Merry Clayton | The Best Of Merry Clayton – CD Review

Providing call and response backing vocals to Ray Charles, that eerie iconic female "rape…murder" and "oooh's" to "Gimme Shelter," singing background for Carol King, Tom Jones, and even on...

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...

Jimi Hendrix | West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology – Box Set...

After the beefy reissues of the Jimi Hendrix Experience catalog, Legacy and Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. complete the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’s untimely passing, with a brilliant, broad stroke...

Pink Floyd | The Early Years 1965 – 1972: The Individual Volumes – CD/DVD/Blu-ray...

First released as part of The Early Years 1965-1972 box set, The Individual Volumes, as they are called, are now available as six individual multi-disc book-bound CD, DVD &...

John Entwistle | Rarities Oxhumed – Volume One – Compilation Review

I often think of George Harrison and John Entwistle as two sides of the same coin; two rather fine songwriters overshadowed by the more notable and prodigious output of...

Johnny Winter | True To The Blues: The Johnny Winter Story – Box Set...

During a brief phone interview in 2013, I asked Johnny Winter if he thought 45 years after playing Woodstock in 1969, he'd still be out playing and touring today....

Elvis Presley | I Am An Elvis Fan – CD Review

I Am An Elvis Fan could only have happened in an age where everyone logs in their opinion on any and every subject. Legacy Records prompted 250,000 votes from...

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...

Greg Lake | The Anthology – Compilation Review

As a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Greg Lake achieved and collected the kind of accolades most other musicians only dream about. His passing...

Stevie Nicks | 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault – CD Review

I don't need to remind you that whenever an artist chooses to issue an album of “previously unreleased material,” that generally means that what you are about to receive...