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Something Else! sneak peek: Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart, "Well, Well" (2011)

Joe Bonamassa, unleashing a rooster-tail lick, leaps right in this rattling remake of Delaney and Bonnie’s 1972 boogie-rock classic “Well, Well You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Something Else! Featured Artist: Genesis

Believe it or not, Phil Collins was once just a member of this group called Genesis. Back then, before Collins turned Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks into his backing band, Genesis had begun its musical life as a witty, sometimes quite theatrical prog-rock project. The twin departures, however, of PeterRead More

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Dwight Yoakam – Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc. (1986): On Second Thought

Dwight Yoakam, even if you typically don’t like this kind of music, is country-mile cool

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Michael White – Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 1 (2011)

As much as famous folks like Wynton Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr. have burnished the city of New Orleans’ role in jazz, they didn’t do it by playing in the style that made the city famous. Enter Michael White You May Also Like: New Orleans at 300: In Search ofRead More

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One Track Mind: Thomas Dolby, "Oceanea" (2011)

He’s not the guy from the famous video anymore. Nobody’s shouting “Science!” on Thomas Dolby’s latest work, this trickling, crystalline ride through a melancholic memory. You May Also Like: Projekt Gemineye, “Virtual Reality” (2018): One Track Mind Projekt Gemineye, “Sacred Sons” from ‘In the Year 3073: Book II’ (2020): OneRead More

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Tom Fuller Band – Ask (2011)

The Tom Fuller Band doesn’t hide its influences. In fact, they strut around in them, like bell-bottomed 1970s throwbacks. You May Also Like: MicroCorgi – ‘MicroCosmos’ (2020) ‘Guitar Man’ Shows Why You Shouldn’t Keep Dismissing Bread

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Steve Cropper – ‘Dedicated’ (2011)

Tribute records are a tricky things; star-studded tribute projects even more so. It takes a strong unifying voice, some central character beyond the featured composer, to save them from sounding like choppy compilations. Steve Cropper, on today’s 429 Records release Dedicated, is that voice. Co-founder of Booker T and theRead More

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Cathy Jean – In the Remains (2011)

Cathy Jean’s In the Remains darts out with an attitude that’s both confessional and confrontational. She can be equal parts check-me-out and get-the-heck-out. You May Also Like: When Jean Luc Ponty Made a Triumphant Return With ‘Life Enigma’

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Keb Mo – The Reflection (2011)

Keb Mo isn’t that kid playing the old blues on the old steel guitar anymore. Instead he often comes off on his new album The Reflection like a pillowy-smooth 1970s-era singer-songwriter You May Also Like: Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ – Tajmo (2017)

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Half Notes: John Brown Trio – Dancing with Duke (2011)

Dancing with Duke, the second album as a leader from North Carolina bassist John Brown (Nnenna Freelon), follows the thematic pattern established by his well-received initial recording — a tribute to Art Blakey. But this homage to Ellington explores more interesting territory, in that Blakey’s music has always been associatedRead More