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Music & Book Reviews: John Lennon’s ‘Power to the People’ Box Set, plus Cindy Walker, Maia Sharp, the Cowsills, NRBQ, and Graham Parker

October 19, 2025October 21, 2025Jeff Burger0

A large and lavish box set devoted to one of John Lennon’s least favorably reviewed periods might seem ill-advised, and in some ways it is. But Lennon lovers will find interesting material in the new Power to the People, and even casual fans will discover some pleasures here. The collection, which Sean Ono Lennon […]

Music Reviews: The Doors’ ‘Live at the Matrix,’ plus Graham Parker, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, and Popa Chubby

September 10, 2023September 12, 2023Jeff Burger0

By March of 1967, the Doors had been in existence for the better part of two years and their eponymous debut album had been out for two months. But the record—which would ultimately spend more than two years on Billboard’s Hot 100, peaking at No. 2—still hadn’t charted. Moreover, the release of their big No. […]