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The Black Crowes - Freak N Roll into the Fog (2006) Review

The Black Crowes - Freak N Roll into the Fog (2006)
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There has been much talk of the death of rock and roll in the last couple of decades, but I disagree. Like most elements of our world, rock music has evolved, and it has morphed into different sounds and different genres. The purest form of rock music, however, has been kept alive in recent years - almost exclusively - by the Black Crowes.
Maybe the best thing about this concert DVD is that it is truly representative of a standard Crowes show. Most of their shows consist of a good cross-section of songs from all of their recordings, as well as an unreleased cut or two, extended jams, and a couple of choice covers thrown in. The Crowes are known for never playing the same show twice, and quite simply, this band doesn't know how to not bring it strong each and every night. This is not a band that needs to hide behind stage theatrics nor excessive effects to entertain. To coin a phrase, it's simply the music that does the talking.Each Crowes concert is a unique experience unto itself, and this DVD is lightning in a bottle.
Having been a fan of this band since the beginning, I can state with confidence that the band is hitting on all cylinders at this point in time more than any other.Chalk that up to life experience, a new maturity, or something else, the Crowes are peaking at a time in their career when most musical artists are looking at their best days in the rearview mirror. The Black Crowes are choosing to write new history, and inviting everyone along for The Song.
Hit the lights, light your favorite incense, and turn up your surround sound. Rock and roll has many forms, but in its purest form, it is the truth, and the Black Crowes are the truth.

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Shot live at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium in August 2005, The Black Crowes present a set of their all-time greatest hits with their first-ever DVD, Freak ‘N’ Roll ...Into The Fog.Shot in Hi-Def, this two-and-a-half-hour concert features an impressive mix of material from The Crowes’ 6 studio albums, including hits like "Sting Me", "Jealous Again" and "Hard To Handle". Acoustic versions of "She Talks To Angels" and "Sunday Night Buttermilk Waltz" are also highlights of this show.Tracklisting: 1) (Only) Halfway To Everywhere 2) Sting Me 3) No Speak No Slave 4) Soul Singing 5) Welcome To The Goodtimes 6) Jealous Again 7) Space Captain 8) My Morning Song 9) Sunday Night Buttermilk Waltz 10) Cursed Diamond 11) She Talks To Angels 12) Wiser Time 13) Non Fiction 14) Seeing Things 15) Hard To Handle 16) Let Me Share The Ride 17) Mellow Down Easy 18) Remedy 19) The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie DownBonus Feature: Behind-the-scenes short film.

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To The One Review

To The One
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Hailed as a tribute to one of John McLaughlin's biggest heroes, the illustrious John Coltrane, this rather short album (40 min.s)is slightly more jazzy than its predecessor, the excellent "Floating Point".
Recorded with his present band 4th. Dimension it features Mark Mondesir on drums, while the versatile Gary Husband (Allan Holdsworth, Jack Bruce, Robin Trower)shines on keys and drums. With a new stellar bassplayer Etienne M'Bappe, taking over from Hadrien Feraud and Dominique di Piazza, and doing so in finest style.
Lots of fine interplay and fine soloes, the record brimming with inspiration, good chemistry and mutual respect amongst the musicians.
The compositions might not be the most poignant ever from John's creative mind, though the title track is another of those hauntingly beautiful Mclaughlin ballads. Anyway this brilliant release shows that he - like his friend Jeff Beck - just keeps getting better and better. Still dazzling virtuosity, still a deep spiritual undercurrent that certainly can bring Coltrane to mind.


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With his new album To The One, iconic guitarist, composer and 2010 Grammy Winner John McLaughlin looks backwards and forwards simultaneously. The six original songs are hauntingly evocative - with roiling rhythmic swells, modal expanses, and telepathic group interaction echoing the profound influence of John Coltrane's 1965 spiritual jazz masterpiece A Love Supreme. The music of To The One was set down in the studio with very few overdubs, by McLaughlin's current performing outfit, the Fourth Dimension: Gary Husband (keyboards, drums), Etienne M'Bappe (electric bass), and Mark Mondesir (drums). Compositional devices clearly inspired by Coltrane are fused with elements of McLaughlin's own multifaceted approach, all delivered with a group empathy and shared vision that harkens back to Coltrane's fearless mid-'60s quartet of Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison. The effect of Jones' kaleidoscopic approach to rhythm and drumming is especially felt, brilliantly recast and explored via McLaughlin's gift for complex metrical structures.

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