Steven Wilson’s Benefit – Spotify RADIOACTIVE TOY Prog rock bands were kind of like hair bands. They ascended from nowhere and imploded overnight. And one can argue that the pretentiousness killed prog rock, the capes and the multi-sided albums, but unlike hair bands, prog rock did not begin with cynicism, rather it was an exploration, […]

It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Spotify I had to hear “It’s Alright, Ma.” “Highway 61 Revisited” is the legend, but I prefer the previous LP, “Bringing It All Back Home.” “Bringing It All Back Home” is a bit darker, a bit less trebly, but it does not contain “Like A Rolling Stone,” so […]

Stephen Stills Manassas Start at 29:00 in. Stephen Stills makes it seem so effortless, you can’t believe he’s wringing that sound out of his guitar, no one should be able to play that well, no wonder he was friends with Jimi Hendrix, who played on Stephen’s solo debut. I was reading about Manassas on Music […]

Woman Of Heart And Mind – Spotify 1 Sometime, hopefully not soon, Joni Mitchell will die, what will reaction be? 2 I think I first heard of Joni Mitchell when Judy Collins had her monster hit with “Both Sides Now.” The irony was the hook was the instrumentation and the changes, the lyrics were secondary, […]