Album Reviews

Two reissues that provide reliable, if not always inspired, performances.

From smart and thorough expanded collections of classic '80s material by groups like Bananarama and Exposé, to the latest from soulful vocalists such as John Legend and Raheem DeVaughn, 2013 was a remarkable year.

'A Color Map of the Sun (Remixes)' can reach into party locales and raise roofs, but Pretty Lights shows skill in the solitary experiences as well.

Steffaloo moves from folk pop to electronica on her third album. Perhaps the poetic lyrics are here, I just can’t hear them.

Carrying on after Hurricane Sandy, Danny Petroni and Frank Lacy rock the blues.

A melodic, thoughtful, and beautifully arranged debut album from a new singer-songwriter.

Kimbrough aptly likens his new solo disc to a book of short stories tracing an arc of love from freshness and hope to disappointment and loss.

Jane Ira Bloom 's new album shows the saxophonist at her lyrical best.

A reissue done right—an hour and an half of music plus a two-hour DVD of the famed 'MTV Unplugged' concert.

Neil Young's latest solo acoustic entry from the 'Archives' series is a historically significant, but somewhat redundant document that should mark the close of his latest trilogy.