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Music & Film Reviews: Dion “Girl Friends” and the Rolling Stones “Live at the Wiltern,” plus John Smith and Doris Troy

March 17, 2024March 27, 2024Jeff Burger0

Music & Film Reviews: Dion Girl Friends and the Rolling Stones Live at the Wiltern’ plus John Smith and Doris Troy Dion DiMucci, one of rock’s most deservedly celebrated singers, regularly occupied high positions on the pop charts from 1957 to 1963, first with his group the Belmonts, and then on his own. He hasn’t […]

Music Reviews: Pink Floyd’s Remixed ‘Animals,’ Mark Knopfler’s ‘Studio Albums 2009–2018,’ and Rory Block’s ‘Ain’t Nobody Worried’

October 16, 2022October 15, 2022Jeff Burger1

Pink Floyd Remixed ‘Animals,’ Mark Knopfler’s ‘Studio Albums 2009–2018,’ and Rory Block’s ‘Ain’t Nobody Worried’ Your first question about the recently released 2018 remix of Pink Floyd’s Animals might well be, “Why did a 2018 remix take four years to come out?” The answer is that it took the group’s Roger Waters and David Gilmour […]