Editor Pick: Music

Like its predecessors, this latest compendium inevitably sounds as if it were designed for someone with multiple personalities.

Each selection represents a different type of love. But the violinist had deeply personal criteria for what music she wanted to include.

If you’re not familiar with the music of the late 1950s and early 1960s, you’ll probably have a hard time guessing which of these tunes rocketed up the charts and which never dented the Hot 100.

A new 94-track anthology is as likable as it is varied. It features many of the best and best-known acts associated with early garage rock.

Williams attempts to find solace in music, but she can’t forget the world’s troubles, at least not on this album.

'Twelve Blocks' further establishes Michael Stephen Brown as a composer with skills on par with his pianistic virtuosity.

To say that psych-pop group Orange Bicycle never established a trademark style would be an understatement.

Pletnev seems to model his tempos and rhythmic freedom after human speech, or, where a tempo is fast, the pace of thought.

Not everything on these Fabulous Thunderbirds albums is fabulous, but Vaughan and Kim Wilson can be formidable singers and players, and, particularly on the early LPs, they and their bandmates delivered more than a few high-octane winners.

Long live rock and roll.