ALBUM REVIEW: V/A, “Soul Explosion”
What was created as a centerpiece of a “movement” was born out of necessity and urgency. Fifty years after its initial appearance, it’s a landmark of greatness, pure and simple.…
What was created as a centerpiece of a “movement” was born out of necessity and urgency. Fifty years after its initial appearance, it’s a landmark of greatness, pure and simple.…
Since 1971, America (the band) has produced an enviable string of classic tracks that are Top 40, as well a a number of deeper album tracks. Earlier, Capitol Records released…
With the upcoming 50th Anniversary tour ready to help ZZ Top celebrate their years in Rock, it only makes sense to help them celebrate with a career-spanning collection that effectively…
ZZ Top has long been a solid fixture in the early periods of Rock. They hit a peak stride in the ’80s, and settled in for the years following. Regardless…
Yes, we’ve seen it often before. The creation of a new ‘best of’ for Emerson, Lake and Palmer is a tested flashback for quite a few labels. But we’re there…
Back in November of 2018, Tangerine Dream fans were teased with a short glimpse of an impending arrival of selected Virgin Years titles inside a large Boxed set. One of…
Re-recorded songs by original artists, especially those songs that are VERY familiar to fans, have a middling track record. Sometimes they actually improve on the original in ways that allow…
What makes Pittsburgh quintessentially Pittsburgh? It’s a good question, one with an urgency the national media’s been mulling for more than a decade (and, in past iterations, for generations) now,…
Primal Scream has a presence in your life…or they don’t, simple as that. Having begun back in the early ’80s, the band has gone through a wide array of sound…
While Small Faces, the band was led by the brilliance of Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott, as well as fed by the excellence of every member of the band itself.…
With the cyclical release of a collection of incredibly marketable Rolling Stones hits in bloom, the band has – once again – targeted a new generation of Stones fans. This…
For many, the only approach to Billy Paul was by listening – and revering – his only massive #1 hit, “Me and Mrs Jones”. That song alone captured the intensity…