Vivian Cook’s Dynamite Debut, and More
Vivian Cook named her debut album The Long Shot after the subject line on the email she sent to producer
Big Star’s Big Reissue, and More
It happens with surprising frequency: an artist crafts something auspicious or even brilliant, and the record companies say “no thanks.”
A Buck Owens Anthology, and Three More New Releases
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, The Complete Capitol Singles: 1957–1966. If you think you know country music but haven’t familiarized
The Pretenders’ Latest, and Three More Noteworthy Releases
The Pretenders’ new Alone, which the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach produced, is being billed as the group’s first new record
A New Anthology from the Late, Great Guy Clark
With the deaths of such prominent artists as Prince and Leonard Cohen making headlines in 2016, you may have missed
Talking about John Lennon on PBS
Last night on PBS-TV stations in the Northeast U.S., I discussed my book Lennon on Lennon on One on One
