Formed with the idea of fusing rock and classical music, the sprawling, platinum selling double album, Out of the Blue, is perhaps the pinnacle of that attempt. Driven by Jeff Lynne, the ELO achieved their biggest success with Out of the Blue, the spaceship imagery dovetailing nicely with the Star...

Well fellas,I finally gave the new "Blue" a listen tonight.I warmed up the system playing Coltrane's A love Supreme, Cannonball Adderley's Somethin' Else and for female vocals, the perennial favorite West Of Oz by Amanda McBroom and Lincoln Mayorga.Ok, now some impressions of the new record:Overall the sound is very...

Seven years ago Nick Cave released Boatman’s Call the record that many saw as the peak of his career so far, a mature masterpiece that eclipsed his previous releases with The Bad Seeds and the youthful chaos of his days in The Birthday Party.Composed and delivered mostly on piano with...

There's been a lot of expectation and talk about this record. So far a lot of the reviews have been disappointed. Supposedly a return to the days of AM and Being there. Sky Blue Sky does indeed present a more stripped down sound. The lead electric guitar of Nels Cline...