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Evan Marien Releases “We Are All You”
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Evan Marien Releases “We Are All You”

Top sideman, composer (Baby Raptors) and producer/bassist Evan Marien has dropped his fourth solo release, We Are All You. The seven-song collection features not only the bassist’s own compositions but also a cover of Weather Report’s classic “Teen Town,” and he said he knows the cover might garner listens from people unfamiliar with his work. He said covers seem to...

Rush’s “Spirit of the Airwaves” Released in US
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Rush’s “Spirit of the Airwaves” Released in US

Rush fans can now get a more “official” version of the St. Louis ’80 concert bootleg that’s been circulating for years with the release of . Spirit is a recording of a 1980 live broadcast of a show in St. Louis as part of the band’s Permanent Waves tour. And while the 18-song performance from bassist extraordinaire and vocalist Geddy...

Chicago Reissues “Live in Japan”
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Chicago Reissues “Live in Japan”

Chicago fans, you can finally get your hands on a newer CD version of the band’s famed album, courtesy of a Rhino Records reissue. The record, culled from three June 1972 performances in Japan, originally came out on vinyl in the mid-1970s and was released only in Japan. It reappeared, on CD in the U.S. in the 1990s, but has...

Ozomatli Releases “Place in the Sun”
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Ozomatli Releases “Place in the Sun”

Ozomatli’s eighth album, , sees the band returning to its beginnings, in a way, with engineer Robert Carranza (Eels, Jack Johnson, The Mars Volta) producing alongside the multi-genre Latin rock/global music/electro-cumbia/garage rock/jam band that has served U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors and even has its own day — Ozomatli Day — in Los Angeles each April 23rd. Bassist Wil-Dog Abers...

Colin Edwin and Lorenzo Feliciati Team Up for “Twinscapes”
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Colin Edwin and Lorenzo Feliciati Team Up for “Twinscapes”

Italian jazz rock/nu-jazz bassist Lorenzo Feliciati (Naked Truth/Berserk!) and Australian progressive bassist Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree/Metallic Taste of Blood) have joined forces as a bass duo on . The bassists first connected at a London gig in early 2013, just as Edwin was thinking about creating a dual-bass project. The pair rehearsed for a few days in the English countryside...

311 Return with 11th Album, “Stereolithic”
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311 Return with 11th Album, “Stereolithic”

The rock-reggae sound of 311 has returned, with the release of the band’s eleventh album, . Back in August, bassist/songwriter P-Nut shared in a Reddit AMA about the album and assured fans “that as one of the lyric writers in the band, I can attest to the lyrical complexity of this new batch of songs. Between scotch and I in...

New Documentary on The Who’s “Tommy” Released
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New Documentary on The Who’s “Tommy” Released

It may feel like all the stories about The Who’s legendary 1969 concept album Tommy have all been told, but , reveals the full history and cultural impact of the rock album-turned-film, then Broadway musical, about a “deaf, dumb and blind” pinball-playing messiah figure. The film, a documentary that aired on the BBC in Aug. 2013, includes previously unreleased footage...

Rolling Stones Gear Chronicled in New Book
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Rolling Stones Gear Chronicled in New Book

If you love The Rolling Stones and want to know just about everything about the band’s instruments, from Bill Wyman’s Framus Star Bass onward, there’s a book out there for you. documents every song recorded by the band, with the legendary rock group’s history told through the lens of the instruments used to create its music. Written by Andy Babiuk,...

ECM Reissues Classic Albums by Gary Burton, Miroslav Vitous
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ECM Reissues Classic Albums by Gary Burton, Miroslav Vitous

The record that set the bar higher for orchestral jazz, Gary Burton’s has been reissued after being mastered from the original analog recordings. Originally released in 1973, the record featured vibraharp player Burton, with jazz bassist extraordinaire Steve Swallow, guitarist Michael Goodrick, drummer Ted Seibs, and the NDR-Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Gibbs, who also composed the music inspired by...

Drive-By Truckers Release “English Oceans”
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Drive-By Truckers Release “English Oceans”

Drive-By Truckers’ 12th album, , is almost exclusively the result of just 13 days of recording by a compact lineup that features bassist Matt Patton, who joined the band in 2013. (Only one song was recorded at a different time.) “This lineup is so direct,” said Mike Cooley, one of the band’s primary singer-guitarist-songwriters (the other is Patterson Hood.) “It...

Mike Gordon Releases Fourth Solo Album, “Overstep”
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Mike Gordon Releases Fourth Solo Album, “Overstep”

Phish bassist Mike Gordon has released his fourth solo album, . It’s the first of his solo albums to feature an outside producer, Paul Q. Kolderie. Gordon’s collaborator on the record, guitarist Scott Murawski says hiring Kolderie (who has worked with Radiohead and The Pixies) was the right idea. “The payoffs are all over the place.” The album promises plenty...

Rock Candy Funk Party Releases Live DVD/CD
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Rock Candy Funk Party Releases Live DVD/CD

If you miss 1970s/80s style jazz-funk, the groove-laden supergroup Rock Candy Funk Party has got something for you — the DVD/CD package . The group includes Mike Merritt, who has been the bassist in Conan O’Brien’s late-night shows since 1993. The other players are album producer Tal Bergman (drums), Joe Bonamassa (guitar), Ron DeJesus (guitar), Renato Neto (keys), and Daniel...