Philadelphia-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Justin DiFebbo dives head long into the styles and feel of pop songs from previous eras on the deeply enveloping Turn Out the Light, Turn On the Stereo. You May Also Like: The Byrds’ Turn! Turn! Turn! offered a message of hope in troubled times JoeRead More

That Jackson Browne, one of the 1970s and ’80s most prolific and recognizable singer-songwriters, hasn’t already had one of these all-out, star-flecked tribute moments boggles the mind, really. You May Also Like: Jackson Browne, “Shaky Town” from Running on Empty (1977): One Track Mind Jackson Browne’s ‘Hold Out’ Was BothRead More

Andy Summers’ textural approach to guitar is forever linked with the Police, but he was an established figure well before that.

When the Police reunited in 2007-08, new music was never in the cards. That sent Andy Summers on a quest.

Forget everything you know about Brad Mehldau, who rose to fame via contemplative classical-leaning reimagingings of pop songs at an acoustic piano. This isn’t that. It isn’t even jazz You May Also Like: Dave Douglas and High Risk + Shigeto, “Molten Sunset” (2015): One Track Mind Avishai Cohen’s Melodic, MasterfulRead More

Offered with a rough-hewn, acoustic grace, Damian Joyce’s paean to the Big Apple unfolds with a warm confidentiality. But the beginning? Pure Keith Emerson. You May Also Like: Did Emerson Lake and Palmer almost lose Keith Emerson to Yes? ‘Fanfare For the Uncommon Man: The Official Keith Emerson Tribute Concert’Read More

You want to know the Johnny Winter story? Listen to the blues stuff, and there’s a heaping helping of it here.

Jeremy Spencer’s ‘Coventry Blue’ dives deeper into the sense of varied experimentation that guided 2012’s ‘Bend in the Road.’

Close your eyes, and there’s no way you picture this guy singing these songs. The guy with the glasses, the suit, the flushed cheeks. You May Also Like: John Belushi originally thought Steve Cropper was a roadie: ‘The guy with the long hair?’

The songs, after a long time away, just started floating to the surface for Benmont Tench. He’d been a member of Tom Petty’s staggeringly underrated band the Heartbreakers forever, had even had a Nashville writing gig for a time. You May Also Like: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ gritty MojoRead More