Album Reviews

‘Captive’ could potentially mark the beginning of a musical career to follow.

Two new releases out this month reexamine the legacy of The Rolling Stones' classic 1971 album 'Sticky Fingers' from different angles, and the results are as predictably mixed as you might expect.

‘To Where Tengger Leads Me’ is that soundtrack to a historical epic that has not yet been made.

What may start out feeling like bubblegum country becomes a multi-course meal as you get a little ways into this batch of 13 brief, efficient songs.

The idea for 'Unity' was in the fusing of two cultures.

The English singer-songwriter's gift for melodic, catchy, socially perceptive glam-pop with literate lyrics and operatic sizzle is undimmed on his fourth studio album.

'The Beginning' has a very informal sound to it despite the tightness of the musicians. The songs come across as casual, as if the product of a bunch of guys jamming together on a Saturday afternoon. The result is an understated artfulness that is uncommonly vivid and starkly forceful.

Reviewed here are fresh, new interpretations of Brazilian and Cuban jazz.

The Steeldrivers' new disc is full of elegant mid-tempo bluegrass songs with dark lyrics.

Babymetal a metal-laden wrecking ball, ready to destroy your expectations and blow your eardrums out, all while not being old enough to drink.