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Something Else! Interview: Singer Kosi

Akosua Gyebi is a singer with a wondrous voice and range. Her latest release One More Cup Of Coffee received some great reviews, and she is steadfastly making inroads into the music industry. You May Also Like: Beverley Beirne, jazz singer: Something Else! Interview

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The Friday Morning Listen: Hugh Masekela – Hope (1994)

I look back at what went on in the 1990s and it seems like a completely different world. An impossible world. You May Also Like: Ross Hammond and Jay Nair – ‘Hope’ (2020) Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – ‘Hope’ (2021) Seth Walker – ‘I Hope I Know’ (2022)

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Kiss’ Gene Simmons goes off on Wikipedia: ‘Some college kid writes that stuff’

Don’t get Kiss’ Gene Simmons started on Wikipedia, the crowd-sourced online reference site. Wait, on second thought: Do. Do get him started. The results are hilarious. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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‘The songs are starting to come’: Steve Lukather updates new Toto studio project

Now that Steve Lukather’s latest round of shows with Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band have come to an end, he’s focused on work toward Toto’s first studio effort since 2006’s Falling in Between. You May Also Like: Steve Lukather, “Someone” from ‘Bridges’ (2023): One Track Mind Steve Lukather – ‘Bridges’ (2023)

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David Dominique – Ritual (2013)

As an avant-jazz musical scholar, a composer, educator and flugabone (that’s a marching trombone to you marching band types) player, David Dominique is a guy full of ideas…the offbeat ones. You May Also Like: David Dominique – ‘Mask’ (2018) Greg Ward – Touch My Beloved’s Thought (2016)

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Something Else! sneak peek: Bloodgood, “Lamb of God” from Dangerously Close (2013)

I spent a lot of quality time with Bloodgood in the late 1980s. It was around the time that Stryper rose to fame and Christian metal exploded as a subgenre on labels like Frontline Records. You May Also Like: Flotsam and Jetsam, “Iron Maiden” from Flotsam and Jetsam (2016): OneRead More

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The Beatles – On Air: Live at the BBC Volume 2 (2013)

Despite their enormous popularity, the Beatles released few live recordings. The closest the group ever came to releasing a live album was in 1977, when Live at the Hollywood Bowl made its debut. You May Also Like: The Beatles, “Boys” from Please Please Me (1963): Deep Beatles The Beatles, “DevilRead More

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Slack Armada – Slack Armada (2013)

James Hrabak turns the suddenly resurgent shoegaze subgenre on its heels, then shoves it out on the dance floor, with a new self-titled, beats-focused EP. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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‘It still transmits that excitement’: Adam Lambert has helped Queen keep its spark

Despite their having recently performed with a pair of guest singers, Brian May says the group isn’t out looking for a frontman to replace the departed Freddie Mercury. Fate just keeps stepping in. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Kevin Coelho – Turn It Up (2013)

It’s an interesting thing to hear the teenaged Kevin Coelho take to an instrument like the Hammond B3 organ. In part, this is because said instrument is often associated with the more “old-fashioned” side of life. You May Also Like: Ross Hammond and Kevin Corcoran – ‘Music For Lighthouses 2’Read More