{"id":1031,"date":"2016-03-09T11:07:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T17:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2016-03-09T11:07:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T17:07:31","slug":"fading-to-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/2016\/03\/09\/fading-to-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Fading to Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/files\/2016\/03\/fade-to-blue-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1032 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/files\/2016\/03\/fade-to-blue-cover.jpg\" alt=\"fade-to-blue-cover\" width=\"212\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/files\/2016\/03\/fade-to-blue-cover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/files\/2016\/03\/fade-to-blue-cover-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>Mike Pachelli released the album Faded to Blue recently. The Kickstarter funded album released on March 4<sup>th<\/sup> and it is one that you should definitely check out if you are a blues rock fan. An accessible album that might not introduce anything new, but instead excels at creating a diverse track listing that does each song well. I could immediately picture this album being played in a downtown nightlife scene over the summer months. The atmosphere created jumps back and forth between energetic and relaxing making a nice blend.<\/p>\n<p>It might as well been released in the early 70\u2019s since its first couple tracks such as \u2018You Make Livin\u2019 Fun\u2019 are reminiscent of The Doors instrumentals &amp; lyrics, and vocals that have a similar husky, brash style to that of Steppenwolf. \u2018Magenta Haze\u2019 is a wonderful tribute to Deep Purple and Jimi Hendrix hard rock with guitar and synthesizers included. If you\u2019re a fan of Motown era funk such as Earth Wind &amp; Fire then you\u2019ll enjoy \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWUmiAu6IT0\" target=\"_blank\">Steppin\u2019 Stone<\/a>\u2019 before jumping into the 50\u2019s Vegas Rat Pack stylized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3rP1Im8qHME\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLet\u2019s Cut a Rug<\/a>\u201d. The album ends of with the soothing track \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Twb4mXlIMM\" target=\"_blank\">These Arms<\/a>\u2019 which sounds very similar to David Gillmor\u2019s guitar work of Pink Floyd, slow reverb and all included.<\/p>\n<p>The album goes for only $10 online, a good buy from a respected artist with a well-deserved following. The mix of styles prevalent throughout the album displays the best parts of blues whether it is upbeat and lyrical or slow, instrumental and jazz based. This will be one you\u2019ll appreciate each individual track for many listens before becoming tired of the album. -Ken<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kWUmiAu6IT0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Pachelli released the album Faded to Blue recently. The Kickstarter funded album released on March 4th and it is one that you should definitely check out if you are a blues rock fan. An accessible album that might not introduce anything new, but instead excels at creating a diverse track listing that does each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4472,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[94488,43464,43423,43441,43424,82181,138774,138773,138775,132,43470,43452,897,82220,285,43422,219],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-94488","tag-91-7","tag-91-7-the-edge","tag-43441","tag-album-of-the-week","tag-college-radio","tag-fade-to-blue","tag-ken","tag-mike-pachelli","tag-music","tag-new-album","tag-new-music","tag-radio","tag-the-edge","tag-whitewater","tag-wsuw","tag-youtube"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-15 13:09:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4472"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1033,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions\/1033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}