Dinnertime pianist

Just when you thought occasionally cheeseball crooner Neil Diamond couldn’t be redeemed — his turn in Saving Silverman matched Tom Jones’ in Mars Attacks! pound-for-pound in its absurd self-mockery — he came bouncing back with a totally redefined career thanks to nearly-infallible producer Rick Rubin with Home Before Dark, his first-ever chart-topping album.

Local guitarist Matthew Willner tangles with a rotating cast of supporting musicians.

Philly quartet Br’er came out of the recordings made by singer Benjamin Schurr during a homeless phase a few years back — he’d dart in and out of living/recording spaces with instruments in tow. This totally deserves its own genre title. Bum rock? Homelesscore? Economotronica? We’re open to suggestions here.