If you've never heard of Dan Penn, one reason is probably that you’re not the sort of person who reads songwriting credits.
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Concert Review: Cellist Miriam K. Smith
Smith's warm and nimble rendition set the tone: yearning in the slow sections, fiery in the faster ones, and always restrained enough to let Beethoven's notes speak for themselves.
Read More »Concert Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – ‘Liszt and Bartók: A Night in Budapest’
The musicians achieved a lyrical ease, built to a satisfying romantic climax, and ratcheted up the tension...
Read More »Concert Review: Cellist Rainer Crosett, American Recital Debut Award Honoree
At his recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Crosett showed ability and fire to spare, with plenty of charisma and good humor to boot.
Read More »Rediscover Buddy Holly: A Revelatory Edition of His Classic LP with the Crickets, Plus New Music from Sky Smeed, Daphne Roubini, and Asher Brinson
'The “Chirping” Crickets' isn’t just any album. It has influenced countless musicians over the decades, and its songs have been savored by millions of fans. If you’re one of them, you’re bound to love the way those tunes have been enhanced for this release.
Read More »Music Reviews: Steve Forbert, plus Andy Hedges, Dwight + Nicole, a Rockabilly Anthology, and George Usher
Forbert was about 60 when he made this record, and he spends some of it looking back.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Beach Boys’ ‘We Gotta Groove,’ plus The Third Mind’s ‘Spellbinder!’
Brian Wilson himself called 'Love You' the Beach Boys’ best album, and though many other people would probably put 'Pet Sounds' at the top of the list, this record is pretty darn great.
Read More »Music Reviews: Talking Heads’ ‘Tentative Decisions,’ plus Mississippi Sheiks, Jesper Lindell, and James Houlahan
How on earth (or elsewhere!) did Talking Heads' sound originate, and how did it evolve? 'Tentative Decisions' doesn't quite answer the question, but it's fun to hear these early live tracks.
Read More »Concert Review: Voices of Ascension – Monteverdi, ‘Vespers of 1610’
The full choir filled the large church with waves of glorious sound, especially in the psalm settings with their complex choral writing and in the finale, a massive "Magnificat."
Read More »Music Video Premiere: The Yesters – ‘Freak Show’
An addict tries to face up to her struggles in a stirring new video from The Yesters.
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