Sunday, April 15, 2018

Allan Holdsworth Playlists

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Sunday, April 15, 2018, marks one year since the world lost pioneering fusion guitar legend Allan Holdsworth. He was 70 years old. In honor ...

Heavy Machinery (1997), by Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson, and Allan Holdsworth

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While this is not an official Allan Holdsworth “solo” album and Holdsworth receives third billing on the cover, this is simply and absolutel...
Saturday, March 31, 2018

RajMan Recommended Playlist: Summers Singers, by Andy Summers

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This playlist features my favorite collaborations between Andy Summers and various singers, including Najma Akhtar, Sting, Deborah Harry, Q-...

RajMan Recommended Playlist: Metal Luminescence, by Andy Summers

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This playlist combines my top five picks from each of Andy Summers’ last two albums, Metal Dog (2015) and Triboluminescence (2017), for an i...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Blues for Tony (2010), by Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua, Jimmy Haslip, and Chad Wackerman

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The last album released during Allan Holdsworth’s lifetime with his name on the cover documents the fusion guitar master and his frequent co...

The Things You See (1980, 2007), by Allan Holdsworth and Gordon Beck

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Unlike their luminescent and timeless sequel eight years later, Allan Holdsworth and Gordon Beck’s first collaborative album finds them more...

Propensity (2009), by Danny Thompson, Allan Holdsworth, and John Stevens

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They say good things come to those who wait. In this case, with the album produced in 1978, mixed in 1997, and made commercially available i...