With 40 years, countless honors, some of the highest-grossing tours of all time, one album that irrationally annoyed a lot of people and - perhaps - less and less to prove, what is left for U2 to do? The Irish legends - fresh from Kennedy Center Honors last year, end a five-year gap between albums […]
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Almost two months ago to the day, on November 12, 2022, Jeff Beck took the stage at Reno, Nevada's Grand Sierra Resort. Performing with his friend Johnny Depp, Beck ran through a setlist of fan favorites and covers. The guitar virtuoso made every song his own, with razor-sharp precision, an elegant tone, and a spellbinding […]
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Following in the footsteps of last year's Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana, Zappa Records and UMe have rescued another two concerts from the late artist's storied Vault. On March 3, the labels will release the 3-CD set Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich, boasting two very different shows: one from New York's tiny, 240-capacity Mudd Club, and other from […]
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For nearly no other occasion would you see these three bands in the same sentence, but it's true: vinyl box sets are all forthcoming from blues-rock legend Eric Clapton, Norwegian popsmiths a-ha, and '90s indie-folk darlings Neutral Milk Hotel. This week, on January 13, Clapton readies The Complete Reprise Studio Albums - Volume II from […]
Continue ReadingThe Sweetest Punch: "The Songs of Bacharach and Costello" Box Celebrates "Painted from Memory," More
Elvis Costello has sung jazz with The Charles Mingus Orchestra and pianist Marian McParland, explored hip-hop textures with The Roots, recorded with classical artists The Brodsky Quartet and Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, penned an album with R&B titan Allen Toussaint, and written and recorded with Paul McCartney. Yet of his many rich, felicitous […]
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We're into the second week of January, and it wouldn't be a new year without Rhino's annual Start Your Ear Off Right campaign. This year's slate encompasses eighteen vinyl reissues across the rock, soul, and jazz spectrum, the majority of which were released on Friday at independent record stores and most Barnes and Noble locations […]
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Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. And we're ringing in the new year with new music from Peter Gabriel, old music from Madonna and a call to […]
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When Carole King performed "Home Again" at Central Park's Great Lawn on May 26, 1973, the title held additional meaning. Though she was one of music's most famous New Yorkers, Carole's move to southern California inspired her transformation from Brill Building tunesmith to full-fledged solo singer-songwriter. Much as her songs such as "The Loco-Motion," "Will […]
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What's going on? I'll tell you what's going on. January 27 is the date for Universal imprint Mercury Studios' audio release of Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits: Live in '76, a concert album featuring 23 songs on CD and 22 songs on single-LP vinyl. March 1976 saw the release of the Motown superstar's fourth solo studio […]
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Happy 2023! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc's 13th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! A lot has happened in the last twelve months, but as we look to a new year with optimism and a hopeful spirit, we recognize the many roles music has played in our lives. With that spirit in mind, The Second […]
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