Grupo Fantasma – ‘American Music Vol. VII’ (2019)
Most bands that have been around as long as these guys are content to rest on their legacy. Grupo Fantasma is not most bands.

Most bands that have been around as long as these guys are content to rest on their legacy. Grupo Fantasma is not most bands.
Songs can change radically from demo to final version. Nothing demonstrates this fact more than the Beatles’ “Child of Nature.”

As Adrian Sherwood helps transform these Near Jazz Experience songs, the listener gains a much wider viewpoint.
The initial three songs on Yes’ ‘Open Your Eyes’ find the world’s greatest progressive rock band at the top of their game.

Ivo Perelman has added Nat Wooley on trumpet. ‘Strings 3’ answers the question of whether that was bonkers or completely wonderful.
Lou Reed’s live ‘Animal Serenade’ delivered the goods 15 years ago this week, but – gasp! – in an elegant, almost cerebral fashion.

Jazz is the music of pure emotion, and it’s the vehicle by which Michael Bisio, Kirk Knuffke amd Fred Lonberg-Holm sorted out their feelings about a tragedy.
The Allman Brothers Band made a new fan 15 years ago today with the release of their final concert recording.
Peter Cetera’s “Loser with a Broken Heart” is a low-quality song that had no business making ‘Chicago 13.’
Extreme’s high-concept ‘III Sides to Every Story’ may have been just a little too much of a leap for a lot of fans.