It should perhaps come as no surprise that the two preeminent jazz pianists of our time have both released albums based on their quarantine during the COVID19 pandemic. Brad Mehldau’s
If Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead represents the first seedlings in a new strain of their music, American Beauty (released 11/1/70) is the ripe fruit at peak maturity. Recorded by much
In 2017, Midnight Oil returned from its lengthy hiatus with a vengeance, traversing the globe on The Great Circle Tour, rousing audiences, and raising consciousness along the way. In keeping
In a distinct and vivid reflection of their live performances, Medeski Martin & Wood have certainly traveled a most intriguing career path over the course of their near-thirty years together.
With forty-years hindsight, a discerning listen to U2’s debut album, Boy, (released 10/20/80) reaffirms a notion the Irish quartet has ridden the momentum generated by this first album of theirs
It’s a measure of the savvy Mark Knopfler commands as a musician and bandleader that Dire Straits’ Making Movies is so closely comparable in quality to the band’s previous two
Much of Bob Dylan’s work has been subjected to extreme revisionism over the years, perhaps none more so than New Morning. Released in the fall of 1970 (10/19/70), a mere
It’s no surprise a number of books have been published devoted to Warren Zevon, the indubitably eccentric singer/ songwriter who passed ever so tragically in 2003. Likewise, it’s hardly a
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Given the checkered history of The Allman Brothers Band archive releases, the issuing of the latest two is more than a little encouraging. Each in its own way adds significantly
