Best of 2023 Rock, Pop
Steve Lukather- Bridges – I was chatting with Steve Lukather about his latest solo albumwhen he said, “Look, I know what you are going to ask:
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Best of 2022 Jazz
Michael Leonhart ORCHESTRA – THE NORMYN SUITES (JAZZ)-The constant in every Leonhart project is his excellent gift of melody and ability to draw the listener in.
Mark Bacino Takes a Deep Dive Into ‘Top of the World’: Slang Of Ages Podcast Interview
Preston Frazier Preston Frazier is a bass-playing lawyer living in Atlanta. He is the author of ‘Toto: The Band, Not the Dog,’ a look at his favorite band. Frazier hosts the music-focused Slang of Ages Podcast and regularly writes about his favorite music on slangofages.com. He can be reached at slangofages@icloud.com; follow him on Twitter: […]
Madeleine Peyroux – Let’s Walk
Ten studio albums and one greatest hits package into her career, yet Madeleine Peyroux continues to break new ground. ‘Let’s Walk,’ co-produced by Peyroux, her long-time guitarist Jon Herington, and Elliot Scheiner, who also engineered the album, reflects the continued artist growth seldom seen by veterans in the music industry. Peyroux, who sparingly flexed her […]
Forq; ‘Big Party’
Out on GroundUP Music, Ford’s fifth studio release, ‘Big Party,’ continues the band’s tradition of engaging, amazing, and confounding listeners. The band, the brainchild of uber-talented keyboardist Henry Hey, mixes rock, jazz, and funk with a formula that is all their own.
Catherine Russell and Sean Mason’s ‘My Ideal’
Catherine Russell’s busy worldwide tour schedule in support of her 2022 album ‘Send For Me,’ and her dates as a long-term band member of Steely Dan have not kept the stellar vocalist out of the studio.
The Best from Yes’ ‘Heaven & Earth’
If the first post-Chris Squire Yes album, The Quest, was slightly overbaked with its three bonus tracks, Heaven & Earth, released on July 14, 2014, suffers from the opposite issue.
Chris Green Quartet- ‘Music Appreciation
To say that Chicago based Chris Greene has chops is an understatement. However, Greene and is his quartet consisting of drummer Steve Corley, acoustic bassist Marc Paine and pianist/keyboardist Damian Espinosa prove on their March 4, 2014 release, Music Appreciation,
Joe Walsh- ‘You Bought It You Name It,
Joe Walsh has been on a bit of a roll as of late. He toured for his first solo album in almost 20 years, the critically acclaimed and Jeff Lynne produced Analog Man, then he hooked up with his old friends the Eagles and had a successful run of shoes celebrating the documentary, “The History of The Eagles”.
China Crisis- ‘Diary Of A Hollow Horse’
Walter Becker is the lesser known half of Steely Dan yet has a successful career as a jazz producer which extends from 1981 to present day. Shortly after the breakup for Steely Dan in the 80’s Becker amazed critics with his behind the boards prowess and speed and facilitating
