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On The Record: Collective Soul, Jeff Slate, Ruth Moody, & J.M. Kearns Jeff Burger Columns May 24, 2024 0Collective Soul, Here to Eternity. Atlanta-based Collective Soul has been around for three decades but on the evidence of its sprawling 20-track...
On The Record: Graham Parker’s ‘Live at Rockpalast,’ Queen’s ‘Rock Montreal,’ Little Richard, & More New Releases Jeff Burger Columns May 17, 2024 0Graham Parker Concert DVDs Reissued with a Bonus English rocker Graham Parker’s Last Chance to Learn the Twist, which came out last...
On The Record: The Cryin’ Shames, plus Desmond Dekker, Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe, Dr. John, & Cris Jacobs Jeff Burger Columns May 10, 2024 0The Cryin’ Shames, a mid-sixties beat/pop group from Liverpool, England, were barely even a one-hit wonder on their home turf....
On The Record: Chip Taylor’s ‘Behind the Sky,’ plus Chet Baker, Sun Ra, Art Tatum, & More Jeff Burger Columns May 3, 2024 0“Write what you know,” goes the standard advice, and longtime singer/songwriter Chip Taylor has taken that suggestion to heart on his new...
On The Record: The Doors Live in Sweden in 1968, plus Gene Clark; Richard, Cam & Bert; & the Flying Burrito Brothers Jeff Burger Columns April 26, 2024 0Doors fans can’t go wrong by picking up Live At Konserthuset, Stockholm; September 20, 1968, a mesmerizing new two-CD or three-LP set....
On The Record: Willie Nile, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Ann Savoy, Stephen Bluhm, the Stetson Family, & Misner & Smith Jeff Burger Columns April 19, 2024 0Willie Nile, Live at Daryl’s House Club. Rock singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Willie Nile has been releasing albums since 1980, but he...
On The Record: The Wandering Hearts, plus Domenic Cicala, the HawtThorns, Dawn Landes, & the Glass Hours Jeff Burger Columns April 12, 2024 0Since they released their eponymous sophomore album in 2021, the British folk trio The Wandering Heartshave hooked up with a new producer, Steve...
On The Record: Wonder Women of Country, plus Thee Sinseers, Matt Blake, Pete Ham, & Eddie Hinton Jeff Burger Columns April 5, 2024 0This column rarely covers EPs – the unending flood of full-length CDs is more than enough to keep a critic busy – but a six-song set called Wonder...
On The Record: ‘New Guitars in Town’ (a Power-Pop Anthology), plus Christian Parker, Ted Russell Kamp, Marcia Griffiths & Willie Lindo Jeff Burger Columns March 29, 2024 0As this column noted last year, “Power pop has always been a loosely defined genre – a big umbrella for...
On The Record: Dion’s ‘Girl Friends’ & the Rolling Stones ‘Live at the Wiltern,’ plus John Smith & Doris Troy Jeff Burger Columns March 22, 2024 0Dion DiMucci, one of rock’s most deservedly celebrated singers, regularly occupied high positions on the pop charts from 1957 to...