Elvis Costello ‘Armed Forces’: What’s So Funny?
The band’s third album was a leap forward in songcraft and sonic ambition, a song cycle weaving the personal and political.
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Janis Ian Documentary Film Due This Year
Having retired from live performance, the singer-songwriter known for “At Seventeen” and “Society’s Child” has now announced a new documentary film in 2024
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ELP ‘Brain Salad Surgery’: A Brainstorm of the Highest Order
The combination of high concept, grandiose execution and ELP’s usual artistic ambition made ‘Brain Salad Surgery’ a mind-blowing effort.
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Moody Blues’ Ray Thomas: His Final Interview
Their classic ‘Days of Future Passed’ turned 50 in 2017. Former band members Mike Pinder and Thomas discuss those heady early years
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Gerry Rafferty, ‘Baker Street,’ and That Sax Solo!
The smash hit was written while its author was hanging out in a flat in London, trying to escape from frustrating legal proceedings.
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Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson ‘Waylon & Willie’: Two of a Kind
It was actually a strange hybrid, but it proved irresistible to record buyers, including many rock fans who’d never bought a country album before
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Stephen Stills’ ‘Live at Berkeley 1971’ Album Shines With David Crosby Duets
The release, handpicked by Stills from his archives, draws from a pair of concerts as the 26 year-old embarked on a solo tour
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Radio Hits of January 1965: British Invasion
Songs from the Dave Clark Five, Zombies and more. And demand for the Beatles on Top 40 was so great that radio DJs played both sides of their singles
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Nektar 50th Anniversary ‘Remember the Future’ Box: Review
Even without their light show, the music on this prog classic is enveloping.
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Captain & Tennille: Married ’70s Hitmakers
The couple scored with such hits as the #1 singles “Love Will Keep Us Together” (1975) and “Do That To Me One More Time” (1979)
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