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On The Record: Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Alternate Collection,’ plus Willie Nelson & Cat Stevens Jeff Burger Columns December 16, 2022 0After Fleetwood Mac unceremoniously ejected Lindsey Buckingham from the group in 2018, the chances that we’d ever again hear new music from...
On The Record: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Only the Strong Survive,’ plus Alex Chilton & Melissa Carper Jeff Burger Columns December 9, 2022 0To the uninitiated, Bruce Springsteen’s new Only the Strong Survive CD may come as a surprise. Aside from 2006’s Pete Seeger–inspired We Shall Overcome,...
On The Record: Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Use Your Illusion’ (Super Deluxe Ed.), plus Jimi Hendrix, Amy Ray, James Houlahan, Eddie & the Hot Rods, & Louis Armstrong Jeff Burger Columns December 2, 2022 0Guns N’ Roses released Use Your Illusion I and II, their third and fourth albums, simultaneously, on September 17, 1991. They’re not the only...
On The Record: Jonathan Richman Reissues, plus Dolly Parton, the Smithereens, Peggy Lee, & Fredrik Lundin Jeff Burger Columns November 25, 2022 0A Flurry of Reissues from the Inimitable Jonathan Richman Jonathan Richman is an artist you’ll likely love or hate. His idiosyncratic,...
On The Record: Billy Joel’s ‘Live at Yankee Stadium’ & John Mellencamp’s ‘Scarecrow’ (Deluxe Ed.), plus Dee Clark, Luke LeBlanc, the Great Divide, Rick Berthod, & Daniel Sherrill Jeff Burger Columns November 18, 2022 0Billy Joel’s ‘Live at Yankee Stadium’ Hits Some Homers Billy Joel had already recorded nearly all his best-known songs by June...
On The Record: Bob Dylan’s ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ plus Tommy James & World Party Jeff Burger Columns November 11, 2022 0Bob Dylan released the terrific Chronicles, Volume One, in 2004. Eighteen years later, we’ve yet to see part two of this memoir,...
On The Record: The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ (Super Deluxe Edition) & Lou Reed’s ‘Words & Music,’ plus Trampled by Turtles, a Boston Soul Anthology, Mali Obomsawin, Jonas Fjeld, & Julian Taylor Jeff Burger Columns November 4, 2022 0The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Reappears as a Box Set Can we pinpoint the time when the Beatles took their first giant...
On The Record: Leonard Cohen Tribute, Roy Orbison, Joe Ely, Dean Torrence, the Claudettes, & Daphne Parker Powell Jeff Burger Columns October 28, 2022 0Various artists, Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen. Nobody performs Leonard Cohen’s songs as well as their creator, though artists ranging...
On The Record: Pink Floyd’s Remixed ‘Animals,’ Mark Knopfler’s ‘Studio Albums 2009–2018,’ & Rory Block’s ‘Ain’t Nobody Worried’ Jeff Burger Columns October 21, 2022 0Your first question about the recently released 2018 remix of Pink Floyd’s Animals might well be, “Why did a 2018 remix take four...
On The Record: Wilco’s ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ (20th Anniversary Edition), plus Gene McDaniels & the Heptones Jeff Burger Columns October 14, 2022 0In 2001, when Wilco presented Yankee Hotel Foxtrot to Warner/Reprise, the company famously deemed it insufficiently commercial. The label said...