Sunday , July 26 2026

Album Reviews

Music Reviews: A Tribute to Badfinger’s Pete Ham, plus Graham Parker, the Tasty Kings, and the Claudettes

Pete Ham

A multi-artist tribute focuses on little-known numbers that previously existed only in Pete Ham’s home demo versions. Their excellence underscores how much untapped potential he possessed.

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Music Reviews: George Thorogood, plus Samantha Fish, Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, and Fruit Bats

George Thorogood

There’s a reason George Thorogood & the Destroyers’ discography includes more than half a dozen live albums. Their high-octane, sax-spiced, blues-rock works best in a concert setting, where audiences seem to energize Thorogood, and he interacts with them as well as he does with his guitar. The latest recorded evidence …

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Music Reviews: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Live from Asbury Park,’ plus the Knack, Iris DeMent, Rachelle Garniez, and R.W. Hampton

Springsteen Asbury Park cover

Springsteen’s return to his home turf lends a special flavor to this performance.

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