Danny Seraphine on ’25 or 6 to 4,’ ‘Full Circle,’ ‘Hard Habit to Break’ + Others: Gimme Five
Danny Seraphine looks back on a career that started and continues with CTA.
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Nick DeRiso’s Best Of 2013 (Rock and Pop): Steven Wilson, Steve Lukather, Stick Men, Paul McCartney
Artists reclaimed their thrones in 2013, did things they were supposed to do in the way they were supposed to do them. Sounded, if nothing else, like their very own glorious selves. You May Also Like: Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions [1969-2013], by Luca Perasi: Books
Nick DeRiso’s Mid-Year Best Of 2013 (Rock and Pop): Steven Wilson, CTA, Steve Lukather, Stick Men
Occasionally, an album comes bursting out of your speakers, and you know — just know — that it’s going to end up here, on your half-way best of list. And on the year-ending compendium, too. Steven Wilson put out that album. You May Also Like: Steve Lukather kept Toto’s legacyRead More
‘I think it’s really deep’: Danny Seraphine on CTA, getting over Chicago, and carrying the jazz-rock torch
In adding muscular horns to California Transit Authority, Danny Seraphine has fulfilled the promise of one of the best songs on CTA’s hard-grooving new release Sacred Ground: He’s come full circle. You May Also Like: Chicago, “Take Me Back to Chicago” from Chicago XI (1977): One Track Mind Danny SeraphineRead More
Exclusive stream: Danny Seraphine’s California Transit Authority, “Sacred Ground” (2013)
Here’s an exclusive sneak peek at the title track from California Transit Authority’s long-awaited sophomore release, led by Chicago co-founder Danny Seraphine and featuring Marc Bonilla and Tower of Power vocalist Larry Braggs You May Also Like: Danny Seraphine and Bill Champlin Defend ‘Chicago 17’: ‘Biggest Album We Ever Had’Read More
California Transit Authority – Sacred Ground (2013)
It’s not just that Chicago doesn’t sound like old Chicago anymore. In fact, nobody does. Or, more correctly, nobody did. What’s left of the original band, having now issued just one original album since 1991, has been supplanted. You May Also Like: Chicago, “Questions 67 & 68” from Chicago TransitRead More
‘Not a weak spot on it’: Danny Seraphine’s California Transit Authority returns, this time (yes!) with horns
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK1C_yIglFA&w=500&h=305] California Transit Authority, which boasts a throwback sound to leader Danny Seraphine’s co-founding stint in Chicago, didn’t feature horns at first. But all of that is about to change with its forthcoming new studio effort. You May Also Like: The Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla was aRead More
Danny Seraphine on Chicago, California Transit Authority and David Foster: Gimme Five
Danny Seraphine discusses a pair of signature tracks he co-wrote while in Chicago, and a rambunctious remake of one of their best-known early rockers.
Danny Seraphine, formerly of Chicago: Something Else! Interview
Chicago co-founder Danny Seraphine discusses the formation of California Transit Authority, and how it all went wrong with his old band.
Nels Cline, California Transit Authority, Wilco + Others: S. Victor Aaron’s Alternate All-Star Albums of 2007
In looking back on 2007, it’s time to assess the releases over the last 12 months and pick out the more outstanding ones.
