Something Else! sneak peek: Jeff Crosby and the Refugees, “Love, Hate Relationship” (2014)
This brings us back to when we first got smitten with rock music so long ago.
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Steely Dan Sunday: “I Can’t Write Home About You” (1980)
A crown-jewel Steely Dan outtake from around the ‘Gaucho’ recording sessions.
S. Victor Aaron’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Non-Jazz): Jack White, Me’Shell Ndegéocello, Drive-By Truckers, Lucinda Williams
Here are the seven best albums outside of realm of jazz so far in 2014. So says me.
Steely Dan Sunday, “Kulee Baba” (1980, unreleased)
“Kulee Baba,” when Steely Dan goes global. Ahhh, the CD. Those plastic discs of music we used before iTunes. With a noise reduction system Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were crying for when (mis)mastering Katy Lied. Seventy minutes worth and no static at all. CDs arrived commercially in the FallRead More
Steely Dan Sunday, “Dallas/Sail The Waterway” (1972)
At this point, they weren’t quite brilliant yet. But Steely Dan was on its way there.
Steely Dan Sunday, “Planet D’Rhonda” (2012)
While “Planet D ‘Rhonda” may not be as great as “Miss Marlene” and “Good Stuff,” it does end ‘Sunken Condos’ on a strong and convincing musical note.
Jack White – Lazaretto (2014)
White’s “old, yet new” vibe again has him brilliantly mixing seemingly unrelated styles.
Steely Dan Sunday, “Good Stuff” (2012)
This time Fagen brings lyrics which are a equal to his stellar arrangements.
Me’Shell Ndegéocello – Comet, Come to Me (2014)
Ndegéocello has a complete command of music in its many forms – and the creativity to forge something different.
John Wetton On ‘Battle Lines’: ‘It Will Take Some Doing to Better That’
‘Battle Lines’ found John Wetton beginning anew as a solo artist after an on-again, off-again initial period with Asia.
