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U2 announces new two-disc live set from smash 360° tour, but there's a catch

U2 is releasing a lavish, two-disc set of songs from its record-smashing U2 360° tour — but to get access, you must be a member of U2.com You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Jasmine Lovell-Smith's Towering Poppies – Fortune Songs (2012)

Christchurch, New Zealand’s Jasmine Lovell-Smith at first followed her opera singer mother’s footsteps, until she fell in love with jazz in high school, and the saxophone has been her primary instrument ever since. You May Also Like: The Smiths’ ‘How Soon Is Now?’ Is the Gen-X ‘(I Can’t Get No)Read More

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Michael Lynch – Five Assorted Flavors (2012)

So many different artists and bands have been labeled bubblegum acts over the years that the term has strayed awfully far from its initial classification. You May Also Like: Forget What You Heard About Alanis Morissette’s Flavors of Entanglement, And Just Listen ‘All Things Must Pass Away: Harrison, Clapton, andRead More

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Hot Club of Detroit – Junction (2012)

Jon Irabagon adds a series of new twists, turns and new ideas to the fourth album from Hot Club of Detroit. His arrival, however, signals a period significant change for the Django-inspired gypsy jazz group. You May Also Like: The Hot Club of Philadelphia – ‘Gypsy-Americana’ (2020) Andrew Barker +Read More

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Life, by Keith Richards (2010): Books

I’ve never been a big fan of the Rolling Stones. I like them but don’t love them. My favorite Stones songs are “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Gimme Shelter,” and “Mother’s Little Helper.” You May Also Like: No related posts.

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One Track Mind: Pixel, "Call Me" (2012)

Ornette Coleman used it, and so did Gerry Mulligan. And now, a quartet of Norwegians in their mid-20s is doing it, too. However Pixel, as this Nordic combo is called, isn’t making Harmolodics out of the non-chordal trumpet/sax/standup bass/drums configuration. You May Also Like: Manu Katché – Unstatic (2016)

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ZZ Top – La Futura (2012)

Remember how ZZ Top — a lip-smacking amalgam of blues, hard rock and Texas-born don’t-give-a-damn — sounded before they cloaked themselves in an MTV-approved sheen of synthesizers? It’s like that again. You May Also Like: ZZ Top’s “El Diablo,” “Thunderbird,” “Rough Boy” + Others: Gimme Five

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Geoff Downes on Asia, Yes and ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’: Gimme Five

Geoff Downes, who’ll finish the year touring with both Asia and Yes, joins us for a special edition of One Track Mind to talk about key moments with both bands You May Also Like: Buggles’ ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ Predicted the Music Industry’s Larger Shift

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Something Else! sneak peek: Kelly Joe Phelps, "Talkin' To Jehova" (2012)

There’s a time for conversion and a time for preaching. In Kelly Joe Phelps’ case, it’s time for both. You May Also Like: Joe Sofra, “One of Those Things” (2020): One Track Mind

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Geoff Downes, of Asia, the Buggles and Yes: Something Else! Interview

Keyboardist Geoff Downes has never been busier, working by turns with each of the three bands he’s been associated with off and on since the turn of the 1980s — Yes, the Buggles and Asia. You May Also Like: No related posts.