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Best Classic Bands offers smart, informed and unbiased assessments of the latest rock album releases and reissues to offer readers guidance on what sounds they might enjoy.
Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill Deliver ‘Long After the Fire’: Review
They serve up a diverse and mostly satisfying program that variously recalls country-rockers and the occasional Fleetwood Mac echo.
Read MoreAn Anthology from Joe Meek, Britain’s Phil Spector: Review
England’s Cherry Red label has been digging into the vaults and releasing boxed sets in a series called Joe Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes.
Read MoreThe Third Mind’s Psychedelia-Infused ‘Live Mind’: Review
The wonderfully anachronistic band’s music recalls the best of 1960s psychedelia.
Read MoreDan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg Reissue: ‘No Resemblance Whatsoever’
There are moments of beauty that will make you wish a third collaboration had happened.
Read MoreLoudon Wainwright III’s ‘Loudon Live in London’: Review
The meat of the show is in the self-penned material, which underscores his wordplay, humor and confessional lyrics.
Read MoreThe Doors’ ‘Live at the Matrix’ Showcases the Band in 1967: Review
Recorded in concert before they had any hits, the performances reveal a band that was fully formed from the onset.
Read MoreDavid Bowie’s Brilliant Last Will and Testament
His final album, ★ (Blackstar), ruminates on mortality with some of his most challenging artistry, and a serious statement about life and death.
Read MoreRolling Stones ‘Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush’ Features Rarely Played Songs: Review
Throughout the set, the band seems to have at least as much fun as their audience.
Read MoreMassive Laura Nyro Box Set Uncovers Her Songwriting Genius
The acclaimed singer-songwriter and Rock Hall inductee is the subject of Hear My Song: The Collection, 1966 – 1995, a 19-CD Deluxe collection
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