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
Nilsson’s ‘Pussy Cats’: With a Little Help From a Bad Boy Beatle
By 1974, his once-promising career had hit a wall and it would clearly take something significant to get him back on track. Enter John Lennon
Read MoreTalking Heads’ ‘Stop Making Sense’ Expanded: One of the Best-Sounding Live Albums Ever
After 40 years, ‘Stop Making Sense’ in all its forms remains ineffably compelling and still feels fully modern.
Read More‘The Great Lost Kinks Album’: Revisiting an Overlooked 1973 Delight
Although compiled to satisfy a contractual obligation, the collection of stray tracks is “a corner of the room worth spending some time in.”
Read MoreElvis Presley ‘Wows’ With Expanded ‘Aloha from Hawaii’: Review
Presley sings as well as ever in the Hawaiian concert and seems fully engaged with the material, including songs not on other live releases.
Read MoreYup, We Once Reviewed a Madonna Concert
Our reviewer may not be a fan of her music. But he knows an entertaining concert when he sees one, and her 2015 tour was just that
Read MoreThe Allman Brothers Band’s ‘Brothers and Sisters’: A New Family
With both Duane Allman and Berry Oakley now deceased, the ABB had to decide how to move forward. The answer: their biggest album yet.
Read MoreArlo Guthrie’s Free 2019 Concert at Woodstock Site
“Fancy being here. I sort of remember this,” said the folk singer-songwriter as he took the stage 50 years to the day of when he played the original ’69 fest
Read MoreLinda Ronstadt’s ‘Hasten Down The Wind’: Right Songs, Right Singer
The 1976 release became Ronstadt’s third platinum album in a row, and earned her the second of her eventual 13 Grammy awards.
Read MoreVanilla Fudge’s 1967 Debut: Maximum Psychedelia
It was rock music pushed to its limits, with a radical use of soft-loud-soft dynamics and the emotional drama of rhythm and blues and soul
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