John Lennon | The U.S. vs. John Lennon – CD Review
One of the best ways to measure greatness is if the work and the message can survive the passage of time. While John Lennon's music has aged, it remains...
Toto | 40 Trips Around The Sun – CD Review
Toto is one of those great musical collectives that people (hopefully unintentionally) tend to define by two hits from their most successful album — “Rosanna” and “Africa.” I’m putting...
Art Garfunkel | The Singer – CD Review
With “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and Jimmy Webb’s “All I Know” opening Art Garfunkel’s two-disc retrospective, The Singer, we are quickly reminded of how amazing the man’s voice is....
Tonite Lets All Make Love In London (Remastered Edition) – CD Review
The remastered (from the original master tape) Tonite Lets All Make Love In London soundtrack brings one instantly back to the kaleidoscopic height of “swinging” London in 1967. British...
Captain Beyond | Lost & Found 1972-1973 – CD Review
Certainly going beyond what any of us ever thought we’d hear from super group Captain Beyond, Lost & Found 1972-1973 features never-heard-before vintage demo tracks, from these self-described “space...
Bob Dylan | Dylan – CD Review
Revisiting the music of Bob Dylan can be a trifling, traumatic experience for the uninitiated. The sheer diversity and volume is enough to make even self-proclaimed Dylanologist A. J....
Scorpions | Born To Touch Your Feelings: Best Of Rock Ballads – CD Review
The Scorpions have managed to maintain a 50-year career powered by the yin-yang combo of sting and sentiment. Unlike contemporaries who banshee wailed their way to success, the five-piece...
Bill Joel | She’s Got A Way: Love Songs – CD Review
I have a tendency to become suspicious with another repackaging of tunes under a record company constructed CD title. But when the 18 songs are this damn good I...
Jethro Tull | The Best Of Acoustic – CD Review
They may be lumped in with the mallet heads because of “Aqualung” and “Locomotive Breath,” but Jethro Tull and their gift for tendering a song with the proper aural...
Van Morrison | The Authorized Bang Collection – CD Review
The Authorized Bang Collection, a sprawling three CD set, presents a library of Van Morrison’s early songs when he was recording for Bang Records, founded by American producer and...
