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Songs You May Have Missed #777

Shivaree: “I Close My Eyes” (2005) Listening to Shivaree is like looking through a prism of musical facets and moods. The torch song sensibilities are overlaid with Cowboy Junkies alt country leanings. It’s dark. It’s creepy. It’s coffeehouse vibe. It’s smokey late-night last call. It’s jagged with reverb and Tom Waits cacophonous clash. It’s smooth with a sultry R&B feel. Wait, was that a…

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Video of the Week: Steely Dan Wrote This Song Just to Mock John Lennon

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On a Lighter Note...

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Video of the Week: Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - MonaLisa Twins

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Video of the Week: Herb Alpert Celebrates 90 Years and a Return to the Stage with the Tijuana Brass

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Video of the Week: An Exhaustive Exploration of Dark Side of the Moon

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Songs You May Have Missed #290

  John Denver: “Matthew” (Live) (1975) http://edcyphers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/07-matthew.mp3 Though John Denver’s 1975 live double album An Evening with John Denver spent two weeks at number 2, went triple-platinum and spawned two hit singles, it’s a largely forgotten piece of his catalogue today, with the exception of #1 single “Thank God I’m a Country Boy”. (“Greatest Hits”…

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Songs You May Have Missed #776

John Denver: “Today” (Live) (1975) John Denver’s credentials as a songwriter are impressive. He is also the subject of a unique bit of music trivia in that his first two top 40 hits have been adopted as official state songs. Colorado recognized “Rocky Mountain High” as such in 2007. And in 2014 “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (co-written by Denver with Bill Danoff and Tammy Nivert) was given the…

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Video of the Week: 12 types of Guitarists Play "All of Me"

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Ian Anderson: Jethro Tull’s one-legged hammy past and their potential stripped-down future

(via Louder) by James McNair Not ones for living in the past, Jethro Tull are back with their 24th album – and third in three years – Curious Ruminant. It finds frontman Ian Anderson embracing his love of sci-fi and issuing a warning about climate change. He tells Prog about building on the band’s legacy, hamming it up for the crowd and making sure all the semiquavers are in the right…

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Video of the Week: Steely Dan's Gaucho--The Most Disastrous Recording of All Time

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Video of the Week: 2 Minutes with Peter Brown--The Making of a Disco Masterpiece

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Video of the Week: The Van Gogh of Music: The Story of Nick Drake

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Alice Cooper Announces Reunion and New Album with Original Band — the First in Over 50 Years

Matthew Baker/Getty Alice Cooper in London in October 2024 (via People) Story by Marina Watts Alice Cooper is getting the band back together. Cooper will be joined by Michael Bruce on guitar, bassist Dennis Dunaway and Neil Smith for the forthcoming album ‘The Revenge of Alice Cooper’ On Monday, April 21, the “School’s Out” rocker told Billboard that he and the original bandmembers Cooper,…

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Video of the Week: Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky | The Story Behind the Song

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Video of the Week: Ken Lee - Bulgarian Idol

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Christopher Cross covering for a Sick Ritchie Blackmore on Deep Purple's first U.S. Show

Ultimate Classic Rock (via Guitar Player) by Joe Matera When Christopher Cross came out of nowhere to score big time with his 1979 self-titled debut album, many assumed he was an overnight sensation. At the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards held in February 1981, Cross would take home five Grammys for the disc including, for the first time ever, four of the most prestigious awards: Record of the Year…