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How John Coltrane Changed Rock Music: Santana

by Kyle Simpler
August 18, 2026

When the Santana band first started in the San Francisco area in the late 60s, hardly anyone outside of the Bay Area was familiar with the group. This changed after their performance at the Woodstock festival in 1969. Seemingly overnight, everyone knew about Santana, and the band, under the leadership of its namesake, Carlos Santana has since ...

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Frank Swart: This Is The One! (Raison D'êTre)

Read "This Is The One! (Raison D'êTre)" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
July 27, 2026

There is a common misconception that musical artists who release albums usually tour to promote them. While this may be true for the most part, there are exceptions. San Francisco-based bassist and composer Frank Swart is quick to point out that artists such as The Beatles were more focused on spending time in the studio creating albums than ...

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Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story by Brad Tolinski And Chris Gill

by Doug Collette
July 16, 2026

Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story Brad Tolinski And Chris Gill 400 pages ISBN: #978-0306836589 Da Capo 2026 Brad Tolinski & Chris Gill do not just tell The Jeff Beck Story in their biography of the maverick guitar genius. Very early in its four-hundred pages, Blow By Blow ...

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Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles By Philip Norman

by Doug Collette
June 16, 2026

Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles Philip Norman368 Pages ISBN: 9780306837234 Da Capo 2026 Logic would suggest Philip Norman is uniquely qualified to write the biography of the late manager of the Beatles, Brian Epstein. After all, the British-born author composed Shout!: The Beatles in ...

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Take Five with Gary Van Miert AKA The Psychedelic Cowboy

by AAJ Staff
June 5, 2026

Meet Gary Van Miert AKA The Psychedelic Cowboy Gary Van Miert is a New Jersey-based musician and performer best known as the frontman of The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, a band that blends classic American musical styles like country, gospel, and blues with a distinct vintage flair and theatrical presentation. The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! were ...

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How John Coltrane Changed Rock Music: Eight Miles High

by Kyle Simpler
May 16, 2026

In a 1969 interview, Miles Davis said, “I could put together the greatest rock 'n' roll band you ever heard." In many ways, Davis did just that, though it remains a point of contention among many of his fans, who might argue otherwise. Davis himself later made the point that his music from the late sixties and ...

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You Have to See It to Believe It: The Addictive Eccentricity of Angine de Poitrine

by Kyle Simpler
April 24, 2026

Normally, whenever someone mentions something we can't unsee, they mean it in the worst possible way. In many cases, this brings to mind an unpleasant or shocking image or moment that lingers longer than we ever wanted it to. Fortunately, this is not always the case. For example, the Canadian duo Angine de Poitrine intentionally shocks audiences ...

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Fred Hersch: The Touch of Genius

by Ken Dryden
April 17, 2026

The sound of Fred Hersch at the piano is so distinctive, a couple of bars is usually enough to identify him. The mainly self-taught Cincinnati native excelled early, playing jazz in his home town before leaving to study with pianist Jaki Byard at the New England Conservatory of Music. From there, Fred moved to New York ...

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Mike Clark and Phil Haynes: Keep Beating The Drum(s)

by Doug Collette
February 9, 2026

A great drummer is the driving force of any band's performances, whether on stage or in the studio. So, is it any surprise that jazz ensembles led by drummers invariably evince strong collective personalities, even if the members of those groups are as self-motivated and inner-directed as their leader(s)? Each of these bands, led by Mike ...

Album

Anthology 4

By The Beatles

Label: Universal Music Enterprises/Apple Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: CD 1: I Saw Her Standing There; Money (That’s What I Want); This Boy; Tell Me Why; If I Fell; Matchbox; Every Little Thing; I Need You; I’ve Just Seen A Face; In My Life; Nowhere Man; Got To Get You Into My Life; Love You To; Strawberry Fields Forever; She’s Leaving Home; Baby, You’re A Rich Man; All You Need Is Love; The Fool On The Hill; I Am The Walrus. CD 2: Hey Bulldog; Good Night; While My Guitar Gently Weeps; (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care; Helter Skelter; I Will (Take 29); Can You Take Me Back?; Julia; Get Back; Octopus's Garden; Don't Let Me Down; You Never Give Me Your Money; Here Comes The Sun; Something; Free As A Bird; Real Love; Now And Then.