In what just may be the freak-nastiest Yuletide-themed track ever, Holidelic takes Tchaikovsky’s delicately ornate “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies” on a grave-spinningly fonky ride. You May Also Like: Neil Young Set a Solo Course on ‘Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House’

Here’s a look back at the Top 10 stories from last month on SomethingElseReviews.com, based on page views from our readers. For the first time, two items from last month’s poll return for a second run — Transatlantic (which was the top reader pick from October 2011 at SER) andRead More

Sporting a drop dead gorgeous image and a six string violin that resembles a Gibson Flying V, Susan Aquila certainly looks the part, but is her fiddle playing up to snuff? Well, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Kanye West, Metallica and Billy Joel, just to name a few ofRead More

Sure, this Jon Anderson song is a guilty pleasure. But what part of Christmas isn’t, really?

We’ve all heard the lout in the back of the crowd, yelling “Freebird!” or some such annoying thing. On this tour, Elvis Costello brings those guys right on stage. You May Also Like: Elvis Costello’s ‘The Delivery Man’ Once Again Resisted the Urge to Look Back

One of the busiest players in Chicago’s jazz/improvised music scenes, the name of vibist and composer Jason Adasiewicz always seems to come up You May Also Like: Jason Stein Quartet – Lucille! (2017) Ivo Perelman, Mat Maneri, Mark Feldman, Jason Hwang – ‘Strings 1’ (2018)

The range and scope of Ray Charles’ talent could never be contained within one genre, no matter its lasting joys.

Pat Martino, along with George Benson, was the greatest jazz guitarist to spring from those righteous sounding organ trios of the 60s, and like Benson, Martino is still playing at a very, very high level. You May Also Like: Wes Montgomery – ‘The Complete Full House Recordings’ (2023)

The best time to listen to Benji Kaplan’s Meditações no Violão is on a quiet, Sunday morning as I’m doing now. An album of self-penned songs inspired by the Brazilian form he loved from childhood and studied intensely both at Brazil and his native NYC, the title is Portuguese forRead More

Born and bred in Chicago, Illinois, the Buckinghams were one of the most successful groups of 1967. The band started the year off on a banner note, as they netted a No. 1 hit single with their first single “Kind of a Drag” — distributed by the regional USA labelRead More