Popular Music
So who knows where the time goes? Sadly, it only goes in one direction. But the past can be gracefully revived.
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John Prine’s music on The Tree of Forgiveness is alert and nimble – not at all a retreat to the folkie bar.
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The best festivals, like Disc Jam, build and deliver music-fueled experiences.
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Jesse Colin Young’s best material is worthy of favorable comparisons to Tom Rush, Gordon Lightfoot, and the unrelated Neil Young.
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It’s not a bad time to be performing back-to-the-boogie heavy metal music anywhere in the world.
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“You can be certain that when the show begins and you hear “Mack the Knife,” the choreography will suggest scenes of slashing and murdering.”
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On the occasions that Bob Weir and Phil Lesh performed as a legitimate duo the concert attained some of its more transcendent peaks.
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There’s not much about the blues that Paul Rishell, 68, and Annie Raines, 48, don’t know or can’t play.
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This is a folk/rock trio whose sound and haunting harmonies harken back to Crosby, Stills & Nash, the Eagles and Simon & Garfunkel.
Read MoreThe Isleys remain bizarrely underrated by mainstream media outlets, but they’ve never been forgotten by music fans.
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Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam — Tom Stoppard