Remember that 10 album list we mentioned a while back in the Sinatra/Jobim review? Well, this is one of those albums… Released in the winter of 1971, If I Could Only Remember My Name was Crosby’s first solo effort and will forever stand as a testament to just how talented the man really was. After [...]

With a cover like that you just know it’s going to smoke… Luther Allison is an interesting character in the blues world in that blues fans know him and regular people never heard of him. Sure, everyone’s heard of Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and B.B. King. I mean, they’re legends of the genre and deservedly [...]

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Well, it’s mid September and the weather is starting to get cooler and before you know it there will be scarecrows, pumpkins, and cardboard cutouts of bountiful cornucopias everywhere. There will also be the very distinct sound of the ever autumnal Jethro Tull spilling out of homes everywhere. Well, at least this home. 1977′s Songs [...]

Muddy Waters: Classic Concerts presents three smoking live shows from 1960, 1968, and 1977. While the footage is deeply important as a historical document of American music, especially the Newport Jazz Festival from 1960, it also serves as a stunning testament to the power that Muddy could bring to a stage with his near hypnotic [...]

Dick’s Picks Vol. 36, which features the Grateful Dead live at the Philadelphia Spectrum on September 21, 1972, has long been regarded as one of their finest shows. The Dead played the Spectrum almost more than any other band in history and whenever they did they brought their top game. Tonight is no exception. Normally they ease [...]

Article first published as Music Review: Santana – Live at the Fillmore ’68 on Blogcritics. After their legendary performance at Woodstock in the late summer of 1969, and their blistering self titled debut album, Santana would skyrocket to much deserved stardom and cement a place in rock history. But here, in the warm sounding Fillmore [...]

Well, it’s Friday and you know what that means! Time to review another…book? I know, I know, technically this has nothing to do with music. But good beer and good music do go hand in hand don’t they? And we do like to review books here from time to time… I received Beers of the [...]

I have to admit, I was a little apprehensive about writing a review of a book about reviews. But when a book is this darn entertaining I just have to share it with the rest of you! 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die is an excellent book of, well, music reviews by critic, writer, [...]

Neil Young – New Release Coming September 28, 2010 Looks like Neil Young has been busy for a little while with fellow Canadian noise maker Daniel Lanois. Young’s new album, Le Noise, is an 8 track collection of acoustic and electric songs that will most likely beckon for flannel shirts and cool autumn weather. Thanks [...]