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Music Review: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tracks II: The Lost Albums’ Reveals 83 Previously Unheard Performances

When it comes to mining the vaults, the Boss still has a way to go to catch up to the Bard. Bob Dylan has offered a ton of archival releases, including the Bootleg Series, which now encompasses nearly 60 CDs. Bruce Springsteen is headed in the same direction as Dylan, though, having issued lots of […]

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Wandering Hearts Deja-Vu

Music Reviews: The Wandering Hearts, Willie Nile, Christopher Cross, Iron Horse, and the Black Watch

Music Reviews: The Wandering Hearts, Willie Nile, Christopher Cross, Iron Horse, and the Black Watch The Wandering Hearts, Déjà vu (We Have All Been Here Before). Original material dominates Wild Silence, The Wandering Hearts, and Mother, the three previous albums from this British folk-rock trio. For its latest outing, however, the group eschews self-penned tracks, […]

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Gene and Eunice

Music Reviews: Gene and Eunice, J.M. Kearns, Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricius, Michael Arbenz & Andy Sheppard, and Comet Gain

Music Reviews: Gene and Eunice, J.M. Kearns, Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricius, Michael Arbenz & Andy Sheppard, and Comet Gain Gene and Eunice, From Ko Ko Mo to Poco Loco: The Singles Collection 1954–62. If Gene and Eunice and the songs referenced in this anthology’s title ring no bells for you, you’re not alone. Gene […]

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Frank Zappa's

Music & Film Reviews: Frank Zappa’s ‘Cheaper Than Cheep,’ plus Janis Ian, Christian Parker, Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed, and Big Love Car Wash

Frank Zappa’s Cheaper Than Cheep, plus Janis Ian, Christian Parker, Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed, and Big Love Car Wash Frank Zappa and his band, the Mothers of Invention, were riding high in June 1974. They’d just completed a 10th-anniversary tour and, only three months earlier, had released Apostrophe (’), their first and only Top 10 album. […]

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Pink Floyd

Music & Film Reviews: ‘Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII’ (2025 Editions), plus Julee Cruise and Emma Wilson

Music & Film Reviews:’Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII (2025 Editions), plus Julee Cruise and Emma Wilson Pink Floyd conquered the world with its eighth LP, 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon, which became one of the bestselling albums of all time. Its music is certainly adventurous, but to these ears, not quite as experimental—or exciting—as […]

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Badfinger Head First

Music & Video Reviews: Badfinger’s Lost LP, plus Live Albums from Al Stewart, Translator, and Oregon

Music & Video Reviews: Badfinger’s Lost LP, plus Live Albums from Al Stewart, Translator, and Oregon Badfinger is best known for its first three albums, all from 1970 and 1971, and the Top 10 singles they spawned: “Come and Get It,” which Paul McCartney wrote and produced, “Day after Day,” which George Harrison produced, and […]

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Eric Andersen -Dance of Love and Death

REVIEW: Eric Andersen “Dance of Love and Death,” plus Cat Stevens and Wanda Jackson

Album Reviews: Eric Andersen Dance of Love and Death, plus Cat Stevens and Wanda Jackson For whatever reason, folk singer/songwriter Eric Andersen is probably still best known for such self-penned classics as “Thirsty Boots,” “Close the Door Lightly When You Go,” and “Violets of Dawn,” all of which appeared on his 1966 sophomore album, ‘Bout […]

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