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Mike Ragogna: A Different Time: A Conversation with John Medeski, Chatting with 2Cellos, and Thom Chacon's "Chasing The Pain" Exclusive

Mon, April 15 2013 7:03am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

John Medeski : The time is kinda now, isn't it?

New Music Monday: Todd Rundgren, Postal Service, Dave Douglas, Mike Keneally, John Medeski

Mon, April 08 2013 12:20pm - Source: Something Else!

Todd Rundgren's State offers an ultra-contemporary fusion of rock and electronica, while Mike Keneally revisits his thrilling 2012 collaboration with XTC's Andy Partridge, adding previously unheard music, demos and remixes.

Something Else! Interview: Billy Martin of Wicked Knee, and Medeski Martin and Wood

Thu, April 04 2013 1:33pm - Source: Something Else!

Accomplished musical alchemist Billy Martin has taken an opportunity away from Medeski Martin and Wood to rekindle an idea he had years ago — combining ragtime and funk with trumpeter Steven Bernstein.

Best of the Best: The Official™ Something Else! Top 10 for 2012

Wed, December 26 2012 1:22pm - Source: Something Else!

We've each already had our say, individually.

S. Victor Aaron’s Top Albums for 2012, Part 4 of 4: Fusion Jazz

Mon, December 10 2012 1:18pm - Source: Something Else!

In the final piece of these exhaustive, four-part salutes to the top releases of 2012, the fusion jazz records are surveyed.

Nick DeRiso’s Top Albums for 2012: Blues and Jazz

Wed, December 05 2012 12:57pm - Source: Something Else!

In one way or another, each of these recordings confounded and delighted me.

Medeski Martin and Wood – Free Magic (2012)

Wed, September 19 2012 11:47am - Source: Something Else!

Most bands tend to constrict themselves by setting up parameters or sticking to a formula within which they operate, in order to create a sort of trademark sound.

Saturday(night) Live Volume 2 - Tooth & Nail

Sat, September 01 2012 6:54pm - Source: MOG

Volume 2 features the track Atlas from Oliver's days with Atlanta band King Johnson, Sister Rosetta Tharp's song 'Up Above My Head', and crowd favorite 'Shoofly Pie'.

We’re Half Way There: The Official™ Something Else! Mid-Year Top 10 for 2012

Wed, July 04 2012 12:08pm - Source: Something Else!

Top 10 list, we've decided to introduce a mid-year edition — for those who simply can't wait for the Christmas sales to start gathering the very best new music.

Nick DeRiso’s Half-Year List of Top Albums for 2012, Blues and Jazz Edition

Fri, June 22 2012 12:08pm - Source: Something Else!

Already, we've seen the blues and jazz genres enlivened by a series of out-of-nowhere surprises that included Little Feat, Wes Montgomery (yes, Wes Montgomery!) and Bonnie Raitt — even as a new supergroup of fusion-heroes formed.

What to see at the Montreal International Jazz Fest

Thu, June 21 2012 11:41pm - Source: Soundspike

As we said earlier, this festival is absolutely loaded with talent.

"It just opened up a faucet or something"- DiS meets Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth

Wed, June 06 2012 9:36am - Source: Drowned In Sound

Lee Ranaldo , legendary axeman and noisemaker for Sonic Youth - among countless other collaborators - dropped a new solo album, Between the Times and the Tides earlier in the year (read the DiS review here ).

Best of May 2012: Reader picks include King Crimson, Squackett, Styx – but no Beatles

Fri, June 01 2012 11:33am - Source: Something Else!

Progressive music simply dominated the Top 10 for May 2012, as readers celebrated new music (and interviews!) from Squackett, UK, Asia and Spectrum Road. Items featuring Chris Squire, Steve Hackett, John Wetton and Spectrum Road's Vernon Reid took up an amazing six spots.

One Track Mind: Vernon Reid on Spectrum Road, Living Colour and James ‘Blood’ Ulmer

Thu, May 10 2012 12:12pm - Source: Something Else!

Vernon Reid has a busy 2012 on tap, with a new jazz-rock collaboration as a part of Spectrum Road to be issued next month and then a reunion project planned with Living Colour.

Something Else! Interview: Vernon Reid, of Spectrum Road and Living Colour

Wed, May 09 2012 1:09pm - Source: Something Else!

Founding Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid is playing a different tune these days – a hard-driving jazz-rock tune alongside an all-star cast of Jack Bruce, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman-Santana.

David Fiuczynski – Planet Microjam (2012)

Wed, May 09 2012 12:39pm - Source: Something Else!

One surefire way to know if your ears are trained to listen to European-derived music forms is to listen to microtonal music for even just a few seconds.

Spectrum Road: Debut Album in June

Thu, April 05 2012 10:20am - Source: Glasswerk National \ Thirst for Music

Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman Santana.

Graded on a Curve: Lee Ranaldo, Between the Times and Tides

Wed, April 04 2012 1:13pm - Source: The Vinyl District

After over three decades as one half of Sonic Youth's estimable guitar tag-team, Lee Ranaldo finally delivers a traditional song-based solo album.

Lee Ranaldo - Between The Times And The Tides

Tue, April 03 2012 12:55pm - Source: The Quietus

There's a sticker on the front of this CD proclaiming it to be "Lee Ranaldo's first rock record!"

Irma Thomas honored today with bronze statue in New Orleans’ Musical Legends Park

Sat, March 31 2012 4:15pm - Source: Something Else!

Blues belter Irma Thomas, who shot to fame with soulful 1960s-era renditions of "(You Can Have My Husband but) Don't Mess with My Man," "It's Raining" and "Time Is On My Side," will be honored today with a new bronze statue at Musical Legends Park in New Orleans.

Ebbing Tides: An Interview With Lee Ranaldo

Wed, March 28 2012 1:35pm - Source: The Quietus

It seems that for Lee Ranaldo, music is a constellation of ideas.

Angles: Lee Ranaldo

Mon, March 26 2012 2:36pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

I've only got twenty minutes on the phone to Lee Ranaldo and the fates have already wasted five by refusing to let my phone connect.

Lee Ranaldo: Between the Times and the Tides

Wed, March 21 2012 5:28am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Pardon the hypothetical results of a theoretical survey, but if you were to ask all the world's Sonic Youth fans what the most significant event has been in the last year for that bit of indie bedrock, most will likely tell you-- whine, even -- that Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon are headed for divorce.

Shorties (Stream the New Shins Album, John Steinbeck's Writing Tips, and more)

Wed, March 14 2012 2:00pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

Stream the new Shins album, Port of Morrow (out March 20th).

New film focusing on legendary Cream drummer Ginger Baker in the works

Fri, March 02 2012 9:08pm - Source: Something Else!

Cream drummer Ginger Baker will be the subject of an upcoming film, "Beware of Mr. Baker."

Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup: Radiohead, Beach Boys, Bon Iver to Headline

Tue, February 14 2012 6:12pm - Source: Spinner

NASHVILLE, Tenn. The reunited Beach Boys will celebrate sunshine and summer at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with Radiohead , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Phish and Bon Iver. The always eclectic four-day festival also will include Skrillex , Foster the People , The Avett Brothers , The Shins , The Roots and Alice Cooper on the 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tenn. Bonnaroo will be held June 7-10.

Mike Ragogna: Anthems, World Changers and Western Teleports: Chatting With Naughty By Nature, John Medeski and Emperor X

Mon, December 12 2011 5:31am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

T : No, we're playing tomorrow, but we're doing a sound check for everything.

Patti Scialfa – 23rd Street Lullaby (2004)

Thu, November 24 2011 1:09pm - Source: Something Else!

There's an argument I like to use when 'defending' music.

TVD Live: Medeski, Martin and Wood with Antibalas at the 9:30 Club, 10/27

Mon, October 31 2011 7:40pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Going to a concert can often seem like an event to dress up for, or be seen at, but sometimes the right show can just be that simple excuse you need to nod your head, shake your hips, and hear musicians play instruments live, loud and fast.

Dar Williams – The Beauty of the Rain (2003)

Sun, July 31 2011 12:53pm - Source: Something Else!

One day back in 1996, I was on my way to work and heard this terrific song … about a kid playing in the backyard?

UPCOMING: 2011 Garden Party Series @ Weeksville

Sun, June 26 2011 4:46pm - Source: Bold As Love

Summer in Brooklyn wouldn't be summer without Weeksville Heritage Center's annual Garden Party, now would it?

Interview: So Percussion

Mon, March 28 2011 12:03am - Source: Consequence of Sound

As the closing concert of the Kaufman Center's Ecstatic Music Festival – a series of concerts dedicated to the intersection of pop and classical worlds – drummer/percussionist/composer Bobby Previte has written five pieces for improvising soloists.

A "Yo Miles!" (Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith) Two-fer! Shinjuku and Lightning (2010)

Wed, March 09 2011 9:14pm - Source: Something Else!

Since very early on we've eagerly pounced on records that re-image that dense, impenetrable period of Miles Davis between about 1969 and 1975 when he first defined fusion jazz and then kept redefining it again and again.

Nights Are Scorching Hot at the 2011 NYC Winter Jazzfestival

Thu, January 13 2011 9:36pm - Source: Spinner

Every year, I come away from the NYC Winter Jazzfestival galvanized.

Chocolate Genius Inc announces his Swansongs

Fri, September 10 2010 2:33pm - Source: The Music Mix

With a career spanning over twenty years, Marc Anthony Thompson a.k.a. Chocolate Genius Inc. is a free spirit that refuses to be pigeonholed as either rock, soul, folk or jazz.

Either/Orchestra Take a Respite From Ethiopian Sounds to Present Jazz Originals

Thu, August 05 2010 8:40pm - Source: Spinner

It's easy to take the Either/Orchestra for granted.

5 Questions with Claude Coleman

Wed, June 30 2010 2:21pm - Source: Muzzle of Bees

I've got new players, cats like "Chocolate Chip" Moore who've I've played on and off with forever – I always wanted to play with him in Amandla.

John Medeski News

Mike Ragogna: A Different Time: A Conversation with John Medeski, Chatting with 2Cellos, and Thom Chacon's "Chasing The Pain" Exclusive

New Music Monday: Todd Rundgren, Postal Service, Dave Douglas, Mike Keneally, John Medeski

Something Else! Interview: Billy Martin of Wicked Knee, and Medeski Martin and Wood

Best of the Best: The Official™ Something Else! Top 10 for 2012

S. Victor Aaron’s Top Albums for 2012, Part 4 of 4: Fusion Jazz

Nick DeRiso’s Top Albums for 2012: Blues and Jazz

Medeski Martin and Wood – Free Magic (2012)

Saturday(night) Live Volume 2 - Tooth & Nail

We’re Half Way There: The Official™ Something Else! Mid-Year Top 10 for 2012

Nick DeRiso’s Half-Year List of Top Albums for 2012, Blues and Jazz Edition

What to see at the Montreal International Jazz Fest

"It just opened up a faucet or something"- DiS meets Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth

Best of May 2012: Reader picks include King Crimson, Squackett, Styx – but no Beatles

One Track Mind: Vernon Reid on Spectrum Road, Living Colour and James ‘Blood’ Ulmer

Something Else! Interview: Vernon Reid, of Spectrum Road and Living Colour

David Fiuczynski – Planet Microjam (2012)

Spectrum Road: Debut Album in June

Graded on a Curve: Lee Ranaldo, Between the Times and Tides

Lee Ranaldo - Between The Times And The Tides

Irma Thomas honored today with bronze statue in New Orleans’ Musical Legends Park

Ebbing Tides: An Interview With Lee Ranaldo

Angles: Lee Ranaldo

Lee Ranaldo: Between the Times and the Tides

Shorties (Stream the New Shins Album, John Steinbeck's Writing Tips, and more)

New film focusing on legendary Cream drummer Ginger Baker in the works

Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup: Radiohead, Beach Boys, Bon Iver to Headline

Mike Ragogna: Anthems, World Changers and Western Teleports: Chatting With Naughty By Nature, John Medeski and Emperor X

Patti Scialfa – 23rd Street Lullaby (2004)

TVD Live: Medeski, Martin and Wood with Antibalas at the 9:30 Club, 10/27

Dar Williams – The Beauty of the Rain (2003)

UPCOMING: 2011 Garden Party Series @ Weeksville

Interview: So Percussion

A "Yo Miles!" (Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith) Two-fer! Shinjuku and Lightning (2010)

Nights Are Scorching Hot at the 2011 NYC Winter Jazzfestival

Chocolate Genius Inc announces his Swansongs

Either/Orchestra Take a Respite From Ethiopian Sounds to Present Jazz Originals

5 Questions with Claude Coleman

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