Spotlight: Alan "The Blind Owl" Wilson - Glide Magazine
WEBJan 21, 2009 · Spotlight: Alan “The Blind Owl” Wilson. Wilson received his moniker from the Coke-bottle glasses he wore, a result of an extreme case of nearsightedness. Majoring in music at Boston University in the early ’60s and playing the folk blues circuit in the Cambridge area, Wilson would never turn down a gig. There’s an oft repeated story ...
Matt Pike of Sleep and High On Fire Talks Solo Debut, Prog-rock ...
WEBFeb 8, 2022 · Matt Pike has spent much of the last two years tinkering away in his garage in Portland, Oregon. Bummed to be off the road with his main bands – high-speed shredders High On Fire and pioneering stoner metal outfit Sleep – the guitarist made the best of it and recorded a solo album.
Pat Metheny's 'Moondial' Is Object Lesson In Guitarist's …
WEBJul 25, 2024 · Inspired by the novel possibilities of the new instrument (right down to the strings themselves), the range of material on Moondial is at once a reaffirmation and exhibition of the Missouri-born musician’s eclectic tastes.The selections come across in a seamless whole wherein the revisitation of a tune originally done by Metheny’s Unity Band in 2012, “This Belongs to You.” resides ...
The Collection’s David Wimbish Celebrates The Times ... - Glide …
WEBOct 19, 2021 · The Collection’s David Wimbish Celebrates The Times When We “Get Lost” (INTERVIEW) Processed with VSCO with ka3 preset. North Carolina-based alternative band The Collection has been releasing a steady stream of singles in the past year and building towards a new album with more Pop directions …
John Popper - Setting The Records Straight - Glide Magazine
WEBApr 6, 2011 · John Popper, the iconoclastic frontman of Blues Traveler has once again re-invented himself with The Duskray Troubadours. His month-long recording sessions in the mountains of New Mexico were much less a solo endeavor, and more or less a collaboration anchored by the strong musical bond between Popper and Jono Manson – bandmates from days of yore. Popper put it best as, “A liberating ...
Trumpet Great Eddie Henderson with All-Star Quintet ... - Glide …
WEBJul 30, 2020 · On the eve of his 80 th birthday, the trumpet great Eddie Henderson is releasing his 26 th album as a leader, and with over 100 appearances as a sideman, he is nearing a discography of 130. That’s impressive enough but Henderson continues to have two careers, one as psychiatrist and the other as a musician. With the title making a reference to card games, we may liberally sprinkle a few of ...
20 Years Later - MF DOOM Goes Undercover As Viktor Vaughn …
WEBSep 18, 2023 · The late MF DOOM left behind a discography filled with imaginative characters. From his work as the space-age dictator King Geedorah to the layered concepts he bases his albums on, DOOM has always been a creative force with an unwavering love for the English language.
55 Years Later: Buffalo Springfield Says Goodbye With Countrified …
WEBJul 29, 2023 · Buffalo Springfield’s third album, Last Time Around (released 7/29/68), has one of, if not the most, interesting backstories of any such tales in contemporary rock history. And because it’s also one of the most complex narratives of its kind, it’s taken over a half-century for all the details to emerge since the record’s original release in 1968.
Revisiting Jeff Beck Group’s Dynamic ‘Orange Album’ - Glide …
WEB50 Years Later – Revisiting Jeff Beck Group’s Dynamic ‘Orange Album’. The early phases of British guitarist Jeff Beck’s solo career proceeded in fits and starts, due in no small part to the same temperamental nature that got him fired from the Yardbirds (where he had succeeded Eric Clapton on the recommendation of old friend Jimmy Page).
The Bass Evolution of The Mother Hips Culimnates With Blazing …
WEBFor the last twelve months, Glide Magazine has covered the storied but woefully underappreciated thirty-year musical career of The Mother Hips.We have spent that time looking back at a band as it teetered on commercial success, slid into darkness, and then picked itself back up by the bootstraps and forged ahead into what would prove to be an unquestionably bright and creative future.