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

NRBQ’s ‘Turn On, Tune In’ Review: Virtually Unclassifiable

Although it’s not their most diverse set, you can tell they are having a lot of fun with this music. You probably would, too.

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‘Blinded by the Light’ and the Global Appeal of Bruce Springsteen

Anyone remotely familiar with Bruce Springsteen’s upbringing will understand why The Boss gave thumbs up to the concept of the film

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David Crosby 2.0 Knocks it Out of the Park in NYC

Sobriety, and a serious reconsideration of his life’s purpose, has produced a David Crosby that must be seen to be believed.

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Woodstock ’69 Complete on 38 CDs: Review

The box is well worth considering: It gives you just about everything from the festival except the mud, the rain and the traffic jams.

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Elvis Costello, Blondie Concert: Satisfying Variety

The show would have been a cutting-edge sensation if assembled in 1979, and somehow remains a remarkable enticement 40 years on.

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Procol Harum’s ‘Broken Barricades’ Reissue: Review

The new three-CD edition adds extensive liner notes and 36 bonus tracks (most of them previously unreleased) to a remastered version of the 1971 album.

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Rolling Stones ‘Bridges to Bremen’ Review

In this 1998 show, Mick Jagger is at the top of his stage-prancing form throughout, and the rest of the band delivers the goods as well.

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‘Yesterday’ Film Review: A Beatles What-If Story

The film offers a clever premise: What if you woke up one day and no one but you has a clue who the Beatles were? And so you decide to sing their songs.

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Grateful Dead’s ‘Aoxomoxoa’ @50: Review

Like its predecessors, the 1969 psychedelic classic didn’t sell all that well—it took nearly two decades to go gold—but it has aged nicely.

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Stones’ 2019 Tour Continues With Revamped Setlist

Of the 20 songs they performed in Chicago at the second concert, no less than seven of them weren’t played on the tour’s opener

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