It’s kind of a Styx reunion for these social distancing times – as one current and one former member have released some new music – separately of course!
I have just added 9 newly released classic rock tracks into high rotation on the playlist. Four of the songs are from the following newly released albums:
Dennis DeYoung – 26 East: Volume 1 … The former Styx keyboardist/vocalist has released a new album that sounds very Styx-like. He sat down and wrote enough songs for two albums (hence the Volume 1 in the record title) – so we can look forward to a Volume 2 sometime! Listen for the tracks With All Due Respect and A Kingdom Ablaze. Read the review here.
FM – Synchronized … This is the 12th album from the UK institution that has been together for 36 years, and the band sounds as good as ever. Listen for the songs Superstar and Broken. Read the review here.
New Singles
The other 5 songs are all recently released singles:
Neil Finn (with Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie) – Find Your Way Back Home … the three members of Fleetwood Mac got together to record this charity single – with all proceeds going to the Finn’s home country charity – Auckland City Mission (New Zealand).
Eric Clapton & B.B. King – Rollin’ And Tumblin’ … this song is a bonus track from the expanded re-release of the duo’s 2000 release – Ridin’ With The King, which is due for release on June 26th, 2020.
Yusef – Where Do The Childen Play … the man formerly known as Cat Stevens is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his breakthrough album Tea For the Tillerman – by recording a re-imagined version of the album – with the original producer Paul Samwell-Smith onboard to assist. Listen to this track for a preview of what’s to come when the album is released on September 18th, 2020.
Tommy Shaw – Going To California … the Styx guitarist/singer/songwriter could not sit still during this pandemic social distancing – so he recorded this version of the Led Zeppelin classic.
Alison Solo – Chiron … this is another song from the Canadian multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter. It can be found on her latest album, Plutonian, which is only available digitally right now. Click here to hear more.
Choice Classic Rock – classic rock radio like you’ve never heard it before!
… 100% Commercial Free – 100% of the Time …