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
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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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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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Western Stars’: Review
Every number on this disc is ear candy, thanks partly to indelible melodies and to the moody, perfectly attuned instrumentation.
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The Dylan ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ Box Set: Review
Evidence of Bob Dylan’s genius is all over the place on these 14 discs. If his music means a lot to you, so will this box.
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Taron Egerton Wins Golden Globe For Best Actor in ‘Rocketman’
The star of the Elton John biopic was a surprise winner for one of the big acting awards. John and Bernie Taupin were also honored for their first award
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Asbury Park, NJ, Rock ‘n Roll Film: Review
The film chronicles the ups and downs of the Jersey Shore town where a skinny, wild-haired kid named Springsteen and his friends rocked all night.
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Bob Seger Final Tour: 2019 Concert Review
Seger and the Silver Bullet Band took a ride through songs that have influenced pop culture for decades
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Ritchie Valens: More Than Just ‘La Bamba’
It’s not hyperbole to say that “there can be few artists in the history of popular music who died so young but left such a significant legacy and legend.”
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