Feature: One Track Mind

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• One Track Mind: Chicago - "A Hit By Varèse"

  For Bobby Lamm, Edgar Varèse was the inspiration.

  Review by Pico — on Apr 21, 2007

• One Track Mind: Anders Osborne - "Boxes, Bills and Pain"

  Anders Osbourne didn't come from the Mississippi Delta or New Orleans; he just sounds like he does.

  Review by Pico — on Apr 18, 2007

• One Track Mind: Jaco Pastorius Big Band - "Barbary Coast"

  Jaco's pre-fame band brings out the best out of a song he later wrote for his better-known band.

  Review by Pico — on Mar 31, 2007

• One Track Mind: Larry Young - "The Moontrane"

  Larry Young's democratic approach on his masterpiece Unity brought forth a teenaged trumpeter's remarkable composition.

  Review by Pico — on Mar 25, 2007

• One Track Mind: McCoy Tyner - "Once I Loved"

  Sublime, testosterone-driven acoustic trio jazz. Nobody does it better than McCoy Tyner.

  Review by Pico — on Mar 09, 2007

• One Track Mind: Henry Threadgill - "I Can't Wait To Get Home"

  Calypso funk meets whack jazz in a song written by a rapper's dad. Play this at your next party.

  Review by Pico — on Mar 02, 2007

• One Track Mind: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole "Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World"

  Hawaiian legend Iz Kamakawiwo'ole turns two, well-worn classic American tunes into one sublime Hawaiian lullaby.

  Review by Pico — on Feb 23, 2007

• One Track Mind: Livingston Taylor - "Grandma's Hands"

  James Taylor isn't the only one in his family who can make great covers.

  Review by Pico — on Feb 16, 2007

• One Track Mind: Nazz - "Open My Eyes"

  Even when Rundgren was Todd The Mod, he was still a pop god.

  Review by Pico — on Feb 10, 2007

• One Track Mind: U2/Green Day - "The Saints Are Coming"

  Nick Deriso provides a most personal account of U2 and Green Day's Crescent City salute on the day the Saints were coming back home.

  Review by Pico — on Feb 02, 2007

• One Track Mind: Michael Brecker - "Dogs In The Wine Shop"

  Turns out I'm not quite done getting over Michael Brecker's death, after all.

  Review by Pico — on Jan 25, 2007

• One Track Mind: Lindsey Buckingham - "Not Too Late"

  Buckingham wonders what happened to his solo career, while making another solo record worthy of acclaim.

  Review by Pico — on Jan 18, 2007

• One Track Mind: Michael McDonald - "Tuesday Heartbreak"

  Mike McDonald tackles an underappreciated song from Stevie Wonder's golden era and nearly topples the original.

  Review by Pico — on Jan 12, 2007

• One Track Mind: Nick Cave - "The Lyre of Orpheus"

  Is Nick Cave a more sinister version of Tom Waits with an Australian accent? On songs like "The Lyre of Orpheus", it sure seems so.

  Review by Pico — on Jan 08, 2007

• One Track Mind: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra "Gazzelloni"

  Who would dare mess with the ghost of Eric Dolphy? Otomo Yoshihide, for one, ain't scared.

  Review by Pico — on Dec 30, 2006

• One Track Mind: Ween - "Gabrielle"

  The master charlatans of rock create the finest song Thin Lizzy never recorded.

  Review by Pico — on Dec 15, 2006

• One Track Mind: Guy Clark - "Stuff That Works"

  Careful craftsmanship is the hallmark of Guy Clark's songs. That's why for even his lesser-known tunes such as this one, his stuff works.

  Review by Pico — on Dec 08, 2006

• One Track Mind: Spock's Beard - "South Side Of The Sky"

  Neo prog rockers Spock's Beard covers a song by the band who inspired their sound...and, Yes, it's a good one.

  Review by Pico — on Dec 01, 2006

• One Track Mind: Bonnie Raitt - "Give It Up Or Let Me Go"

  Raitt's own "Give It Up Or Let Me Go" would have been cool in 1920 but will still be cool in 2020.

  Review by Pico — on Nov 24, 2006

• Blues Bash Music Review: Corey Harris - "Basehead"

  Corey Harris' "Basehead" is a laid-back denunciation of hard drugs from the front porch of a Mississippi Delta home.

  Review by Pico — on Nov 17, 2006