Daren Burns teaches bass, piano, music theory and composition at Verde Valley School out of Sedona, Arizona. You May Also Like: Wadada Leo Smith – Najwa (2017)

Ambitious and sprawling, Baroness’ double album Yellow and Green is never pompous or packed. The record is one of their best, demonstrating an audacious step forward into the domain of creativity and damn good songwriting. You May Also Like: Chicago + Al Green, “Tired of Being Alone” (1973): Saturdays inRead More

A new interview with the Financial Times of London — his first sitdown with a print journalist in seven years — finds Robert Fripp railing against the music industry. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Ray Wilson, who fronted a Phil Collins-less edition of Genesis in the late 1990s, says his favorite era of the band was, in fact, the early Collins years. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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It’s like the tides, only slower. There’s this nursery I used to drive by on the way to work, with the majority of the plants layed out on a very long piece of black gardener’s cloth. You May Also Like: Edgar Winter Group – They Only Come Out at NightRead More

News that Jeff Lynne is making a long-awaited return with both a studio album and a fresh examination of ELO’s greatest hits had us recalling some old favorites. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Robert Cray’s forthcoming album, called Nothin But Love, was crafted with “dirt under the fingernails,” according to legendary producer Kevin Shirley. Stream the lead single here! You May Also Like: Robert Cray – Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm (2017) How ‘This Time’ Brought Robert Cray Full Circle Again Robert CrayRead More

With such a focus here on Keith Jarrett’s sublime Standards trio that has been going on for thirty years, now, along with some monumental solo piano records of the 1970s, it can almost be forgiven if we had overlooked Jarrett’s American Quartet You May Also Like: Keith Jarrett Returned toRead More

As Steve Lukather and Toto return for a series of concert dates, the celebrated guitarist stops by to explore a number of tracks from his time in the band You May Also Like: No related posts.