It’s wonderful to have a new album from Joe Walsh. He’s a true musical innovator and that by itself makes him worth hearing. His newest project has some great moments. At its best it succeeds in the same way Walsh’s work has always succeeded: sounding like nobody but himself. After all, it’s about personality.
Joey Ramone’s “…ya know?” the second posthumous release of songs from the former lead singer of punk rock icons The Ramones, provides long-awaited insight into the singer’s musical influences and passions outside the group.
Nashville-based Heavy Cream’s third release Super Treatment contains plenty of evidence to justify the band’s importance in the vibrant garage band movement percolating in Music City and various scenes around the country.
Thanks to a fan who recorded an appearance at Detroit’s Fox Theater we can now hear Fela Kuti and his band Egypt 80 thrill the audience in a venue that once hosted legendary Motown performers.
Graceland sounds fresh today and is finding new fans among listeners born in the years after its release. A re-mastered version will be available in late October and it was just announced that Simon is planning on touring the record in 2012, while reuniting with the musicians who played with him 25 years ago, including South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.