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December 12, 2020 Album Reviews

Music Reviews: Two Releases Celebrate Grateful Dead’s ‘American Beauty,’ Plus Duke Robillard and Jesse Colin Young

To mark the 50th anniversary of a Dead classic, the group’s label has issued a digital-only collection of demos and outtakes and a remastered CD edition that adds a contemporaneous concert.

December 3, 2020 Album Reviews

Music Reviews: Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Kevin Rowland

Hendrix plays Maui in 1970, a five-CD anthology collects prime material from Walker, and Rowland delivers imaginative covers of pop hits.

November 25, 2020 Album Reviews

Music Reviews: Cameo-Parkway Reissues Plus Steve Forbert and Jimmy LaFave

Three reissues feature AM radio hits and obscurities from the late 50s and early 60s. Plus, Steve Forbert revisits one of his best albums and a reissue from the late, great Jimmy LaFave.

November 20, 2020 Album Reviews

Music Reviews: A Deluxe Edition of the Doors’ ‘Morrison Hotel’ Plus Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche, Beth Lee, and Sweet Lizzy Project

A 50th anniversary edition of the Doors’ “Morrison Hotel” couples a remaster of the original album to 19 works in progress. Plus, more new releases.

November 12, 2020 Album Reviews

Music Reviews: A Deluxe Edition of U2’s ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’ Plus Elliott Murphy and a Ska Anthology

A super-deluxe edition spotlights one of U2’s best albums. Plus, poetry set to music from Elliott Murphy and a long-lost collection of Jamaican gems.

November 5, 2020 Album Reviews

Music Reviews: ‘The Harry Smith B-Sides’ and a Bee Gees Live Collection, Plus Johnny Nicholas and Flamin’ Groovies

A collection of early folk music answers an obvious question that nobody previously thought to ask and the Bee Gees shine on a new live anthology.

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Newly available: A paperback North American edition of Dylan on Dylan, Japanese editions of Lennon on Lennon and Dylan on Dylan, and a Spanish edition of Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen.

Coming soon: Spanish editions of Lennon on Lennon and Dylan on Dylan and an Italian edition of Dylan on Dylan.

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