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A Treasure Trove from the Carter Family No collection of essential country or folk music would be complete without a...

On The Record: A Hot Concert Highlights the Beach Boys’ ‘Sail On Sailor – 1972’

Jeff Burger

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December 30, 2022 0

When the Beach Boys recorded most of the music that appears on the new Sail On Sailor – 1972 box set, they were at a...

On The Record: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Only the Strong Survive,’ plus Alex Chilton & Melissa Carper

Jeff Burger

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December 9, 2022 0

To the uninitiated, Bruce Springsteen’s new Only the Strong Survive CD may come as a surprise. Aside from 2006’s Pete Seeger–inspired We Shall Overcome,...

On The Record: Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Use Your Illusion’ (Super Deluxe Ed.), plus Jimi Hendrix, Amy Ray, James Houlahan, Eddie & the Hot Rods, & Louis Armstrong

Jeff Burger

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December 2, 2022 0

Guns N’ Roses released Use Your Illusion I and II, their third and fourth albums, simultaneously, on September 17, 1991. They’re not the only...

On The Record: Jonathan Richman Reissues, plus Dolly Parton, the Smithereens, Peggy Lee, & Fredrik Lundin

Jeff Burger

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November 25, 2022 0

A Flurry of Reissues from the Inimitable Jonathan Richman Jonathan Richman is an artist you’ll likely love or hate. His idiosyncratic,...

On The Record: Billy Joel’s ‘Live at Yankee Stadium’ & John Mellencamp’s ‘Scarecrow’ (Deluxe Ed.), plus Dee Clark, Luke LeBlanc, the Great Divide, Rick Berthod, & Daniel Sherrill

Jeff Burger

Columns

November 18, 2022 0

Billy Joel’s ‘Live at Yankee Stadium’ Hits Some Homers Billy Joel had already recorded nearly all his best-known songs by June...

On The Record: Bob Dylan’s ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ plus Tommy James & World Party

Jeff Burger

Columns

November 11, 2022 0

Bob Dylan released the terrific Chronicles, Volume One, in 2004. Eighteen years later, we’ve yet to see part two of this memoir,...

On The Record: The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ (Super Deluxe Edition) & Lou Reed’s ‘Words & Music,’ plus Trampled by Turtles, a Boston Soul Anthology, Mali Obomsawin, Jonas Fjeld, & Julian Taylor

Jeff Burger

Columns

November 4, 2022 0

The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Reappears as a Box Set Can we pinpoint the time when the Beatles took their first giant...

On The Record: Leonard Cohen Tribute, Roy Orbison, Joe Ely, Dean Torrence, the Claudettes, & Daphne Parker Powell

Jeff Burger

Columns

October 28, 2022 0

Various artists, Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen. Nobody performs Leonard Cohen’s songs as well as their creator, though artists ranging...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Five Albums You Should Hear

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

October 24, 2022 1

The self-released/self-produced tribute album, Songs Of Leonard Cohen Live, by Canada’s Art Of Time Ensemble is a great way to re-familiarize yourself...

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On The Record: The Carter Family, Frank Zappa, & Janis Joplin with Jorma Kaukonen

On The Record: A Hot Concert Highlights the Beach Boys’ ‘Sail On Sailor – 1972’

On The Record: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Only the Strong Survive,’ plus Alex Chilton & Melissa Carper

On The Record: Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Use Your Illusion’ (Super Deluxe Ed.), plus Jimi Hendrix, Amy Ray, James Houlahan, Eddie & the Hot Rods, & Louis Armstrong

On The Record: Jonathan Richman Reissues, plus Dolly Parton, the Smithereens, Peggy Lee, & Fredrik Lundin

On The Record: Billy Joel’s ‘Live at Yankee Stadium’ & John Mellencamp’s ‘Scarecrow’ (Deluxe Ed.), plus Dee Clark, Luke LeBlanc, the Great Divide, Rick Berthod, & Daniel Sherrill

On The Record: Bob Dylan’s ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ plus Tommy James & World Party

On The Record: The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ (Super Deluxe Edition) & Lou Reed’s ‘Words & Music,’ plus Trampled by Turtles, a Boston Soul Anthology, Mali Obomsawin, Jonas Fjeld, & Julian Taylor

On The Record: Leonard Cohen Tribute, Roy Orbison, Joe Ely, Dean Torrence, the Claudettes, & Daphne Parker Powell

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Five Albums You Should Hear

#THROWBACK: Bob Dylan, August 3, 1995

Discover New Live Music for the New Year in New York City

The Spectacle of Phish at Madison Square Garden on NYE / December 31, 2024

Start 2025 with Good Live Music in NYC

PREMIERE: Whitney Tai’s Stunning Strength & ‘Simulation’

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