Posts From Jeff Burger
The Doors’ ‘Soft Parade’: Still Rockin’
The album’s pop leanings notwithstanding, the Doors were still very much a rock and roll band at the time of its release.
Read MoreGrateful Dead’s ‘Here Comes Sunshine 1973’ Delivers Classic Concerts: Review
If you love the band and can spare the bucks, you really ought to experience the music from all five of these 1973 shows.
Read MoreWest Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Box Set Review: ‘Experimental’ Was the Key Word
The collection provides a comprehensive look at an idiosyncratic band that endured its share of stumbles but was occasionally first-rate.
Read More‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ LP Delivered Classic Dylan
It seemed reasonable to suspect that we’d seen the last of his greatest albums. Well, here was a superb collection to prove you wrong
Read MoreBob Dylan’s Sensational ‘Shadow Kingdom’: Review
If you’re a fan, don’t think twice about checking out this new collection—this performance is not just all right, it’s fantastic.
Read MorePaul Simon Confronts Mortality on ‘Seven Psalms’: Review
The album, “an argument I’m having with myself about belief,” is gentle, sweet and worth hearing. Just leave your dancing shoes at the door.
Read MoreThree Vintage Films Capture San Francisco Rock’s Glory Days
Santana, Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead and others at their ’60s/’70s peak are captured live in this DVD set.
Read MoreStephen Stills’ ‘Live at Berkeley 1971’: An Artistic Peak
Having established himself as a major force with Buffalo Springfield and CSNY, Stills performed this dazzling solo show in California.
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