Dion duets with female artists on a new album proving that he can still make great music well into his 80s.
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Music Reviews: The Who’s ‘Live at Shea Stadium,’ plus Rockabilly Anthologies and Albums from Johnny Adams and Tyrone Cotton
Music Reviews: a 1982 Who concert plus two rockabilly anthologies, R&B singer Johnny Adams, and Tyrone Cotton's debut.
Read More »Music Reviews: ‘The JFK Inauguration: US Top 100 20th January 1961,’ plus Mike Zito, Vanessa Peters, and Lance Cowan
A fascinating new anthology collects music from the week when President John F. Kennedy took office, featuring most of the songs that made Billboard’s chart that week.
Read More »Music Reviews: ‘You Can Walk Across It on the Grass: The Boutique Sounds of Swinging London,’ plus Paul Collins and Gordon Grdina
A review of an anthology of the sounds of late 1960a swinging London. Plus, new albums from Paul Collins and Gordon Grdina.
Read More »Book & Music Reviews: ‘Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan,’ plus the Richard Thompson Band and Fats Domino
Gray’s knowledge of his subject is encyclopedic, and he digs up all sorts of interesting connections.
Read More »Music Reviews: ‘We Can Work It Out’ (An Anthology of Beatles Covers), plus the Kinks and Marcel Smith
A new Beatles covers collection features a fair number of luminous artists and a few famous covers, but the focus is more on obscure artists and recordings.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Massive ‘Memphis Blues Box,’ plus Tom Russell and the Ink Spots
Ironically, it took a European record company to compile The Memphis Blues Box, one of the most impressive and essential collections of American music you’ll ever find. Still, I can’t think of a label more suited to the task than Germany’s Bear Family, which is world-famous for its gargantuan and …
Read More »Music Reviews: Cranberries, plus Lee Gallagher, the Three O’Clock, Sylvia Tyson, and Emma Wilson
Reviews of an expanded edition of the Cranberries' "To the Faithful Departed," plus CDs from Lee Gallagher, the Three O'Clock, Sylvia Tyson, and Emma Wilson.
Read More »Music Reviews: Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Fyfty,’ plus Leon Rosselson, Half Stack, Robert Finley, and Chest Fever
A box set collects highlights from Lynyrd Skynyrd's career; plus reviews of CDs from Leon Rosselson, Half Stack, Robert Finley, and Chest Fever.
Read More »Music Reviews: Miles Davis, Bobby Sutliff, Mac Wiseman, Clarence White, Shadwick Wilde, and the Sextones
An anthology collects nine classic Miles Davis albums. Plus Clarence White, Bobby Sutliff, and more.
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