With the fantastic music and playing, one almost forgets the sad tale of woe conveyed by Steely Dan’s Walter Becker on “Upside Looking Down.”

There’s a reason most prog albums leave the epic song for the end, as Marillion’s 17th album made clear.

As the celebrations marking 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ arrival in America reach a fever pitch, Julian Lennon remembers their legacy — and his role in it. You May Also Like: Julian Lennon talks about his future musical plans: ‘I want to do something different’ Final memory with John LennonRead More

It’s not like “Neighbor,” the closing moment of Band of Horses’ 2010 album Infinite Arms, was a boisterous, plugged-in stomper. And yet, this new version — part of their forthcoming Acoustic at the Ryman, due on February 11, 2014 — finds a quieter place You May Also Like: James McMurtryRead More

I have to admit that intellectually, I was not prepared for 80/81. I had not yet listened to enough jazz music. American Garage, First Circle, Kind of Blue and Weather Report’s 8:30 rounded out nearly my entire listening discography. It just wasn’t enough. And even when I finally took theRead More

A band I have heard of, but never actually heard until now, Thomas Edisun’s Electric Light Bulb Band attained a good amount of recognition in their home state of Louisiana during the 1960s. You May Also Like: Electric Light Orchestra, “Do Ya” from A New World Record (1976): One TrackRead More

Anyone with lingering concerns about the ability to rock of one Deep Purple — led by a trio in Ian Paice, Roger Glover and Ian Gillan who’ve been with the group since the late 1960s — is directed to this bonus track from their newly released Now What?!: Gold DeluxeRead More

Brian May talks about a cache of unreleased Queen tracks that he discovered — and what it’s been like hearing the group, then still a four piece, working at the peak of its powers. You May Also Like: Queen’s Brian May discusses what Adam Lambert can do that Freddie MercuryRead More

This second edition in Jade Blackmore’s Gimme Five series focusing on ABC Movies of the Week featuring Barbara Eden, Laugh-In’s Teresa Graves, Kim Hunter, Stockard Channing — and Karen Black, in one of the buzziest made-for-TV horror films of the 1970s. You May Also Like: Following no trends, the Eagles’Read More

The first charttopping hit single for INXS in their native Australia was pushed along by a key contribution from Daryl Hall — who arrived at the suggestion of producer Nile Rodgers, INXS’ Andrew Farris explains. You May Also Like: Daryl Hall on the Hall and Oates song that should haveRead More