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Steve Hackett, Rob Reed, Nick Beggs + others, “Spectral Mornings” (2015): One Track Mind

A benefit remake of one of Steve Hackett’s most memorable instrumentals gives us a rare musical – as well as altruistic – reason to listen.

Roger Waters Discusses the Beatles' Impact on Pink Floyd: 'There Was a Value in That Freedom'

Roger Waters Discusses the Beatles’ Impact on Pink Floyd: ‘There Was a Value in That Freedom’

Pink Floyd recorded their 1967 debut just one studio over from the Beatles at Abbey Road. But Roger Waters says that’s where the similarities end.

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Badfinger’s stirring music has outlived their many tragedies

Marking the anniversary of Pete Ham’s birth on April 27, 1947, Beverly Paterson takes a look back at some of Badfinger’s greatest musical moments.

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Graham Parker and the Rumor, “I’ve Done Bad Things” from Mystery Glue (2015)

Graham Parker and the Rumour are all R&B-kissed coolness and trenchant aloofness here. In other words, they’re just what you want them to be.

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Overly Polite Tornadoes – When You Wake Up (2015)

‘When You Wake Up’ is an enthralling expedition into contemporary shoegaze pop from Kalamazoo, Michigan’s Overly Polite Tornadoes.

Matthew Shipp on David S. Ware, unusual collaborations + the Miles Davis Paradigm

Matthew Shipp on David S. Ware, unusual collaborations + the Miles Davis Paradigm

Matthew Shipp offers interesting thoughts for Dialog Talk, a site that archives ideas and perspectives from extraordinary global arts figures.

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Royal Philharmonic with Gavin Harrison + Guthrie Govan, “21st Century Schizoid Man” (2015): Exclusive stream

Here’s an exclusive stream of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s collaboration with Gavin Harrison and Guthrie Govan on a King Crimson classic.

Frank Sinatra, "Only the Lonely" from Ultimate Sinatra (2015): One Track Mind

Frank Sinatra, “Only the Lonely” from Ultimate Sinatra (2015): One Track Mind

Listen as Frank Sinatra sustains the words until you hear the cracks in his voice and, you become certain, his heart.

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Donny McCaslin – Fast Future (2015)

Donny McCaslin’s ‘Fast Future’ manages to be original, adventurous and engaging all at once, making this one of his very best efforts to date.

John Oates on the thing he hates most about Hall and Oates: 'Just be totally objective about it'

John Oates on the thing he hates most about Hall and Oates: ‘Just be totally objective about it’

Everyone, no matter their stature, can find themselves regretting a few things – and John Oates of Hall and Oates is no different.