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

Willie Nelson: ‘Red Headed Stranger’ & the Birth of Outlaw Country

The album defined him as an iconoclast comfortable on his own path, which he would follow in singular fashion for decades to come.

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Badfinger’s Lost LP, ‘Head First,’ Delivers Ear Candy: Review

A 50th-anniversary edition sounds great because it employs the recently discovered master tapes, which have been newly mixed and mastered.

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2021 Review: Rick Wakeman Shares His Wondrous Stories

The keyboardist delighted the audience with his marvelous playing and had them in stitches with his engaging (and often ribald) tales.

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s ‘Deja Vu’: A Volatile Chemistry

By any standard, it was an enormous success. But when CSN added a new member for their second album, it was an alliance that would both define and bedevil them.

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Paul & Linda McCartney: ‘Ram’—Macca Magic

For all the criticism tossed his way, McCartney and his hired hands did an admirable job of conveying the mirth and merriment inherent in these songs.

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Squeeze ‘East Side Story’: A Wily New Wave Classic

The album’s success underscores how the lively, kinetic pop-rock outfit was elevated by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook’s artistry as storytellers.

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‘Saturnight,’ Cat Stevens Concert Album, Loaded with Hits: Review

If you want a succinct, hits-loaded taste of what he sounded like on stage back then, this well-recorded album will deliver.

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Eric Andersen Shines on ‘Dance of Love and Death’: Review

The singer-songwriter, 82, is at the top of his form on every one of the collection’s 17 tracks, all of which feature his distinctive, intimate vocals and immersive, elegantly constructed music.

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Pete Townshend ‘Empty Glass’: The Who Album That Wasn’t

Although it’s fully satisfying on its own, the 1980 album, the most successful of his solo releases, has been called a Who record that never was.

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Willie Nelson Does Rodney Crowell on ‘Oh What a Beautiful World’

The 2025 album arrived four days before his 92nd birthday.

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