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Exploding Star Orchestra - We Are All from Somewhere Else (2007)
By Tom Johnson Tortoise alum Rob Mazurek had a big concept behind this project. As we all know, sometimes big concepts pay off, sometimes they simply lead to big letdowns. Exploding Star Orchestra's We Are All From Somewhere Else was a big concept that luckily actually paid off. Either way, feel free to simply ignore the ...
CD/DVD: Kronos Quartet - Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 (2010)
Volume 8 in the Smithsonian Folkways series on the music of Central Asia paired the Kronos Quartent with Afghan rubâb virtuoso Homayun Sakhi and Azerbaijani father-daughter singing duo Alim and Fargana Qasimov. The results of the collaborations were almost too good to be believed. The stories of how the compositions were put together are fascinating. In ...
Steely Dan Sunday: "Kings" (1972)
Here's an early indication that Steely Dan wasn't going to dwell on romantic themes in their lyrics; songs about love in fact soon became the exception, not the rule. But a rock song about a late 12th century English ruler? Before you think that maybe the references to Richard the Lionhearted's foreign military adventures was meant ...
Karl Grambo and the Roadhouse Redeemers - Bedrooms, Bars and Bibles (2011)
Karl Grambo and the Roadhouse Redeemers have a rollicking, greasy good time on Bedrooms, Bars and Bibles. The only complaint is that the party, which clocks in at just eight songs, ends so quickly. Grambo opens with “I Was There," featuring this grinding, grumpy riff and a gravelly, insistent voice that recalls Robbie Robertson. Then, after ...
Jared Gold - All Wrapped up (2011)
As I type this review, I'm listening to not necessarily All Wrapped Up, the new record by organist Jared Gold, but also Unity by Larry Young. I know, it doesn't make sense, since it's Gold's record being reviewed here, not Young's. But something struck me about All Wrapped Up when I listened to it the last ...
Something Else! Featured Artist: Emerson Lake and Palmer
Emerson, Lake and Palmer somehow went from selling 40 million records early on to becoming one of the 1970s' more reviled rock bands by the end of that decade. The reasons were many. First, there was the emerging dumb-is-cool punk-rock movement—which gave way to the plasticine synth-scene of MTV, then to hair bands. ELP's interest in ...
One Track Mind: Orrin Evans on "Captain Black," "Commitment," "Jena 6," Others
On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews' One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to Orrin Evans, a former sideman with Bobby Watson who quickly established himself as one of jazz music's most fascinating new voices over the course of a solo career begun in 1994. Here, the pianist shares unique insights into some ...
The Allman Brothers Band - One Way Out (2004)
By Tom Johnson To be perfectly honest, I didn't pick up One Way Out because I'm a huge fan of the Allman Brothers Band. As with 2003's Hittin' The Note, I grabbed it because of the presence of slide-guitar monster Derek Trucks (pictured above) and the equally monstrous bassist Oteil Burbridge. The Allmans are one of ...
Something Else! Interview: Orrin Evans, Jazz Pianist, Composer and Bandleader
By Nick DeRiso Orrin Evans arrived amidst a wave of new jazz performers in the early 1990s. Unlike many of those young lions, however, he managed to bob up from that era's ultimately empty retro-conservatism. “A lot of those guys, quite frankly," Orrin says, “just gave too much of a f—. And I never did." By ...
From the Stacks 2011, Vol. 3: Michel Reis, Pitom, Rhys Chatham, Ken Peplowski, Others
by S. Victor Aaron Rhys Chatham: The Man With The Horns. Many, many horns. It might be only the third Stacks so far this year, but it's a much overdue one. There's a whopping seven 2011 releases discussed here, with several other worthy ones being pushed back to a later fourth installment. Two of these albums ...
