Reviews music

The third in a series of box sets from Joni Mitchell features previously unreleased material from 1972 to 1975.

Kyo-Shin-An Arts brought together the venerable Cassatt String Quartet with masters of the shakuhachi, the traditional bamboo flute, and the koto, the Japanese zither, for a scintillating concert.

A new edition of Grateful Dead's Wake of the Flood includes a previously unreleased concert. Plus, reviews of CDs from Benny Goodman, Mac Curtis, Adam Palma, Be, and Ed Sweeney.

The Belgian quartet finds parallels in surprising places at the latest Aspect Chamber Music concert.

All five Tom Waits reissues offer evidence of Waits’s singular talent via soundscapes that draw on everything from blues, Kurt Weill, and carnival music to Captain Beefheart, sea shanties, and jazz.

The Elements, a new work by five composers for violin and orchestra, commissioned by Joshua Bell, succeeded on all levels at David Geffen Hall.

An anthology collects nine classic Miles Davis albums. Plus Clarence White, Bobby Sutliff, and more.

Reviewed: a previously unreleased Fleetwood Mac live set, Willie Nelson's Bluegrass, Genya Raven reissues, and more.

Live at the Matrix delivers complete early Doors concerts. Plus, Graham Parker and more.

An anniversary edition of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture, plus a new CD from John Mellencamp and more.