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Reviews of an expanded edition of Bob Marley's 'Catch a Fire,' a power-pop anthology, and more.
Read More »Music Reviews: Bob Marley’s ‘Catch a Fire’ Revisited and a Power Pop Anthology, plus Van Duren and John Vincent III
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Music Reviews: Frank Zappa’s ‘Over-nite Sensation’ Box Set, the Feelies’ Velvet Underground Tribute, and More New Releases
Reviews of an expanded edition of Frank Zappa's Over-nite Sensation, the Feelies' 'Some Kinda Love,' and more.
Read More »Music Reviews: Bob Dylan’s ‘The Complete Budokan 1978,’ plus Dori Freeman, Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia, Kristen Grainger & True North, and Peter Rosendal
The Complete Budokan 1978 coilects two Bob Dylan concerts. Plus, new CDs from Dori Freeman, Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia, Kristen Grainger & True North, and Peter Rosendal.
Read More »Music Reviews: Jimi Hendrix at the Hollywood Bowl, Plus Little Feat, Jon Dee Graham, the Resonant Rogues, and Danny O’Keefe
Reviews: a previously unissued 1967 Jimi Hendrix concert plus albums from Little Feat, Jon Dee Graham, Resonant Rogues, and Danny O'Keefe.
Read More »Music Video Premiere: Be – ‘Shine Your Love Light’ from David Hawkins’ Art-Rock Supergroup
A video premiere from the first new album in seven years from David Hawkins' art-rock supergroup.
Read More »Music Reviews: Cranberries, plus Lee Gallagher, the Three O’Clock, Sylvia Tyson, and Emma Wilson
Reviews of an expanded edition of the Cranberries' "To the Faithful Departed," plus CDs from Lee Gallagher, the Three O'Clock, Sylvia Tyson, and Emma Wilson.
Read More »Music Reviews: Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Fyfty,’ plus Leon Rosselson, Half Stack, Robert Finley, and Chest Fever
A box set collects highlights from Lynyrd Skynyrd's career; plus reviews of CDs from Leon Rosselson, Half Stack, Robert Finley, and Chest Fever.
Read More »Song Premiere: Kerri Powers Summons the Blues with ‘Rummage Through My Love’; New Album Drops This Week
Back with her first new album in five years ('Love Is Why'), New England's Kerry Powers debuts a powerful new single.
Read More »Book and Music Reviews: ‘Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,’ plus the Third Mind, Robert Rex Waller Jr., and Luke LeBlanc
'Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine' is a terrific new book that contains previously unseen writings, drawings, handwritten lyrics, photos, and essays.
Read More »Music Reviews: Joni Mitchell’s ‘Archives, Vol. 3,’ plus Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus, Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon, and Jim Wyly
The third in a series of box sets from Joni Mitchell features previously unreleased material from 1972 to 1975.
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