Ryan Adams' long-awaited follow-up to 'Ashes & Fire' features one of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, but more importantly, it's got catchy pop rock gems that the likes of Petty and Paul Westerberg fans may dig.
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Music DVD Review: Queen – ‘Live At The Rainbow ’74’
At one time Queen were one of the more kick-ass bands in rock and roll. Yes, "that" Queen.
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The Bonfire Set is a new folk rock group that both rocks with the best of them while offering songs designed to enlighten a new generation.
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'Somewhere Under Wonderland' is a welcome return to a band I truly relished for many years and am glad to hear once again.
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While the the well crafted and polished music of this talented band did not resonate with me , it should fare quite well with lovers of the rap metal genre.
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Johnny Winter's last album is not only a rockin' grand finale for the Texas legend but also a tribute to the music that inspired him.
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If you didn't pick up the 2009 bundle of the two albums together, it's time to finally hitch your wagon to Big Star.
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Is there one song, by any artist, that changed your life?
Read More »Music Review: Game Theory – ‘Blaze of Glory’ [2014 Reissue]
New wave and power pop fans should get Game Theory's newly reissued 1982 'Blaze of Glory,' especially if they haven't experienced this nugget before.
Read More »Music Review: Ute Lemper – ‘Forever: The Love Poems of Pablo Neruda’
Lemper and her band honor Neruda's timeless words as fully as I could have imagined, setting them to music made of the same beauty and passion the poet so often celebrated.
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