The "Fisherman's Blues" sessions produced nearly 400 reels of multitrack tape, many of which were simply marked “untitled,” “instrumental,” “unknown,” or “jam” before being stored away...
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I Shall Be Released: New Music and Re-Releases from Goo Goo Dolls, Foreigner, Teenage Fanclub and More
Indie rock faves Teenage Fanclub are back with their 13th studio album, recorded on a remote Scottish island – with a church organ.
Read More »Music Review: Aaron Lee Tasjan – ‘Get Over it Underdog’
Aaron Lee Tasman's 'Get Over it Underdog' is a Daliesque mirror view of today’s world. An album for our times.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Rolling Stones’ ‘Foreign Tongues,’ plus Soul Music from Baltimore
Everything here sounds worthy of the Stones, probably in no small part because it sounds as if they’re still having fun making music. If this is their coda, it's a good one.
Read More »Concert Review: Poiesis Quartet Plays Beethoven and a Jeff Scott Premiere
The players showed consummate skill in Beethoven's final string quartet and virtuosic enthusiasm in new music from Jeff Scott.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Cyrkle’s ‘Revival,’ plus C. Gibbs and Ray Campi
Members of the Cyrkle, a group best known for the 1966 smash hit "Red Rubber Ball," deliver new music half a century later. Plus, reviews of CDs from C. Gibbs and Ray Campi.
Read More »I Shall Be Released: New and Upcoming Music from Matt B, Heated Rivalry, DJ Daddy Trance, Rush, Mekons, Robyn Hitchcock
Rush in high fidelity, Matt B with the London Phil, dancing with DJ Danny Trance, chill string trios, and more.
Read More »Music Reviews: Sad Daddy’s ‘Ozark Shine’ plus Two Albums of Vintage Soul
Sad Daddy includes Melissa Carper and might sometimes remind you of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. The band favors acoustic instruments and playful music.
Read More »I Shall Be Released (Old School Edition): Rolling Stones, Madonna, Jack White, plus Ariana Grande and Collective Soul
Have the Stones, Madonna, and Jack White still got what it takes? Can Ariana Grande defy gravity? And can Collective Soul ride a new wave?
Read More »Concert Review: Lyle Lovett at City Winery, NYC
With his trademark down-home suavity and languid silly-putty phrasing, Lovett alternated songs funny and sincere, soulful and jazzy, bluesy and country (and novelty).
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