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
‘Ready Steady Go!’—Britain’s Groundbreaking Rock TV Series Celebrated in New Book
A new book chronicles the show that featured the Dave Clark Five, the Beatles, the Hollies, Manfred Mann, the Kinks, Rod Stewart and many others.
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Beach Boys’ Drive-In Concert: A California Love-In
In the pandemic era, it was not quite that to which we had been accustomed, but it was far better than watching kitchen concerts at home.
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Lou Reed’s ‘New York’ Dramatically Expanded: Review
People say write about what you know, and man, did Reed know New York’s undercurrents, which serve as the subject of some of this album’s best tracks.
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Roger Waters Brings Pink Floyd Music to 2016 Desert Trip
To close out the festival weekend, the mastermind behind the great British band digs deep into the catalog and makes his political preferences clear
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Neil Young Spans Folk to Heavy in 2016 Desert Trip Set
Young and his fabulous backing band Promise of the Real treated fans on day two to his early hits. Then things started cookin’
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Stevie Wonder Does ‘Songs in the Key of Life’: 2015
Do you have a bucket list of artists you must catch in concert? Our reviewer did and reports on the “fulfillngness” of finally seeing Wonder
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Nick Mason Re-Psychedelicizes Early Pink Floyd on New Live Release: Review
Don’t come here looking for ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ or ‘The Wall.’ The drummer’s focus is solely on the earlier, more trippy Floyd material.
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Rolling Stones’ ‘Goats Head Soup’ Deluxe Edition: Review
Rock critics slammed it and even Mick Jagger later said it wasn’t a great one, but fans made the ‘Exile’ followup a huge seller. We take a fresh listen.
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A New Set Offers a Magical Mystery Tour of Trippy Beatles Covers: Review
The program begins with a big built-in advantage: because these are Beatles covers, it delivers one great number after another.
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‘Workingman’s Dead’ @50: A 3-CD Celebration of the Grateful Dead’s Commercial Breakthrough
The Grateful Dead’s stripped-down, roots- and country-based music gave the San Francisco band their biggest commercial success to date.
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