Buddy Holly w/ The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | True Love Ways – CD Review

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s tragic plane crash (which also took the lives of Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson) True Love Ways presents 12 songs featuring...

Midnight Oil | Essential Oils – CD Review

The aptly named Essential Oils is a double CD compilation that pretty much spans the entire career of Australia's Midnight Oil - beginning with tracks from their 1978 self-titled...

Neil Young | Greatest Hits – CD Review

It’s foolhardy to think Neil Young can be properly documented over a single compact disc, even if it’s maxed out at 80 minutes. Decade, the last compilation of any...

Ringo Starr | Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo Starr – CD Review

In the dark days that followed the break-up of the Beatles, concerned friends, associates and fans wondered aloud if the group’s drummer Ringo Starr would be able to sustain...

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....

Blue Öyster Cult | The Essential Blue Öyster Cult – CD Review

I know great fans of a particular band will argue over what exactly would be that band's essential songs, so I usually err on the side of caution when...

Status Quo | Aquostic (Stripped Bare) – CD Review

You have to love a rock band a half century into their career, and they're still trying new things. Britain's Status Quo has jumped out of their rockin' comfort...

The Beatles | Love – CD Review

There is little doubt in anyone’s mind that the music of Beatles is one of the most treasured archives in existence. Legendary court battles, bidding wars, copyright infringements —...

Kansas | Another Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas – Compilation...

Kansas celebrates their 50th anniversary with Another Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas. Across three discs, containing a whopping 39 songs, we get a wide spread of...

George Harrison | Early Takes, Vol. 1 – CD Review

Coinciding with the DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Martin Scorsese's George Harrison: Living In The Material World, which premiered on HBO in October 2011, the 10-track CD, Early...