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‘We’ve got the best of both worlds’: Success apart sparks Hall and Oates reunions

Hall and Oates, not long after their acceptance into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, got back to work — though, as has been increasingly the case lately, not together. Turns out, that strengthens their bond. You May Also Like: Restless Hall and Oates weren’t content with success ofRead More

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Damon Fowler – Sounds of Home (2014)

Damon Fowler’s career was hardly in need of enlivening. This is a guy who, over the past few years, has not only been unleashing his own rootsy blues-rock outings but has also co-founded the good-time dixie-groove Southern Hospitality band. You May Also Like: Eri Yamamoto, Chad Fowler, William Parker +Read More

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Rare companion release from Chicago’s Stone of Sisyphus era surfaces online

Though it’s long been forgotten now, there was a CD-ROM component planned for Chicago’s shelved Stone of Sisyphus recording in the early 1990s — and it’s now surfaced online. Stream it here! You May Also Like: Chicago, “Get On This” (unreleased, 1994): Saturdays in the Park With Led Zeppelin’s reissuesRead More

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Ian O’Beirne – Glasswork (2014)

Making the labored sound simple must be one of the tallest orders for any jazz musician, but that seems to come naturally to Philadelphia-based saxophonist Ian O’Beirne. You May Also Like: Ian Gillan basically drank his way into Black Sabbath: ‘Did that happen? What happened?’

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, "Hermitage" (1979)

(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Hermitage” (1979)