The Beatles | 1962 – 1966 & 1967 – 1970 – CD Review

In the liner notes for the 2010 remasters of the Beatles’ compilations 1962-1966 and 1967-1970, journalist Bill Flanagan writes that the group’s “greatest impact was on people born between...

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....

Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos – CD Review

When Bob Dylan first started, the music business was a completely different game from what it is today. Songwriters wrote the songs and different singers sang those songs. At...

Roger Daltrey | Gold – CD Review

Roger Daltrey never set out to be a solo artist. He’s always been content being the lead singer of the Who. But it was inevitable the opportunity would come...

Willie Nelson | The Complete Atlantic Sessions – CD Review

In the year 2006 we saw no fewer than 25 officially released Willie Nelson compilations and reissues, but of all of them the handsomely packaged The Complete Altantic Sessions...

Paul McCartney & Wings | WINGS – Compilation Review

Formed in 1971 with his wife Linda and guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Denny Laine, Paul McCartney’s band Wings became his artistic rebirth after the Beatles broke up. Over the...

Various Artists | The Bottom Line Archive Series – CD Review

Ah the days of The Bottom Line. The venerable small music club in the West Village of New York City has seen historic multi-night stands by Bruce Springsteen and...

Steven Wilson | Transience – LP Review

Transience features a generous slice of Steven Wilson on a double vinyl LP set. Named after a song from Wilson’s 2015 album Hand. Cannot. Erase., the three sides...

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...

The Doors | Paris Blues – Compilation Review

The Doors fabled studio outtake, “Paris Blues,” recorded either for The Soft Parade or L.A. Woman (the band could never seem to remember) was thought lost. The only tape of the tune...