Eric DiVito – The Second Time Around (2013)
Ace straight-ahead jazz guitar player Eric DiVito didn’t make a record until his 30s but he seems intent on catching up. You May Also Like: Eric Carmen – ‘Eric Carmen’ (1975): On Second Thought
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Boston – Life, Love and Hope (2013)
The incredible perfectionism that went into Boston’s self-titled debut album back in 1976 amazed the ears of the general rock and pop fan base as well as most music critics everywhere. You May Also Like: How Boston Said Goodbye to Brad Delp on ‘Life Love and Hope’ Thollem – ‘WorldsRead More
Steely Dan Sunday, “The Steely Dan Show” (2000, unreleased)
<<< BACKWARD (“Everything Must Go”) ||| ONWARD (“Morph The Cat”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** Steely Dan’s “Second Act” started in 1993 and shows no sign of ending. You May Also Like: Walter Becker, “Hard Up Case (Live at Slim’s 1995)” (2024): Steely Dan Sunday Steely Dan Sunday:Read More
Davey Payne of the People Band and the Blockheads: Something Else! Interview
“I believe there is a divine music; it goes on, it’s automatic, without anger, greed, lust, attachment and egoism.” You May Also Like: No related posts.
‘Things are turning’: Series of breakout moments has labels interested in Adam Lambert again
RCA label heads must be pointing fingers right about now. Just months after splitting with Adam Lambert over their push to have the Idol finalist record an 1980s-themed cover album, he’s on a roll. You May Also Like: No related posts.
One Track Mind: Laughing Soup Dish, “Teenage Lima Bean” (1985)
A New Jersey band, Laughing Soup Dish came together in 1981 and participated in the small but fiercely fanatic psychedelic garage rock movement of the decade. You May Also Like: Deerhoof, feat. Wadada Leo Smith – ‘To Be Surrounded By Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough’ (2020)
Gary Smulyan and Dominic Chianese – Bella Napoli (2013)
A love letter to classic Italian music, Bella Napoli features an unlikely pairing and a lot of flavor. The recording from baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan and singer Dominic Chianese is an interesting blend You May Also Like: Ulises Bella, multi-instrumentalist with Ozomatli: Something Else! Interview Maria Schneider Orchestra – ‘DataRead More
Gary Husband and Alex Machacek – Now (2013)
This is something surprising, indeed: An evocative, quietly communicative exploration on guitar and piano from a pair of typically quick-witted post-fusion instrumental improv talents. I was smitten from the first. You May Also Like: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, Jon Anderson, Gary Husband and Markus Reuter + Others: Five for the Road
‘He’s a part of it in spirit’: Memory of T-Bone Wolk remains for Hall and Oates
When Tom “T-Bone” Wolk died in 2010, Hall and Oates lost more than just their long-time bassist. Over a collaboration that went back to 1981’s Private Eyes, he’d become so much more. You May Also Like: No related posts.
(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Lone Jack” (1978)
Despite my musing last week that maybe April Joy is a more appropriate closer for this album, there’s no denying the fact that “Lone Jack” finishes things off on a note of bursting energy. You May Also Like: Why You Should Give Pat Metheny’s ‘Rejoicing’ Another Listen Pat Metheny, MayRead More
