Editor Pick: Music

With 'Hackney Diamonds,' The Rolling Stones deliver their first album of new material since 2005. Plus, reviews of James Talley, Clay Parker and Jodi James, and the Babys.

A new Beatles covers collection features a fair number of luminous artists and a few famous covers, but the focus is more on obscure artists and recordings.

The Clarion Choir's, precision, dynamics, balance, and overall musicality are always at the highest level.

Reviews: a box set for the 50th anniversary of Nektar's Remember the Future, plus Johnny Winter.

A concert pays tribute to Willie Nelson, plus a reissue of Violent Femmes' debut and a new release from the mysterious Catbells.

Ironically, it took a European record company to compile The Memphis Blues Box, one of the most impressive and essential collections of American music you’ll ever find. Still, I can’t think of a label more suited to the task than Germany’s Bear Family, which is world-famous for its gargantuan and …

"If you want to make it in this business with your talent, you've got to commit."

Reviews of an expanded edition of Pink Floyd's 'Atom Heart Mother,' plus Big Country live, a doo-wop Christmas anthology, and more.

"Christmas is my favorite time of year!"

Reviews of an expanded edition of Bob Marley's 'Catch a Fire,' a power-pop anthology, and more.