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• One Track Mind: Aaron Neville - "Louisiana 1927"

  A bewitching 1974 song about a human tragedy that occured eighty years ago became relevant again just two years ago this week.

  Review by Pico — on Sep 02, 2007

• One Track Mind: Monte Montgomery "When Will I"

  Another guitar slinger from Austin, Texas? Montgomery's got a delightfully different twist, though.

  Review by Pico — on Aug 25, 2007

• One Track Mind: Ornette Coleman - "Voice Poetry"

  Ornette's "Voice Poetry" will have you dancing in your head.

  Review by Pico — on Aug 17, 2007

• One Track Mind: Scorch Trio - "Kjøle Høle"

  The band that calls itself "Scorch Trio" is a sublime example of truth in advertising.

  Review by Pico — on Aug 09, 2007

• One Track Mind: Wayne Shorter - "Tom Thumb"

  Right at the end of Shorter's sixties winning streak comes a song that's one of his best of that fruitful period.

  Review by Pico — on Aug 04, 2007

• One Track Mind: Charlie Musselwhite - "Church Is Out"

  Charlie Musselwhite preaches the blues perhaps better than any other harp player out there today; "Church Is Out" is his gospel.

  Review by Pico — on Aug 02, 2007

• One Track Mind: The Beatles "Hey Bulldog"

  The song that marked the end of the fun-lovin' era Beatles.

  Review by Pico — on Jul 26, 2007

• One Track Mind: Jamiroquai "Seven Days In Sunny June"

  Jay Kay channels an Isley Brothers vibe for this summer-themed love lament.

  Review by Pico — on Jul 21, 2007

• One Track Mind: The Isley Brothers - "Summer Breeze"

  Summer breeze, makes me feel fine. Especially when the Isleys are playing it.

  Review by Pico — on Jul 13, 2007

• One Track Mind: Timbuk 3 - "National Holiday"

  Oh boy, hey hey, it's Fourth of July with Pat and Barbara K.

  Review by Pico — on Jul 04, 2007

• One Track Mind: Ben Folds Five "Jane"

  Folds gets in touch with his sensitive-songwriter side.

  Review by Pico — on Jun 29, 2007

• One Track Mind: Keith Jarrett Trio - “Autumn Leaves”

  It doesn't matter if a standard has been covered to death if it's the Keith Jarrett Trio who's doing the covering.

  Review by Pico — on Jun 22, 2007

• One Track Mind: Aerosmith - "Seasons Of Wither"

  Steve Tyler's favorite Aerosmith song was a big step forward in the band's evolution.

  Review by Pico — on Jun 17, 2007

• One Track Mind: Mushroom - "Compared To What"

  Leave it to the trippy troupe called Mushroom to give this 1969 soul-jazz classic a proper treatment.

  Review by Pico — on Jun 09, 2007

• One Track Mind: Porcupine Tree "Fear Of A Blank Planet"

  The opening salvo from the epic album of the same name, "Fear Of A Blank Planet" is impressive both lyrically and melodically.

  Review by Pico — on Jun 08, 2007

• One Track Mind: Caspar Brötzmann - "Massaker"

  Caspar uses a different weapon than his dad, but on "Massaker," his aim is no less deadly.

  Review by Pico — on Jun 02, 2007

• One Track Mind: David Torn "Structural Functions Of Prezens"

  Other musicians pay lip service to "thinking outside the box;" Torn is nowhere near that damned box.

  Review by Pico — on May 17, 2007

• One Track Mind: Funkadelic "Maggot Brain"

  George Clinton told his guitarist Eddie Hazel to "play like your momma had just died." The pep talk worked to perfection.

  Review by Pico — on May 10, 2007

• One Track Mind: Jamiroquai - "Just Another Story"

  Prog aspirations make "Just Another Story" not just another dance funk number.

  Review by Pico — on May 06, 2007

• One Track Mind: Allan Holdsworth "The Drums Were Yellow"

  A virtuoso salutes another virtuoso in virtuosic fashion.

  Review by Pico — on Apr 28, 2007