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Calvin Keys – Electric Keys (2013)

There aren’t a whole lot of guitarists who can claim fitting in with big names as diverse as Ray Charles, Ahmad Jamal, Jimmy Smith and Bobby Hutcherson, but super sideman Calvin Keys has been there, done that. You May Also Like: Michael Gregory Jackson – ‘Electric Git Box’ (2022)

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Something Else! sneak peek: Adrenaline Mob, “Come On Get Up,” from Men of Honor (2014)

So, what will the Mike Portnoy-less Adrenaline Mob sound like? Well, pretty much like the version of the band with Portnoy, but perhaps even less interesting. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Evergreen Terrace – Dead Horses (2013)

We haven’t heard from Evergreen Terrace in a long time — four years, to be exact. It’s almost as if the band from Jacksonville, Florida had disappeared You May Also Like: James McMurtry – ‘The Horses and the Hounds’ (2021) Ginger Baker (1939-2019): An Apprecation Ethan Keller – Dead ManRead More

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One Track Mind: The Nth Power, “Thank You” (2013)

As we — or me, anyway — await the first full album by one of New Orleans’ best-kept secrets of late, The Nth Power continues to tantalize. You May Also Like: Tower of Power’s Emilio Castillo: The Albums That Shaped My Career

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One Track Mind: Iggy Pop, “White Christmas” from Psych-Out Christmas (2013)

Appropriately subtitled “Guitar Stooge Version,” this meth-freak version “White Christmas” is enough to have Bing Crosby spinning at coffin-melting speeds. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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On Second Thought: Boston – Life, Love & Hope (2013)

The incredible perfection showcased on Boston’s 1976 self-titled debut album astonished fans, as well as most music critics. The songwriting of the highest quality, and the playing technique of Tom Scholz was from another planet. You May Also Like: How Boston Said Goodbye to Brad Delp on ‘Life Love andRead More

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Juaneco Y Su Combo: The Birth Of Jungle Cumbia (2013)

I always think of music born from culture as being a purely organic thing. Say, the country blues of the American south; the chants of Tibet; the music of the Sufis. But here we have a counterexample You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Lily and Madeleine – Lily and Madeleine (2013)

The American sister-duo of Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz from Indianiapolis, at the tender age of 16 and 18, already have a terrific new self-titled album out. You May Also Like: Tony Kaye, Madeleine Peyroux, David Garfield + Others: Five for the Road James Brandon Lewis + Red Lily Quintet –Read More

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On Second Thought: Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata (BRO) – The Hills Are Alive (2011)

Hollywood has the unfortunate habit of taking an success and grinding it into the ground but remaking it until the essence of what made it successful dissolves. You May Also Like: Micky Dolenz Might Have Finally Figured Out What the Monkees’ ‘Head’ Was About Roger McGuinn, John Kay + OthersRead More

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Death Angel – The Dream Calls for Blood (2013)

Death Angel stands as one of the most underrated acts from the second tier of the 1980s San Francisco Bay-area thrash movement. You May Also Like: Punky Meadows – Fallen Angel (2016) Archon Angel – ‘Fallen’ (2020) Dialectical Imagination – The Angel and the Brute Sing Songs of Wrath (2017)