Sinatra, Martin and Davis – Christmas with the Rat Pack (2002)
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. seemed to always being playing on the house stereo when I was a kid. You May Also Like: No related posts.
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Readers’ Top 10 for 2013: The Beatles, Peter Banks, the Band, Adrian Belew, Carcass, Led Zeppelin
Never mind that our readers’ top pick for 2013 was actually published on December 27, 2011. It’s part of a trend involving a certain mop-topped bunch. You May Also Like: How ‘Let It Be … Naked’ Led to Our New Understanding of the Beatles’ End
Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day” (2002)
Oh yeah, the song that the “fans” love to hate. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’
(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny Group, “The Epic” (1979)
From the shades of Weather Report in its opening tumble of descending chords to the inspired solo passages to the explosive ending, “The Epic” brings to mind (in retrospect) some of Pat Metheny’s through-composed material such as The Way Up. You May Also Like: Pat Metheny, “You Are” from ‘FromRead More
Mark Saleski’s Best of 2013 (Rock, Pop, Country, Whatever): Black Sabbath, Billy Joe + Norah, Moby
Somehow, I ended up with a fair amount of country-ish material on this year’s list. How did that happen? You May Also Like: How Black Country Communion’s Debut Brought Back ’70s-Style Hard Rock Elvis Costello’s ‘The Delivery Man’ Once Again Resisted the Urge to Look Back Why Black Sabbath’s TonyRead More
The Friday Morning Listen: Vince Guaraldi Trio – ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ (1965)
However people choose to celebrate, that time is upon us.
WTF?! Wednesdays: Bruce Eisenbeil, “Improvisation #2” (2011)
So I have to tell you the story of my introduction to Bruce Eisenbeil. You May Also Like: Jack Bruce and Robin Trower found new success with old sounds on Seven Moons
Mark Saleski’s Best of 2013 (Jazz): Bill Frisell, Mary Halvorson, Mort Weiss, John Zorn, Pat Metheny
People like to make that joke about jazz not being dead — no, it just smells funny; har, har … oh, so clever — or they cling to the belief that nothing new has happened You May Also Like: Bill Frisell’s Timeless ‘Live’ Opened Up a New Musical World forRead More
Coke Weed – Back To Soft (2013)
It’s 6 o’clock in the morning and I’m standing in a foot of snow. It’s dark, cold, and windy, and while I try to fight my way through the blowing snow with an oversized barn shovel, I remember that I stood in this exact same spot a few short monthsRead More
Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “Into the Fire” (2002)
If you jettison the world politics of the incident of 9/11, you’re left with the haunting memories of many things You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’
