Music & Film Reviews: Little Steven’s ‘Soul Fire Live!’ & ‘Macca to Mecca!’ plus Mac Leaphart & Michael Lawson
Steve Van Zandt delivers four CDs’ worth of live material, including a Beatles tribute in Liverpool that is also available as a video.
Category: Film/TV Reviews
Music Reviews: Rolling Stones’ ‘Steel Wheels Live,’ plus Rudy De Anda, Darlingside, and Radio Receiver
A 1989 show finds the Stones enthusiastically performing many of their classic numbers. Plus, releases from three little-known but noteworthy artists.
Music Reviews: Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, plus Johnny Iguana and Rich Krueger
Pink Floyd’s drummer comes out of retirement to deliver a live set of his old group’s early material.
Music & Film Reviews: Teddy Thompson, Bessie Jones, Joe Ely, G.F. Patrick, Gravel & Grace…and an Elliott Murphy Film
Teddy Thompson comes back strong, plus a gem from Alan Lomax’s archives, new folk and R&B acts, and a film starring Elliott Murphy.
Film & Music Reviews: Bob Dylan’s ‘Masked and Anonymous’ Arrives on Blu-ray, plus Carla Olson’s ‘Have Harmony, Will Travel 2’
Bob Dylan’s 2003 film, which has just been reissued in high definition, is a mess, but you might nevertheless want to see it at least once. Also: an album of harmonious duets featuring Carla Olson.
Music and Film Reviews: Tim Buckley, Chuck Berry, Elliott Murphy, and Gene Clark
An exceptional Tim Buckley concert surfaces and a Chuck Berry film comes to Blu-ray. Plus material from Elliott Murphy’s archives and a Gene Clark cult favorite.
By Jeff Burger 