Tuesday , July 28 2026

Reissues

Music Reviews: Joe Grushecky and a Rolling Stones tribute, plus Lynne Hanson, Laurie Lewis, and Nat King Cole

Joe Grushecky-Houserocker

Pittsburgh rocker Joe Grushecky has been getting a fresh shot at wider acclaim thanks to several releases on the Omnivore label.

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Music & Film Reviews: Graham Parker’s ‘Live at Rockpalast,’ Queen’s ‘Rock Montreal,’ Little Richard’s ‘Right Now!’ and More New Releases

Graham Parker album cover

Queen and Freddie Mercury are at the top of their game in a 1981 concert from Montreal.

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Music Reviews: The Doors Live in Sweden in 1968, plus Gene Clark; Richard, Cam & Bert; and the Flying Burrito Brothers

The Doors Konserthuset Stockholm

The Doors' 'Live at the Matrix, 1967' captures the then-little-known group as it experimented with early versions of the material that would soon bring it fame.

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Music Reviews: ‘New Guitars in Town’ (a Power-Pop Anthology), plus Christian Parker, Ted Russell Kamp, Marcia Griffiths, Willie Lindo

New Guitars in Town

Reviews: an anthology of UK power pop, plus Christian Parker, Ted Russell Kamp, and reggae from 1974.

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Music & Film Reviews: Dion’s ‘Girl Friends’ and the Rolling Stones ‘Live at the Wiltern,’ plus John Smith and Doris Troy

Dion Girl Friends

Dion duets with female artists on a new album proving that he can still make great music well into his 80s.

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Music Reviews: The Who’s ‘Live at Shea Stadium,’ plus Rockabilly Anthologies and Albums from Johnny Adams and Tyrone Cotton

The Who Shea Stadium

Music Reviews: a 1982 Who concert plus two rockabilly anthologies, R&B singer Johnny Adams, and Tyrone Cotton's debut.

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Music Reviews: ‘The JFK Inauguration: US Top 100 20th January 1961,’ plus Mike Zito, Vanessa Peters, and Lance Cowan

JFK Inauguration

A fascinating new anthology collects music from the week when President John F. Kennedy took office, featuring most of the songs that made Billboard’s chart that week.

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Music Reviews: ‘You Can Walk Across It on the Grass: The Boutique Sounds of Swinging London,’ plus Paul Collins and Gordon Grdina

You Can Walk Across It

A review of an anthology of the sounds of late 1960a swinging London. Plus, new albums from Paul Collins and Gordon Grdina.

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