The trend of ghost bands from the 60s, groups with one or none of the original members touring as if they were the original band, isn’t new, but the Flower Power Cruise takes it to extremes.
Guitarist Kaki King is turning out to be one of the most innovative musicians of the last quarter century. See her new video for the song, “Bruises” which goes deeper than that.
The Electric Prunes and Steppenwolf both released albums in January 1968. One has classic tracks the other aspires to the classic. Read about them in a Flashback 50.
Spirit was a psychedelic group who released their debut album 50 years ago. It still sounds like a new world of music 5 decades later. Read about this sometimes forgotten band.
The French duo Air has been pretty quiet this decade but keyboardist and singer JB Dunckel has a new dreamy single out for the song “Hold On” ahead of of his album, H+.
Sufjan Stevens, an artist who pushes the envelope with ethereal arrangements while still making evocative songs, releases a video from his Greatest Gift album called “Life with Dignity.”
Ray Thomas, flutist, singer and composer for The Moody Blues, has left the planet.
As we end the year, John Diliberto looks back on Echoes musicians who left the planet in 2017. They range from the iconic to the obscure, but all left their vibrations on the planet.
Moby returns to his less rocking side for a subdued and introspective reimagining of the spiritual, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” accompanied by a video.
Gary Numan, nearly 40 years into his career, continues to evolve his sound, adding a dose of heavy metal steroids and Matrix gloom to his music. He brought his Savages tour to Philadelphia.