Lance Cowan's latest cements his reputation as a writer of memorable, understated songs that exude warmth and humanity.

The "Fisherman's Blues" sessions produced nearly 400 reels of multitrack tape, many of which were simply marked “untitled,” “instrumental,” “unknown,” or “jam” before being stored away...

Everything here sounds worthy of the Stones, probably in no small part because it sounds as if they’re still having fun making music. If this is their coda, it's a good one.

Members of the Cyrkle, a group best known for the 1966 smash hit "Red Rubber Ball," deliver new music half a century later. Plus, reviews of CDs from C. Gibbs and Ray Campi.

Sad Daddy includes Melissa Carper and might sometimes remind you of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. The band favors acoustic instruments and playful music.

A multi-artist tribute focuses on little-known numbers that previously existed only in Pete Ham’s home demo versions. Their excellence underscores how much untapped potential he possessed.

There’s a reason George Thorogood & the Destroyers’ discography includes more than half a dozen live albums. Their high-octane, sax-spiced, blues-rock works best in a concert setting, where audiences seem to energize Thorogood, and he interacts with them as well as he does with his guitar. The latest recorded evidence …

Springsteen’s return to his home turf lends a special flavor to this performance.

“Today, I looked in the mirror, and I caught me by surprise. The man I saw lookin’ back at me, I almost didn’t recognize."

The band continually reinvented itself, serving up hits that each seemed quite unlike the one that came before.