With a powerful vocal style and unforgettable performances spanning four decades, Natalie Cole conveyed life's joys and pains across genres.
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Music Review: Love – ‘Reel to Real’ [Deluxe Edition]
The 1974 album from Arthur Lee's reconstituted Love is out for the first time on CD and digital, with plenty of bonus tracks.
Read More »Music Blu-ray Review: The Who – ‘Live in Hyde Park’ (1-Blu-ray/2-CD)
Should you snag this new concert Blu-ray, supplemented by the full show on two CDs? If you're a Who fan, you better, you bet!
Read More »Concert Review: Martin Barre and His Band (NYC, 12/19/15)
Legendary Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre and his band touched down in New York City for a night of blues, rock, and Tull.
Read More »Music Review: San Antonio’s Deer Vibes – ‘The Nature of…’ Full-Length Album Debut
The San Antonio indie band's first full-length album is an impressive achievement.
Read More »Music Review: Jethro Tull – ‘Too Old to Rock ‘N’ Roll: Too Young to Die!’ Four-Disc Box Set
The video version of the album is a goofy-fun immersion into a mid-1970s world of hyper-costumed, half-baked concept-album dizziness. But there's nothing half-baked about this masterful, somewhat neglected album.
Read More »Music Review: Mind the Journey – ‘Color in the Gray Machine’
‘Color in the Machine’ makes for an interested auditory journey.
Read More »The Price You Pay for Bruce Springsteen Tickets (and the Ties That Bind the Fans)
This weekend's controversial on-sale for his upcoming The River Tour, has some Bruce Springsteen fans asking if rock's working class hero has turned into more of a nightmare Boss.
Read More »Music Review: Various Artists – ‘A Colorful Christmas’
‘A Colorful Christmas’ will add color to both your Christmas and perhaps even to your perception of the world.
Read More »Music Review: Nirvana – ‘Nirvana’ (New Digital and First Vinyl Editions of ‘Best Of’ Collection)
Nirvana's studio output was so limited that a best-of collection seems almost beside the point – if you were a fan, you have the albums, or at least the last two, and if you're a completist you'd want one of the box sets. Still, 'Nirvana' has sold millions worldwide, and now is a good time to get it in any number of new formats, of which Universal has given us a dizzying variety.
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