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• One Track Mind: Bugge Wesseltoft - "Change"

  Wesseltoft's conception for "Change" is a wonderful blend of sounds from four decades underpinned by a dry, cool beat.

  Review by Pico — on Feb 02, 2008

• One Track Mind: John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio "Traneing In"

  You don't have to be a jazz snob to enjoy Coltrane when he's playing a blues jam like "Traneing In."

  Review by Pico — on Jan 26, 2008

• One Track Mind: Charles Earland - "Happy 'Cause I'm Goin' Home"

  Charles Earland tackles a happy Chicago tune that was sadly part of trumpet great Lee Morgan's last recorded performances.

  Review by Pico — on Jan 19, 2008

• One Track Mind: Gov't Mule "Perfect Shelter"

  Nothing like some good, funked-up hard rock from The Mule to get your weekend kick-started.

  Review by Pico — on Jan 12, 2008

• One Track Mind: Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins/Jim Black - "43 RPM"

  Chicks who play whack jazz on accordion are hawt.

  Review by Pico — on Jan 03, 2008

• One Track Of The Year: the subdudes - "Poor Man's Paradise"

  A good song should make you feel good. More than any other song I've heard this year, this one does.

  Review by Pico — on Dec 21, 2007

• One Track Mind: Kent DuChaine "Marilyn"

  Overlooked blues troubadour Kent DuChaine makes a rip-roaring tribute to his vintage Cadillac.

  Review by Pico — on Dec 07, 2007

• One Track Mind: Dionne Farris "I Know"

  I don't know why Farris didn't give us an encore to "I Know."

  Review by Pico — on Nov 30, 2007

• One Track Mind: Rod Stewart "Every Picture Tells A Story"

  The anthem of Rod Stewart when he was a Young Turk.

  Review by Pico — on Nov 21, 2007

• One Track Mind: Cameo "Love You Anyway"

  Mid-tempo, old-school funk married to George Benson-style scatting? I'm there!

  Review by Pico — on Nov 17, 2007

• One Track Mind: Randy Newman "Rednecks"

  Newman gives seperate but equal treatment to Northerners and Southerners alike.

  Review by Pico — on Nov 09, 2007

• One Track Mind: Les Dudek "Old Judge Jones"

  A forgotten, tasty slice of mid-seventies album rock.

  Review by Pico — on Nov 02, 2007

• One Track Mind: Steely Dan - "Babylon Sisters"

  Only one band sings about Santa Ana winds and drinking kirshwasser from a shell on the same song.

  Review by Pico — on Oct 26, 2007

• One Track Mind: Stevie Wonder "That Girl"

  This song has claimed a permanent spot in my mind's record rotation. Which is quite alright.

  Review by Pico — on Oct 19, 2007

• One Track Mind: Richard & Linda Thompson "Dimming Of The Day"

  Quiet majesty from one of rock's best husband-and-wife duos.

  Review by Pico — on Oct 12, 2007

• One Track Mind: Tom Cora "Hallelujah Anyway"

  Tom Cora's gumption was decidedly not in limbo for "Hallelujah Anyway."

  Review by Pico — on Oct 06, 2007

• One Track Mind: Bruford Levin Upper Extremities "Cracking The Midnight Glass"

  The devil's "Kashmir."

  Review by Pico — on Sep 28, 2007

• One Track Mind: Chris Rea "Texas"

  Chris Rea has a one track mind when it comes to "Texas."

  Review by Pico — on Sep 21, 2007

• One Track Mind: The Meters - "Just Kissed My Baby"

  How about a little funk for your Friday?

  Review by Pico — on Sep 14, 2007

• One Track Mind: Robert Cray "Midnight Stroll"

  Cray has the top down and Howlin' Wolf on the radio.

  Review by Pico — on Sep 07, 2007