The Aquarian

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 0

Doors 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 0

Willie 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 0

Since 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 0

This 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 0

As 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 0

Dion DiMucci, one of rock’s most deservedly celebrated singers, regularly occupied high positions on the pop charts from 1957 to...

On The Record: Tom Rush’s ‘Gardens Old, Flowers New,’ plus the Little Girls, Eddie Bond, & Freddie Scott

Jeff Burger

Columns

March 15, 2024 0

Folk singer Tom Rush, who has been performing and recording for more than 60 years, has long been known primarily as an...

On The Record: the Who’s ‘Live at Shea Stadium,’ plus Rockabilly Anthologies & CDs from Johnny Adams & Tyrone Cotton

Jeff Burger

Columns

March 8, 2024 0

“Strange as it seems now, with the survivors of the Who still playing live nearly 60 years after the band’s...

On The Record: ‘The JFK Inauguration: US Top 100 20th January 1961,’ plus Mike Zito, Vanessa Peters, & Lance Cowan

Jeff Burger

Columns

March 1, 2024 0

According to conventional wisdom, rock experienced a fallow period from around the time we lost Buddy Holly in January 1959...

Features

Part X of the When We Were Young Series: Recap, Overview, Finale

Part IX of the When We Were Young Series: Taking Back Sunday

Part VIII of the When We Were Young Series: Silverstein’s Shane Told

Featured

The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

Reviews

Creed at Madison Square Garden / November 30, 2024

A Day to Remember at WWWY (Las Vegas Festival Grounds) / October 19, 2024

Bastille at The Town Hall / November 25, 2024

Featured

HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura

Columns

Makin Waves with The Smithereens: ‘Maintain That Spirit’

On The Record: ‘Talking Heads:77’ Box Set, plus the Flatlanders, a History of Street Singing, & More

On The Record: Elvis Costello’s ‘King of America & Other Realms,’ plus more new releases

Featured

Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho (‘Parasite’), plus ‘Doctor Sleep,’ ‘The Siren,’ ‘Scandalous,’ ‘Untouchable,’ and more.

Live Events

Start December with Good Live Music in NYC

Good Live Music for the Post-Holiday Weekend in NYC

The Best Live Music This Week in NYC

Featured

Phish’s Mike Gordon & Jon Fishman Perform at Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Rally

On The Record: Chip Taylor’s ‘Behind the Sky,’ plus Chet Baker, Sun Ra, Art Tatum, & More

On The Record: The Doors Live in Sweden in 1968, plus Gene Clark; Richard, Cam & Bert; & the Flying Burrito Brothers

On The Record: Willie Nile, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Ann Savoy, Stephen Bluhm, the Stetson Family, & Misner & Smith

On The Record: The Wandering Hearts, plus Domenic Cicala, the HawtThorns, Dawn Landes, & the Glass Hours

On The Record: Wonder Women of Country, plus Thee Sinseers, Matt Blake, Pete Ham, & Eddie Hinton

On The Record: ‘New Guitars in Town’ (a Power-Pop Anthology), plus Christian Parker, Ted Russell Kamp, Marcia Griffiths & Willie Lindo

On The Record: Dion’s ‘Girl Friends’ & the Rolling Stones ‘Live at the Wiltern,’ plus John Smith & Doris Troy

On The Record: Tom Rush’s ‘Gardens Old, Flowers New,’ plus the Little Girls, Eddie Bond, & Freddie Scott

On The Record: the Who’s ‘Live at Shea Stadium,’ plus Rockabilly Anthologies & CDs from Johnny Adams & Tyrone Cotton

On The Record: ‘The JFK Inauguration: US Top 100 20th January 1961,’ plus Mike Zito, Vanessa Peters, & Lance Cowan

#THROWBACK: The Cranberries, December 14, 1994

Start December with Good Live Music in NYC

Part X of the When We Were Young Series: Recap, Overview, Finale

Creed at Madison Square Garden / November 30, 2024

A Day to Remember at WWWY (Las Vegas Festival Grounds) / October 19, 2024