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On The Record: ‘You Can Walk Across It on the Grass: The Boutique Sounds of Swinging London,’ plus Paul Collins & Gordon Grdina

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 23, 2024 0

After the Beatles conquered the world, the world turned its eyes to the Fab Four’s home country and particularly to...

On The Record: ‘Les Cousins’ (Folk Anthology), plus Steeleye Span Live, Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 16, 2024 0

Rock wasn’t the only kind of music that was exploding in the 1960s: a major folk and blues revival was...

On the Record: ‘Pushin’ Too Hard: American Garage Punk 1964-1967,’ plus Rod Picott & Tinsley Ellis

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 9, 2024 0

Pushin’ Too Hard: American Garage Punk 1964–1967, a new three-CD anthology, mines the same fertile territory as Lenny Kaye’s classic Nuggets collection,...

On The Record: ‘Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan,’ plus the Richard Thompson Band & Fats Domino

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 2, 2024 0

British writer Michael Gray’s gargantuan Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan, which has just been reissued in America, first...

On The Record: Dire Straits’ ‘Live: 1978–1992,’ the Beatles’ Revamped ‘1962–1966’ & ‘1967–1970,’ & the Weeklings

Jeff Burger

Columns

January 26, 2024 0

Dire Straits’ The Studio Albums 1978–1991, which came out around the beginning of 2021, is excellent, but if your wallet can...

On The Record: the Rolling Stones’ ‘Hackney Diamonds,’ plus James Talley, Clay Parker and Jodi James, & the Babys

Jeff Burger

Columns

January 19, 2024 0

The last time the Rolling Stones released an album of new original material, 2005’s A Bigger Bang, George W. Bush’s father was president,...

On The Record: ‘We Can Work It Out’ (An Anthology of Beatles Covers), plus the Kinks & Marcel Smith

Jeff Burger

Columns

January 12, 2024 0

It’s a safe bet that during the Beatles era, many musicians wished they could be members of that group. Since...

On The Record: Nektar’s ‘Remember the Future’ Box Set, plus ‘The Johnny Winter Story’

Jeff Burger

Columns

January 5, 2024 0

The British progressive rock band Nektar formed in Germany in 1969 and has been making music on and off with various lineups...

On The Record: ‘Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90,’ plus Violent Femmes & Catbells

Jeff Burger

Columns

December 29, 2023 0

Willie Nelson had quite a year in 2023. He earned two Grammysto add to the 10 he’d already won; published a book calledEnergy Follows Thought:...

On The Record: The Massive ‘Memphis Blues Box,’ plus Tom Russell & the Ink Spots

Jeff Burger

Columns

December 22, 2023 0

Ironically, it took a European record company to compile The Memphis Blues Box, one of the most impressive and essential collections...

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: ‘You Can Walk Across It on the Grass: The Boutique Sounds of Swinging London,’ plus Paul Collins & Gordon Grdina

On The Record: ‘Les Cousins’ (Folk Anthology), plus Steeleye Span Live, Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz

On the Record: ‘Pushin’ Too Hard: American Garage Punk 1964-1967,’ plus Rod Picott & Tinsley Ellis

On The Record: ‘Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan,’ plus the Richard Thompson Band & Fats Domino

On The Record: Dire Straits’ ‘Live: 1978–1992,’ the Beatles’ Revamped ‘1962–1966’ & ‘1967–1970,’ & the Weeklings

On The Record: the Rolling Stones’ ‘Hackney Diamonds,’ plus James Talley, Clay Parker and Jodi James, & the Babys

On The Record: ‘We Can Work It Out’ (An Anthology of Beatles Covers), plus the Kinks & Marcel Smith

On The Record: Nektar’s ‘Remember the Future’ Box Set, plus ‘The Johnny Winter Story’

On The Record: ‘Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90,’ plus Violent Femmes & Catbells

On The Record: The Massive ‘Memphis Blues Box,’ plus Tom Russell & the Ink Spots

#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