Randy Bachman + Neil Young, “Little Girl Lost” from Heavy Blues (2015): One Track Mind
Randy Bachman’s new Neil Young collaboration is a scroungy groover in the tradition of Young’s garage-rattling Crazy Horse projects.
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Brian Wilson, “The Right Time” from No Pier Pressure (2015): One Track Mind
Brian Wilson’s collaboration with fellow Beach Boys alums Al Jardine and David Marks places ‘No Pier Pressure’ into a compelling new context.
Dwight Yoakam, “Second Hand Heart” (2015): One Track Mind
On one level, it sounds like the Byrds. On another, Buck Owens. On another still, Gene Vincent. Keep going. At bottom, it’s uniquely Dwight Yoakam.
Robben Ford + Warren Haynes, “High Heels and Throwing Things” (2015): One Track Mind
Robben Ford brings his usual canny sense of craft to this collaboration with Warren Haynes, even as he — once again — more than holds his own.
Jimmy Page, “A Minor Sketch” from Sound Tracks (2015): One Track Mind
A long-awaited new Jimmy Page album is being promised. Until then, we’re left with table scraps from a feast that’s somehow never been served.
Steve Earle, “The Tennessee Kid” from Terraplane (2015): One Track Mind
You can’t dig too deeply into blues, as Steve Earle is doing these days, without a teeth-splintering clang of your shovel against Robert Johnson’s legend.
Florence + the Machine, “What Kind Of Man” from How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
Florence + the Machine follows an introductory video of sweeping expectancy with something that provides a more detailed sense of what’s ahead.
Boz Scaggs, “Last Tango on 16th Street” from A Fool to Care (2015): One Track Mind
Box Scaggs’ new wistfully urbane interpretation of “Last Tango on 16th Street” is about more than Mission Street atmospherics.
Joe Bonamassa, “Tiger in Your Tank” (2015): One Track Mind
This lead song from ‘Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks’ makes clear the difficulty Joe Bonamassa — really, anybody — has in taking on Muddy Waters.
Florence + the Machine, “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” (2015): One Track Mind
A lot seems to happen, but also not much. Is this simply an album intro? A taste of a more free-form direction Florence + the Machine might go?
