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Keith Emerson, Glenn Hughes + Marc Bonilla – Boys Club, Live From California: Complete Concert (2013) 27 Aug 2013 | 09:22 pm
An intriguing (though, unfortunately, only partial) collaboration, The Boys Club, Live From California: The Complete Concert has certainly taken a circuitous route — having long appeared as a bootleg,...
‘It’s a tricky challenge’: Adam Lambert on bringing his own personality to Queen appearances 27 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm
For Adam Lambert, appearing with Queen — a band established well before he was born — requires a balancing act between honoring their legend and continuing to reach out to the American Idol finalist’s...
Deep Cuts: Hall and Oates’ “Open All Night,” “Had I Known You Better Then,” “Looking for a Good Sign” 27 Aug 2013 | 06:04 pm
At this point, you’ve heard their hits so many times that spelling “Method of Modern Love” is second nature. Time to dig a little deeper into the heady mixture of folk, R&B and rock that is Hall and O...
Fred Hersch and Julian Lage – Free Flying (2013) 27 Aug 2013 | 05:08 pm
Fred Hersch has done plenty of duet albums and plenty of live albums, so perhaps it’s inevitable that the brilliant, reflective pianist would make a live, duet album with a guitarist. After all, he pa...
Almost Hits: The B-52′s, “Rock Lobster” (1979) 27 Aug 2013 | 04:21 pm
Everyone knew — and still knows — who the B-52′s were after “Rock Lobster” went nationwide at the close of the Me Decade. That bucking backbeat, “96 Tears” Farfisa organ, low-tuned surf guitar and gir...
‘Finding the time, that’s going to be the trick’: Joe Satriani says schedules are holding Chickenfoot back 27 Aug 2013 | 01:08 am
Both Joe Satriani and Sammy Hagar have new solo albums out. Michael Anthony has been appearing on tour with Hagar, while Chad Smith is doing dates with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. So, unsurprisingly, s...
Gina Kronstadt – Come Over (2013) 27 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
In the press release for Gina Kronstadt’s Come Over, it’s revealed that she’s worked with “everyone in the records, TV and film industry.” A scan through her credits reveals that’s the case, with her ...
‘I always loved that sound’: Allman Brothers Band guitarist Warren Haynes pays tribute to Duane Allman 26 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
It’s no accident that the Allman Brothers Band’ Warren Haynes plays a Gibson Les Paul, same as the late Duane Allman — who died in a October 1971 motorcycle accident just as the band went supernova be...
Dave Holland, with Kevin Eubanks, Craig Taborn and Eric Harland – Prism (2013) 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
PRISM August 10th, 2012 from Ulli Gruber on Vimeo. At this milestone of Dave Holland’s career — the forty year anniversary of his debut, seminal free jazz album Conference Of The Birds — his prolific ...
New Music Monday: Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Mike Keneally, The Rides, Sly and the Family Stone 26 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
Massive box sets devoted to the Beach Boys, Bob Dylan and Sly and the Family Stone took us on wildly disparate musical journeys this week. Then, there was Stephen Stills’ blues-rocking new trio, the R...
