The Surprising Key Influence Behind The Rolling Stones’ ‘Blue & Lonesome’
Perhaps the most important influence on the Stones is one that's rarely discussed.
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Prediction: All the Songs ‘Westworld’ Player Piano Will Steal From My Spotify Account
Look, I'm not claiming that HBO's hit sci-fi robot cowboy thriller, Westworld, is actually looking at my (public) playlists on Spotify to get ideas for that player piano of theirs. That's not really for me to say. Although, yes, I do find it odd that the first three episodes contained the entirety of my musical contribution for my own wedding. (Well, except for that klezmer version of "Talk Dirty," but I'm sure they'll find a place for it somewhere down the line.) Based on my hunch, however, I'm just going to go ahead and predict the rest of the songs that will be covered in some old-timey way on the show. I don't know, these might be a little too on-the-nose, but if I turn out to be right about ANY OF THIS, I want my names in the credits next season, right next to Anthony Hopkins. I'm going to keep things fair here by only using songs that I have actually downloaded on my (again, public) Spotify account; instead of going with my first instinct of having Will Smith's "Men in Black" as the only entry.
The Bad Plus Tests Jazz’s Boundaries by Exploding the Art of the Cover Song
“There’s no road map for how a jazz band approaches this music. The cool thing is, that means we can do anything we want.”
