Rock
John Hiatt’s voice has taken on some Tom Waits-like cragginess in recent years.
Read MoreBut dissonance is at the edge of everything you hear at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — a sound that contains multitudes.
Read MoreThis album is not a slavish imitation of an old sound but a fresh take on the kind of timeless, tuneful fun that pop music used to be all about.
Read MoreSenescence be damned: whether this was his last tour or not, Iggy proved he’s still got what it takes to play great rock and roll.
Read More“Nah Nah Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” lead singer Gary DeCarlo finally lands the spotlight.
“Maturity, if you’re doing it right, means caring less and less what other people think – you just are who you are.”
Read MoreLucinda Williams is one of the few songwriters who seem to realize the messiness of later life is just as loaded with song angles as the restlessness of youth.
Read MoreWho was this stunning talent with the roof-raising voice and why in the world isn’t she a star, fans would wonder?
Read MoreSome records are snapshots, but Last Danger of Frost is more like a long gaze into a mirror.
Read MoreJason Isbell has got sober, and his songs ring with the urgency of the newly recovered (and newly remarried, to his violinist Amanda Shires).
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