“Get Up,” a newly shared follow up to Mike and the Mechanics’ 2011 release The Road, is intriguing in that it doesn’t at first sound like Genesis or, for that matter, Mike and the Mechanics. You May Also Like: How Mike and the Mechanics’ ‘The Living Years’ Helped Bridge anRead More

As the Blue Sky Riders kick off a new summer tour on Thursday, they gathered to talk a little — and laugh a lot. You May Also Like: Solitaire Miles, “Ghost Riders in the Sky” from ‘Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas’ (2015) Wilco’s ‘Sky Blue Sky’ Was a RareRead More

As Led Zeppelin recedes further into his rear-view mirror, Robert Plant continues to stay busy — collaborating with Allison Krauss, the Band of Joy and currently with the Spectacular Space Shifters. Still, he’s keenly aware of how much time has passed. You May Also Like: Best moment on Jimmy Page’sRead More

The Little River Band returns with a new song devoted to our armed forces, part of the group’s first non-holiday album of songs in 2006.

Roy Harper, perhaps best known to American audiences for his mid-1970s collaboration with Pink Floyd and for inspiring a Led Zeppelin deep cut, returns with his first album since 2000. You May Also Like: No related posts.

An out-of-nowhere collaboration between the Beatles’ Paul McCartney and Bloody Beetroots, the masked Italian DJs, grew out of a shared producer — and a remix. You May Also Like: Paul McCartney Found Collaborative, First-Take Genius Again With ‘Electric Arguments’ Paul McCartney says the Beatles used Motown as a template –Read More

We explore triumphs over time from legends like James Cotton and Wayne Shorter. Triumphs of conception like Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee, and Michael Wolff’s combining with Mike Clark. And triumphs of sheer artistry from Boz Scaggs. You May Also Like: Boz Scaggs – Out Of The Blues (2018) Boz Scaggs,Read More

“Fusion jazz” is one of my favorite genres because it can encompass the intelligent, episodic prog rock of Guapo, forward-thinking world fusion of Maira Marquez or plain fun instrumental music of Rock Candy Funk Party. You May Also Like: S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2015 (Part 4 of 4, FusionRead More

In years past, I’ve called this the “whack jazz” list and this time we’re going to call it “avant garde and experimental jazz,” but any music that goes too far outside the bounds of convention gets lumped into its own category. You May Also Like: Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog –Read More