Album Review
By
Dryw Keltz
April 20th, 2009
The Hold Steady show off their skills as a live act with A Positive Rage, a generous CD/DVD set culled from concerts in 2006 and 2007.
Album Review
By
Brian Castleberry
April 19th, 2009
Medeski, Martin & Wood keep pushing the envelope with their second installment of the Radiolarians trilogy.
Brass Trax
By
Rick Sawyer
April 17th, 2009
A recent reissues of Don Cherry’s surprisingly supple 1978 collaboration with tabla player Latif Khan has not only demonstrated a greater continuity in Cherry’s music, they have also shown that he meandered like a river, creating unexpected eddies.
Vinyl Vault
By
JBev
April 15th, 2009
Following the stunning one-two punch of Tommy and Who’s Next, The Who completed their remarkable run at the top of the rock world with 1973’s Quadrophenia.
X is the Y of Z
By
Mark Peters
April 15th, 2009
As the patron saint of hard rockers and gun enthusiasts, Ted Nugent inspires daily prayers for aggressive music and deadly firearms. I don’t know if St. Ted answers such supplications, but if not, you might want to give these Nugent-like nincompoops a try.
Song List
By
Douglas Newman
April 14th, 2009
The Who have a gaggle of great singles, but in the big picture, the band should go down as expert purveyors of “album rock.” In the spirit of celebrating The Who’s impressive career, JamsBio presents 10 of the band’s great deep album tracks (and an outtake or two).
DVD Review
By
Dryw Keltz
April 14th, 2009
Maximum R&B Live gets a deluxe reissue treatment featuring 2 DVDs chock full of legendary live Who.
Brass Trax
By
Rick Sawyer
April 10th, 2009
In a country where factions have long dominated the music scene, Jorge Ben has remained a loner; his only allegiance has been to his own brilliant music. Paradoxically, refusing to join any one faction has led Ben to be covered by musicians from all of them. It’s a phenomenon that’s well documented in Tudo Ben, a new compilation of Jorge Ben covers released last month by Mr. Bongo records.
