Late Night’s music…Steve Lukather – Bridges

Few minutes after midnight this masterpiece released last year from the mighty Steve Lukather keeps me company!
Check it out and enjoy….

*description from his bandcamp page:

Over the course of five decades Steve Lukather has placed an indelible stamp on pop culture. Alongside his tenure as the only member of TOTO to never take a hiatus from the band, he has performed on thousands of albums as a session musician. Amongst these musical contributions are some of the most successful, influential and enduring records of all-time including Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Additionally, he released a memoir titled The Gospel According To Luke which was a global best-seller. He continues to be TOTO’s band leader, a long-tenured member of Ringo’s All-Starr Band, and a solo artist.

Luke’s ninth solo album, titled BRIDGES, could not be more accurately titled. He shares, “I see it as a bridge between my solo music and TOTO music. The fact that Joseph Williams, David Paich and I wrote most of the record, and the fact I invited many of the old ToTo gang to come and play, co-writers like Randy Goodrum and Stan Lynch brings all this together. It also proves that most of my old pals and I are still great friends, and I wanted to do a record ‘in the style of,’ as TOTO will never record another studio album. This is as close as we will get.”

released June 16, 2023

tONIGHT’S MUSIC: TOMI MALM – COMING HOME…

released October 15, 2020

Artists:

Lead vocals: Bill Cantos, Marilyn Scott, Randy Goodrum, Jerry Lopez, Ole Børud, Andreas Aleman, Frank Ådahl, Ashton Moran, Michael Haddad, ZoSia, Maeva Borzakian, Wendy Moten and Warren Wiebe

Keyboards: Tomi Malm

Rhodes: Robbie Buchanan

Bass: Jimmy Haslip, Neil Stubenhaus, JM Popo, Lars-Erik Dahle, Johannes Zetterberg and Timo Pulkinnen

Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta, John ‘JR’ Robinson, Joel Taylor, Simon Phillips, John Hammond, Olli Estola and Lars Daugaard

Guitars: Steve Lukather, Tim Pierce, Dan Warner, James Harrah, Lolo Alvarez, Bernt Rune Stray, Peter Friestedt and Porty

Percussion: Alex Acuña, Luis Conte, Martin Verdonk, John Hammond and Carlitos Merino

Harmonica: Tollak Ollestad

Horns: Eric Marienthal, Brandon Fields, Nick Vintskevich, Mattias Lejdal, Patrik Eriksson, Jonas Lindeborg, Andreas Andersson, Jonas Wall and The Fat City Horns

Background vocals: Sunho Lim, Peter Johansson, Bjarne Langhoff,, Lenny Lopez, Jamie Hosmer, Jeri Lynne, ZoSia and ZoSia’s Kids Choir (Lea, Franka and Alex).

All song produced, arranged and mixed by Tomi Malm
Except 2 and 15 mixed by Mikko Raita at Studio Kekkonen, Helsinki, Finland
Executive producer: Gabriel Raya
Photography: Ray Dolfing
Art direction: Dixi

TOMI MALM – New project album to be released in October….

TOMI MALM’s new project will be released next October 15 (pre-orders now open).


The album features Toto’s STEVE LUKATHER, VINNIE COLAIUTA, SIMON PHILLIPS,
LUIS CONTE, ERIC MARIENTHAL, BRANDON FIELDS and TIM PIERCE, among others.
Vocals provided by RANDY GOODRUM, OLE BORUD, BILL CANTOS, FRANK ADAHL, MARILYN SCOTT and more.

Here’s a bite….