The Alan Parsons Project | Reissues – CD Review
Beginning as a ‘tea-runner’ at Abbey Road studios, Alan Parsons graduated to engineering albums like the Beatles' Let It Be and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon....
Petula Clark | Open Your Heart: A Love Song Collection Portrait Of Petula Clark
OK, so what does an old proghead like me know about Petula Clark? I've heard
of the lady, of course. I know she's had some hits, but I don't know...
Graham Nash | Reflections
In the aftermath of the 2008 reissue of Songs For Beginners,
Rhino wasted little time in packaging a more extensive Graham Nash collection.
Reflections, a three-CD retrospective, substantially ups the
ante, showcasing...
Thin Lizzy | Still Dangerous: Live At The Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977
Thin Lizzy is one of those bands I turn up every time I hear a song of theirs
on the radio. I never gave them much thought beyond that. Recently,...
Tower of Power | Great American Soulbook
Produced by second tenor sax player and original member, Emilio Castillo and
multi-Grammy award-winner George Duke, Tower of Power’s Great
American Soulbook is loaded with R&B and soul classics and features
special...
Pearl Jam | Ten – CD Review
There’s a music message board I frequent where competitive threads abound, pitting one artist, song, album or genre against another. Decades is a popular topic — you know the...
Van Morrison | Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Hardly a hit when it was released in 1968, Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks is considered a classic in the world of popular music and a shining light in a rather...
Grateful Dead | To Terrapin: Hartford 77 – CD Review
By all accounts, 1977 was a pivotal year for the Grateful Dead. The
Grateful Dead Movie (clever title and direction courtesy of
one Jerry Garcia) hit the big screen for a...
Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry (25th Anniversary Edition) – Reissue Review
Leave it to Rhino to roll out a 25th anniversary edition of Twisted Sister’s infamous album Stay Hungry. Remembering the cartoon-like videos for “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and...
Nektar | Fortyfied
You’re not gonna find a more progressive cult band than Nektar. Never
having seen this German-based band back in the day (they formed in 1969 and
played throughout the 70s), my...
