Rock

If you're old enough to have attended the Isle of Wight Festival, or any other Moody Blues concert of the time, and you're willing to forgive a really rough and ready sound, by all means spend Tuesday afternoon, or any other, back in an era when live meant live.

Move over Michael Bolton, Southside Johnny was here first.

These hefty chunks of black vinyl in their gorgeous packaging should please Deadheads and audiophiles alike.

Norwood detours from the traditional path of the bluesman and delves into the deep, piney woods of acid-blues and even trance-blues.

Sophisticated, tuneful, soul-inflected pop is Eoin Harrington's specialty, and his new disc is loaded with it.

Singer and guitarist crosses genre boundaries to offer a pleasing set of feel-good, socially-conscious compositions.

Part II of the mother of all lists, an insane gathering of my personal 209 favorite tunes of the 2000's.