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New Concert Albums Feature the Grateful Dead in 1966 and Elliott Murphy in 2026
Want to hear how the Grateful Dead sounded in concert before its members conquered the world? If so, your best bet is July 3, 1966, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, which was released on the...
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Music Reviews: A 5th Dimension Box Set Delivers Hits and Hidden Treasures,...
The 5th Dimension’s original lineup has been compared to the Mamas and the Papas, whose songs it occasionally covered. Both were vocal groups, both featured male and female singers, both achieved...
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Who the Heck Is Cliff Richard? Ask a Brit
Two weeks ago, this column discussed singer Joe Brown, who is virtually unknown in the U.S. but has some fans in England, where several of his songs charted in the 1960s. Cliff Richard’s career offers...
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Music Reviews: George Harrison’s Pal Joe Brown, plus John R. Miller and...
Have you watched Concert for George, the film of the memorial show held on the first anniversary of George Harrison’s death? If you have, you witnessed performances by some of popular music’s...
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Music Reviews: Lance Cowan’s ‘The Air That You Breathe,’ plus NRBQ, Mary...
Lance Cowan is on a roll. A music publicist for decades, he only recently reinvented himself as a folk/Americana recording artist. But he has now issued three excellent albums in as many years, and...
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Music Reviews: The Rolling Stones’ ‘Foreign Tongues,’ plus Soul Music from...
The Rolling Stones’ last album of new material, 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, was their first such CD in 18 years. Now, a little less than three years later, they’re back with Foreign Tongues. They must...
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Music Reviews: The Cyrkle’s ‘Revival,’ plus C. Gibbs and Ray Campi
To say the Cyrkle got off to an auspicious start would be a major understatement. This 1960s pop-rock outfit was the first American band signed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein, who named the group....
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Music Reviews: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Live from Asbury Park,’ plus the Knack,...
After issuing his first album in 1973, Bruce Springsteen spent more than a decade building a deserved reputation as the best live act in rock and roll. During that time, however, his discography...
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Music Reviews: Willie Nelson’s ‘Dream Chaser,’ Gene Parsons’s ‘Kindling and...
Willie Nelson Is Still Going Strong It’s remarkable that Willie Nelson is still making records nearly three decades after the age when the average American retires. But it’s even more remarkable that...
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Music Reviews: Lovin’ Spoonful’s Complete Recordings, plus Joey Quinones and...
The Lovin’ Spoonful, whose origins the Mamas and the Papas chronicle in their hit “Creeque Alley,” ranks among the most notable products of New York’s Greenwich Village folk explosion. Combining...
View Article10 Underappreciated Music Acts You Need to Hear
Back in 2020, this column featured 16 folk, pop, and rock artists and bands that deserve wide acclaim, but have attracted only cult followings. Here are 10 more. Bobby Charles The late Bobby Charles...
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Music Reviews: Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights,’ plus Teddy...
Relatively few albums warrant expansion into box sets that deconstruct their development with alternate takes and mixes, outtakes, and demos. But if any LP merits such treatment, it’s the Beach Boys’...
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Music Reviews: Abigail Lapell Sings Her Way to Motherhood, plus a Rockabilly...
Sometimes a whisper can pack more punch than a shout. Witness, for example, the music of Nick Drake—or the similarly understated folk recordings of Abigail Lapell, whose atmospheric work might also...
View ArticleBowie, Dylan, Eagles, Pretenders, Hank Williams, Grateful Dead and Much More:...
You’ve heard of Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill? This writer would rather talk about big, beautiful box sets. Here (listed alphabetically, by artist) are 21 of popular music’s most spectacular...
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When John Mellencamp Was Johnny Cougar, a Zappa/Beefheart Box, and More
Lacking clout when he entered the music business, John Mellencamp acquiesced to his manager’s insistence that he change his name to the ostensibly more marketable Johnny Cougar. But after he began to...
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Rediscover Buddy Holly: A Revelatory Edition of His Classic LP with the...
Buddy Holly and his band released The “Chirping” Crickets on Nov. 27, 1957, about 14 months before he perished in an Iowa airplane crash. The record, their debut, turned out to be the only album they...
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Music Reviews: Steve Forbert, plus Andy Hedges, Dwight + Nicole, a Rockabilly...
Steve Forbert’s 2015 album, Compromised, has recently been remastered and reissued with a new title, a new mix, a new bonus track, and a few musical embellishments. Now called The Things That I See,...
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Music Reviews: The Beach Boys’ ‘We Gotta Groove,’ plus The Third Mind’s...
In 1978, 11 years after psychological problems caused Brian Wilson to begin withdrawing from music making, the Beach Boys recorded a Mike Love song called “Brian’s Back.” The track didn’t surface...
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Music Reviews: Talking Heads’ ‘Tentative Decisions,’ plus Mississippi Sheiks,...
You can point to obvious antecedents for many new wave and punk bands. In Blondie’s music, for example, you can hear the influence of so-called girl groups from the 1960s. You can also draw a straight...
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Music & Film Reviews: A Paisley Underground Anthology, plus ‘Elvis ’56,’ the...
If you’ve never heard of the Paisley Underground, it’s not surprising. This rock subgenre—which emphasized psychedelia, electric guitar interplay, and vocal harmonies—flourished mostly just in...
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