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On The Record: Jonathan Richman Reissues, plus Dolly Parton, the Smithereens, Peggy Lee, & Fredrik Lundin

November 25, 2022 0

A 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

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November 18, 2022 0

Billy 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

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November 11, 2022 0

Bob 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

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November 4, 2022 0

The 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

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October 28, 2022 0

Various 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

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October 21, 2022 0

Your 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 0

In 2001, when Wilco presented Yankee Hotel Foxtrot to Warner/Reprise, the company famously deemed it insufficiently commercial. The label said...

On The Record: ‘Gotta Get a Good Thing Goin’ – Black Music in Britain in the Sixties,’ plus Elliott Murphy & John Fullbright

Jeff Burger

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October 7, 2022 0

Gotta Get a Good Thing Goin’ – Black Music in Britain in the Sixties is more expansive than its title...

On The Record: Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Asylum Albums,’ plus Mel Carter, Dr. John, New Riders of the Purple Sage, & Mountain City Four

Jeff Burger

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September 30, 2022 0

Because of her health problems, Joni Mitchell hasn’t issued any newly recorded material since 2007’s Shine, but that doesn’t mean nothing has been...

On The Record: Freedy Johnston, I Draw Slow, Jimmy Carpenter, & the Commonheart

Jeff Burger

Columns

September 23, 2022 0

Freedy Johnston, Back on the Road to You. Given her love of late 1960s and 1970s pop and rock, it’s easy...

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

On The Record: Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, the Impressions with Jerry Butler, Orchestra Gold, & Howdy Glenn

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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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On The Record: Jonathan Richman Reissues, plus Dolly Parton, the Smithereens, Peggy Lee, & Fredrik Lundin

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

On The Record: Bob Dylan’s ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ plus Tommy James & World Party

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

On The Record: Leonard Cohen Tribute, Roy Orbison, Joe Ely, Dean Torrence, the Claudettes, & Daphne Parker Powell

On The Record: Pink Floyd’s Remixed ‘Animals,’ Mark Knopfler’s ‘Studio Albums 2009–2018,’ & Rory Block’s ‘Ain’t Nobody Worried’

On The Record: Wilco’s ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ (20th Anniversary Edition), plus Gene McDaniels & the Heptones

On The Record: ‘Gotta Get a Good Thing Goin’ – Black Music in Britain in the Sixties,’ plus Elliott Murphy & John Fullbright

On The Record: Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Asylum Albums,’ plus Mel Carter, Dr. John, New Riders of the Purple Sage, & Mountain City Four

On The Record: Freedy Johnston, I Draw Slow, Jimmy Carpenter, & the Commonheart

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End January with Live Music in NYC

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

PREMIERE: Reckless Son’s Resilient Ties That Bind Are Showcased on ‘Praying For Rain’

Robert Gordon, Never to Be Forgotten

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