John Scofield sits in with Phil Lesh & Friends (2016)

John Scofield sits in with Phil Lesh & Friends (2016)
John Scofield sits in with Phil Lesh & Friends (2016)
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Helped by his own son, Ry Cooder turns to gospels to heal what he sees as a derelict ‘moral state’. ‘The Prodigal Son’ is all about a possible redemption

Ry Cooder’s 'The Prodigal Son' is his seventeenth solo studio album recorded with his son, Joachim Cooder and released on May 11, 2018 by Fantasy

Continue ReadingHelped by his own son, Ry Cooder turns to gospels to heal what he sees as a derelict ‘moral state’. ‘The Prodigal Son’ is all about a possible redemption

In ‘World’s Strongest Man,’ Gaz Coombes dissects his own masculinity. Picking up les ‘Fleurs du Mâle’ from the ‘Supergrass’

Gaz Coombes' 'World's Strongest Man' is his third solo album produced by Ian Davenport and released on May 4, 2018 by Hot Fruit / Caroline International

Continue ReadingIn ‘World’s Strongest Man,’ Gaz Coombes dissects his own masculinity. Picking up les ‘Fleurs du Mâle’ from the ‘Supergrass’

‘Eat the Elephant’ by A Perfect Circle took 14 years in the making. So, all you can expect is slowly unfolding grandeur.

A Perfect Circle's 'Eat the Elephant' is their fourth album (their first in fourteen years) featuring vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarists Billy Howerdel & James Iha, drummer Jeff Friedl and…

Continue Reading‘Eat the Elephant’ by A Perfect Circle took 14 years in the making. So, all you can expect is slowly unfolding grandeur.

Zappaish inventivity, electronic noises & fuzzing guitars, aboard ‘Boarding House Reach’ Jack White travels in all directions. Invitation to incoherence.

Jack White' s 'Boarding House Reach' is his third solo studio album (the first in four years) released on March 23, 2018 by Third Man / Columbia / XL

Continue ReadingZappaish inventivity, electronic noises & fuzzing guitars, aboard ‘Boarding House Reach’ Jack White travels in all directions. Invitation to incoherence.

Engineer Eddie Kramer picked up bits of stuff recorded by Jimi, glued them together and it (more or less) works. Demoes from beyond!

Jimi Hendrix' s 'Both Sides of the Sky' is this third posthumous (and a double) album engineered by Eddie Kramer and released on March 9, 2018 by Sony Legacy

Continue ReadingEngineer Eddie Kramer picked up bits of stuff recorded by Jimi, glued them together and it (more or less) works. Demoes from beyond!

Strokes singer, Albert Hammond Jr.’s new opus ‘Francis Trouble’ is about his unborn twin (that’s Francis) and the search of identity

Albert Hammond Jr.' s 'Francis Trouble' is his fourth (36 minutes long) studio album released on March 9, 2018 by Red Bull Records

Continue ReadingStrokes singer, Albert Hammond Jr.’s new opus ‘Francis Trouble’ is about his unborn twin (that’s Francis) and the search of identity