Something Else! sneak peek: Rotem Sivan Trio, “Sefi’s Blues” (2014)
Played with grace, fire and the knowledge of how much of both to deliver.
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One Track Mind: Mike Zito with Sonny Landreth, “Fortunate Son” from Blues Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival (2014)
Every bit of this song’s original impetus, that flinty anger, returns.
One Track Mind: Johnny Butler, “Macaroni Dip” (2014)
Earlier this year, outlier saxophonist Johnny Butler made an EP titled Raise It Up, pulling most everything from the pantry and throwing it into a logic board-laden blender. You May Also Like: Sam Butler – Raise Your Hands! (2015)
The Doughboys, “The Tears of a Clown” (2014): One Track Mind
Covering Motown classics can be awfully risky, but you can always trust the Doughboys to do things right.
One Track Mind: Keith Richards and Friends, “Words of Wonder/Get Up Stand Up” (2014)
This charity single deftly combines a Richards deep cut with a reggae classic.
One Track Mind: Peter Frampton, “Friendly Fire” from Hummingbird In A Box (2014)
A song as topical as it is musically complex.
Gary Numan, “I Am Dust” from Splinter (2014): One Track Mind
With “I Am Dust,” Gary Numan exchanged proto-goth black-nailed dystopia for something new.
Greg ‘Stackhouse’ Prevost, “Mr. Charlie/Rolling Stone Blues” (2012): One Track Mind
Greg Prevost of the Chesterfield Kings is in a stripped-to-the-bone solo acoustic traditional blues mode.
One Track Mind: Reload, “Dark Matter” (2014)
Bands like France’s Reload are keeping the prog rock genre alive.
One Track Mind: Peter Himmelman, “Too Afraid to Lose” from The Boat That Carries Us (2014)
Himmelman moves away from specificity, and into something far more resonant.
