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On The Record: Barclay James Harvest, Willie Nelson, Kendra Morris, Frank Zappa, & Jourdan Thibodeaux

March 24, 2023 0

Barclay James Harvest, the British progressive rock outfit, delivered some of its most innovative and accessible work on Once Again. An...

On The Record: Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach, plus Memphis Slim, New Earth Farmers, & an Anthology of Seminal Folk

Jeff Burger

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March 17, 2023 0

The great songwriter Burt Bacharach, who teamed up most famously with lyricist Hal David, also worked for nearly three decades with Elvis...

On The Record: ‘Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium,’ plus Iris DeMent, the Church, & Furry Lewis

Jeff Burger

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March 10, 2023 0

Germany’s Bear Family label often outshines all the competition with its gargantuan, career-spanning box sets. Not when it comes to...

On The Record: The Rolling Stones’ ‘Grrr Live!,’ plus Marshall Crenshaw, Savoy Brown, & More

Jeff Burger

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March 3, 2023 0

Grrr Live! is at least the 10th archival audio/video concert package that the Rolling Stones have issued since 2017, so some fans may...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Blues Rock & Synesthesia

Mike Greenblatt

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February 27, 2023 0

The various pre-’63 artists of More Boss Black Rockers Volume #4: Koko Joe (Koko Mojo Record Stack, Ireland) keep this thing poppin’ with...

On The Record: Dexys Midnight Runners, plus Jethro Tull & an Eric Andersen Tribute

Jeff Burger

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February 24, 2023 0

Dexys’ Do-over Kevin Rowland’s overlooked 1999 album, My Beauty, got a deserved second chance with its 2020 rerelease. Now Too-Rye-Ay, the sophomore LP...

On The Record: Carly Simon’s ‘Live at Grand Central,’ plus Iggy & the Stooges, R&B from the 1940s, & Robert Forster

Jeff Burger

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February 17, 2023 0

Carly’s Surprise The most you can usually hope for when you walk into New York City’s Grand Central Station is...

On The Record: ‘Elvis on Tour,’ plus a Moon Mullican Tribute & JD Clayton

Jeff Burger

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February 10, 2023 0

Elvis Presley’s precipitous decline, which led to his death in August 1977, appears to have begun about four years earlier....

On The Record: An Unusual Anthology Collects Hits from 1957, plus Marvin Gaye & Diane Hubka

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 3, 2023 0

Most multi-artist anthologies embrace some sort of cohesive musical theme, such as a focus on a particular genre or the...

On The Record: A Box Set Showcases Bob Dylan’s ‘Time Out of Mind’ Sessions, plus Jeb Loy Nichols & Josh Sinton

Jeff Burger

Columns

January 27, 2023 0

By 1997, many fans had probably lost track of the number of times Bob Dylan had fallen short or gone silent, been...

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All About Timing with All Time Low

Uriah Heep – The Big 5-0

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Sweet, Serene Isabel LaRosa & Her Not-Too-Sweet, Not-Too-Serene, Perfect EP

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‘The Music of Paul McCartney’ at Carnegie Hall / March 15, 2023

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HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura

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On The Record: Barclay James Harvest, Willie Nelson, Kendra Morris, Frank Zappa, & Jourdan Thibodeaux

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Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho (‘Parasite’), plus ‘Doctor Sleep,’ ‘The Siren,’ ‘Scandalous,’ ‘Untouchable,’ and more.

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Phish’s Mike Gordon & Jon Fishman Perform at Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Rally

On The Record: Barclay James Harvest, Willie Nelson, Kendra Morris, Frank Zappa, & Jourdan Thibodeaux

On The Record: Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach, plus Memphis Slim, New Earth Farmers, & an Anthology of Seminal Folk

On The Record: ‘Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium,’ plus Iris DeMent, the Church, & Furry Lewis

On The Record: The Rolling Stones’ ‘Grrr Live!,’ plus Marshall Crenshaw, Savoy Brown, & More

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Blues Rock & Synesthesia

On The Record: Dexys Midnight Runners, plus Jethro Tull & an Eric Andersen Tribute

On The Record: Carly Simon’s ‘Live at Grand Central,’ plus Iggy & the Stooges, R&B from the 1940s, & Robert Forster

On The Record: ‘Elvis on Tour,’ plus a Moon Mullican Tribute & JD Clayton

On The Record: An Unusual Anthology Collects Hits from 1957, plus Marvin Gaye & Diane Hubka

On The Record: A Box Set Showcases Bob Dylan’s ‘Time Out of Mind’ Sessions, plus Jeb Loy Nichols & Josh Sinton

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All About Timing with All Time Low

Uriah Heep – The Big 5-0

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Sweet, Serene Isabel LaRosa & Her Not-Too-Sweet, Not-Too-Serene, Perfect EP

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