Rod Stewart is the latest artist to team up with the Royal Philharmonic. Plus, folkie Ben Bostick and a collection of British psychedelia from 1966.
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Music Reviews: Steve Goodman, David Bromberg, Western Centuries, Rory Block
An early, previously unreleased concert from Steve Goodman, plus noteworthy CDs from David Bromberg, Western Centuries, and Rory Block.
Read More »Music Reviews: A Final Word from Game Theory, Plus Matt Wilson, David Nail, Eliza Gilkyson, Lisa Mills
Previously unreleased material underscores the excellence of Game Theory, a 1980s alt-rock group. Plus, Matt Wilson, David Nail, Eliza Gilkyson, Lisa Mills.
Read More »Concert Review: ASPECT Chamber Music Series – ‘French Impressions’ (Debussy, Chausson) (27 February 2020)
Violinist Grace Park, pianist Gilles Vonsattel, and the Calidore String Quartet played music by Claude Debussy and Ernest Chausson in the latest ASPECT chamber music concert.
Read More »Music Reviews: Sam Cooke – The Complete Keen Years, plus Michael Doucet, Michel Petrucciani, Chris Maxwell
A box set collects material from Sam Cooke's key transitional period at the Keen label. Plus, Michael Doucet, Michel Petrucciani, Chris Maxwell.
Read More »Concert Review: Mirror Visions Ensemble – ‘The Disappearing Art of Letter Writing’ (NYC, 17 Feb 2020)
Four singers and a pianist swung from romance to riotous humor to wartime pathos, delivering musical settings of letters from different eras with force and feeling.
Read More »Music Reviews: Various Artists – ‘Echo in the Canyon’, plus the Claudettes, David Childers, Hot Club of Los Angeles
Jakob Dylan stars in a soundtrack album featuring music by such 1960s standouts as the Mamas and Papas, the Byrds, and the Beach Boys.
Read More »Music Reviews: Bruce Springsteen & Friends – ‘Peace, Love & Understanding’, Plus Will Sexton, The Mastersons
A three-and-a-half-hour holiday concert from Bruce Springsteen features great music and luminous guest artists. Plus, Will Sexton and the Mastersons.
Read More »Music Review: Sløtface – ‘Sorry For The Late Reply’
'Sorry For The Late Reply' by Sløtface, manages the alchemy necessary to combine punk aesthetic with pop to make a great accessible album.
Read More »Concert Review: Cellist Jakob Kullberg (Brooklyn, 2 February 2020)
Music by six Nordic composers, including Kullberg himself, allowed three fine musicians to focus on the cellist's ongoing search for new ways to build on the past century's musical traditions while forging his own path.
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