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Here are 21 of popular music’s most spectacular gargantuan anthologies, each featuring 10 or more discs.
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Tag Archives: Laura Nyro
Ten of 2024’s Best Albums and Box Sets
Critic Jeff Burger's picks for the best music of 2024 include releases from Willie Nelson, Joni MItchell, Laura Nyro, and more.
Read More »Music Reviews: Laura Nyro’s Massive ‘Hear My Song,’ plus the Rain Parade
Nyro’s music was superb from the word go, thanks to her soulful mezzo vocal work, intimate and poetic lyrics, surprising rhythmic inventions, and unique blend of pop, Motown, doo-wop, rock, folk, jazz, gospel, and R&B.
Read More »Music Reviews: Van Morrison’s ‘Latest Record Project,’ Plus Our Band and Laura Nyro
Van Morrison’s new album—his 42nd studio LP and his eighth record in the last five years—includes a song called “Where Have All the Rebels Gone?” A more pertinent question might be, “Where has Van Morrison gone?” The answer, it seems, is to some strange and at times barely recognizable place. The …
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