reunite with the Who for benefit

Jones was with the Who for two studio albums, and also appeared with them at Live Aid.

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‘I’ve heard people say that’: Alan Parsons addresses Lady Antebellum’s ‘rip off’ of ‘Eye in the Sky’

Does the sun in their eyes make some of the lies worth believing?

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Erik Friedlander – Nighthawks (2014)

The unexpected solitude the master cellist found from the five day loss of power in lower Manhattan from Hurricane Sandy gave him the perspective and focus that provided the material for his bluegrass-tinged combo’s second release, Nighthawks.

David Hungate pondering retirement after long-awaited Toto reunion: 'I can end with you guys'

David Hungate pondering retirement after long-awaited Toto reunion: ‘I can end with you guys’

David Hungate played on every Toto album through the 1982 blockbuster ‘Toto IV.’

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Andy Babiuk on the Newly Formed Empty Hearts: Something Else! Interview

“I really don’t like it,” Andy Babiuk says, “when people call us a supergroup.”