Like a transmission from deep space, the slow-build intro to a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Careful With That Axe, Eugene” emerges like a slowly expanding super nova. Then everything bursts into stars and we’re off on a glorious space rock odyssey. It’s the first track on Space Bootleg, a new all-too-under-the-radar live release by the…
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I’m Being Followed by a Vinyl Museum
I read a quote recently from a record collector where he mentions that when he visits record stores, for him it’s like going to an art gallery. I can easily identify with that sentiment, as record stores have always been more than just a “store” for me. They’re a repository of mystery, an archive of…
Hot Potatoes: 10 (or 12) of the Best Guitar Albums
Sounding good in almost any genre of music, the guitar is capable of expressing a broad range of human emotion. It can be angry or celestial, confident or jittery, screaming or mellow. Strummed or picked, plugged or unplugged, the guitar has become the dominant world instrument. Here’s a selection of primarily instrumental guitar albums that…
Scott Appel / Nick Drake: “Far Leys”
For a musician whose reputation rests in no small part on his guitar skills, it’s interesting that Nick Drake never released a guitar instrumental. Over the years, however, some tantalizing solo acoustic home recordings of his have come to light. Many are work tapes containing ideas and fragments, or “sketches”, as he called them. Some…
“1984”…in 1984
George Orwell’s classic novel 1984 has long resonated with artists, notably musicians. Musicians often challenge the status quo through their art and 1984’s theme of fighting against totalitarianism hits a chord (pun intended). The novel has directly inspired many albums and songs over the years, one of the most well-known being David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs….
Sting’s Jazz Fusion Neil Young Cover
“Here’s a new song that’s guaranteed to bring you right down…it’s called ‘Don’t Let it Bring You Down’ [a few tentative guitar strums] It sorta starts off real slow and then it fizzles out altogether…”, jokes Neil Young to the crowd in the spoken intro to his song “Don’t Let it Bring You Down” from…
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