Recording legends such as Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, ZZ Top, Jethro Tull and many others, released outstanding LPs in ’22.
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What’s the read on the latest reissue releases and live performances by classic rock artists? What biopics, movies or documentaries are worth seeing in theaters and at home? What books about rock music and the people who make and work with it are worth reading. Our team also takes a fresh look at notable works in our Album Rewind series
The year’s best music-related reads include bios and memoirs associated with Chuck Berry, Charlie Watts, Bob Dylan, Eagles, plus much more!
Some of the recordings (especially many of the concert tracks) are as good as—or arguably even better than—the familiar ones.
In 1968, the singer decamped to Nashville and cut a double album’s worth of songs written by her good friend and collaborator. The results were mostly glorious
The new album—more a heartfelt tribute to the music Springsteen grew up with than an attempt to reinvent it—is a home run.
The London concert providedvalidation that Marley and his band, the Wailers, had breached the rock market with their potent strain of reggae.
Throughout the well-recorded album, which draws from their first three albums, the guitar pyrotechnics range from excellent to astonishing.
In his best moments, Axl Rose sings up a storm and is a compelling stage presence. And the rest of the band is on fire.
Released in 1970 as the Beatles officially split and all four dropped solo albums, Harrison’s mammoth boxed set was a dark horse.
At least half of its songs are recognized as Dead classics: “Box of Rain,” “Friend of the Devil,” “Sugar Magnolia,” “Truckin’” and “Ripple.”