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Best Classic Bands offers smart, informed and unbiased assessments of the latest rock album releases and reissues to offer readers guidance on what sounds they might enjoy.
New Album Captures the Doors Live in Sweden: Review
The 1968 program draws material from their first four studio albums.
Read MoreA New Riders of the Purple Sage Concert Set from 1976: Review
The one-time Grateful Dead country-rock spinoff dipped into their earliest material and choice covers for this live show.
Read MoreA Rollicking Live Album from Willie Nile: Review
His instantly recognizable voice conveys urgency throughout the set, which features his guitar and piano work and a tightly knit backup trio.
Read More‘New Guitars in Town,’ a Power Pop Anthology, Features Noteworthy Obscurities: Review
In addition to well-known artists like Elvis Costello and Squeeze, the collection features many artists about whom nothing is known.
Read MoreThe Rolling Stones Rock the Wiltern in 2002: Review
The wide-ranging 20-song program features such often-played numbers as “Honky Tonk Women,” “Brown Sugar” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” but also includes a handful of obscurities
Read MoreDion Teams with Female Artists on ‘Girl Friends’: Review
Joined by guests like Carlene Carter, Shemekia Copeland and Rory Block, the 84-year-old singer proves he can still make great music.
Read MoreJerry Jeff Walker: More Than ‘Mr. Bojangles’
The outlaw country singer was also a first-rate songwriter, capable of sweet, evocative folk tunes of memorably iconoclastic characters
Read MoreThe Who ‘Live at Shea Stadium 1982’: Review
With Kenney Jones on board in the wake of Keith Moon’s death, the band touched on all phases of its career.
Read MoreNew ‘Boutique Sounds of Swinging London’ Anthology: Review
The 3-disc collection features hits by the Kinks, the Yardbirds and the Troggs but also many impossibly rare sides.
Read MoreRobby Krieger’s Soul Savages—Old-School Rock, By and For Old Souls: Review
While Krieger’s guitar is prominent on these 10 tracks, this sounds like a working band.
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