Enjoy 53 live performances from four Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies from 2014 to 2017 (the 29th to 32nd) in this highly recommended (3.5 stars out of 4) Blu-ray version packed with 674 minutes of great material.
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Music Review: Justin Shapiro – ‘Campfire Party’ Fails to Deliver
As it stands, 'Campfire Party' oozes mediocrity and offers little to recommend.
Read More »Concert Review: Tenet – ‘Music of the Trouvères’ (NYC, 11 May 2018)
The contemporary folk music scene and the Early Music scene intersect more than you might think. The Early Music ensemble Tenet proved it decisively with this program, demonstrating such sublime musicianship that I hope they preserve it for future concerts and in a recording studio.
Read More »Music Review: Patricia Vonne – ‘Top of the Mountain’ Hits the Sweet Spot
'Top of the Mountain' is definitely a winner because of Patricia Vonne’s inimitable vocals.
Read More »An Interview With Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter Kaz Bielinski
Kaz Bielinski's songs are mostly about love: new love, lost love, forever love, and one-sided love.
Read More »Music Review: Tai Shan – ‘Meet in the Middle’
Meet in the Middle is a well-honed and smoothly polished assortment of easy-listening melodies.
Read More »Music Review: Lyndol Descant – ‘All Love’
The candid lyricism of Carly Simon meets the easy listening vocalese of Fiona Apple on Lyndol Descant's new release.
Read More »Music Review: We Are The West – ‘The Golden Shore’ Dishes Up Delicious Sounds
'The Golden Shore' dishes up a sweet coalescence of sound with that of space.
Read More »Music Review: Nathaniel Bellows – ‘Swan and Wolf’ Is Dreamy and Haunting
'Swan and Wolf' is one of those albums defined as starkly scrumptious, dreamy, and haunting.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2018: March 17 (Field Division, In the Valley Below, Lola Marsh, Wyldest, and More)
Even though there was technically one last night of South by Southwest 2018, it still seemed as if Saturday was the festival's one true finale.
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