Brian Wilson’s 11th solo album is ” as cheery as [its] punny title suggests, but also deeply moving and life-affirming.”
The “impressively assured debut album by the 27-year-old Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett grabs you by the lapels and insists you hear what she has to say.”
Pink Floyd goes out “with more a whisper than a bang for a last album” that is “not quite for fans only and not quite an album.”
“Rather than another half-baked rehash, this five-CD, 140-track collection is the authoritative retrospective that the Kinks’ watershed years have long deserved.”
“Duets is a worthy addition to his estimable catalog, and underscores how Van’s pipes and how he uses them are a true gift from God.”
The pop standards album Shadows in the Night, the release of The Basement Tapes Complete & the T-Bone Burnett-helmed New Basement Tapes add new wrinkles to the Dylan legacy.
In addition to playing in the classic lineup of the blues-rock band, he worked with John Mayall, Tom Waits and many others.
The filmmaker behind ‘Monterey Pop,’ ‘Don’t Look Back,’ ‘Ziggy Stardust’ and more was the first documentarian to win a Lifetime Achievement Oscar.
“When he auditioned for the band, he only played a few chords before I knew he was the right guy to have on keyboard,” said Ray Davies.
The singer and guitarist had recently turned 70. He penned the band’s 1975 crossover hit, “Third Rate Romance,” as well as #1 singles for Randy Travis and others