REVIEWS:

What’s the read on the latest reissue releases and live performances by classic rock artists? What biopics, movies or documentaries are worth seeing in theaters and at home? What books about rock music and the people who make and work with it are worth reading. Our team also takes a fresh look at notable works in our Album Rewind series

Electric Light Orchestra – ‘Eldorado’: A Mighty Spark

For their fourth LP, ELO moved past the uncertainties of their early years and took listeners on a journey into the future

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Crossroads Guitar Festival Review: McGuinn, Stills, Mayer & More, But Clapton is Mostly MIA

Other A-list guests at the L.A. show included John McLaughlin, Gary Clark Jr., Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales, Peter Asher, Albert Lee, Samantha FIsh and Sheryl Crow.

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When the Rolling Stones Opened Their 2021 Tour, Minus Charlie Watts

The 13-date tour was originally scheduled to take place in 2020. The storyline, however, was the absence of the man who kept the beat for nearly 6 decades

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Santana ‘Abraxas’: Post-Woodstock Latin Magic

When it came to recording their second album, the band wanted to expend more effort, and make a better-sounding record, than their somewhat rushed debut.

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Steely Dan’s ‘Aja’: A Dazzling Listen

Previously a collective yet to realize its most effective means of transforming ideas into finished art, Becker and Fagen coalesced on this 1977 classic

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Blondie’s ‘Parallel Lines’: An International Smash

The LP, which included the smash “Heart of Glass,” would transform the group from boutique act into a worldwide sensation. Our Album Rewind…

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Alice Cooper in Concert: Less Shock, Still Plenty of Rock—Review

Once so provocative, his theatrics now seem much more tame, but with a killer band and classic songs, he still puts on a great show.

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Fleetwood Mac, Live and Flying High: Review

This is consistently remarkable stuff, and serious Mac addicts can be forgiven if they want all the versions they can get.

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The Stills-Young Band’s ‘Long May You Run’: Good Intentions

The sole Stills-Young Band set is an outlier, a stopgap that is often overlooked. But there are treasures in it.

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Flying Burrito Bros.’ Seminal Country-Rock Debut, ‘Gilded Palace’

Gram Parsons had envisioned the Burritos as “his” band, but ‘The Gilded Palace of Sin’ underscores the partnership between Parsons and Chris Hillman

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