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Tag: Beach Boys

August 19, 2021 Music Reviews

Music Reviews: Beach Boys’ ‘Feel Flows,’ plus Colin Hay, Gram Parsons, and Ellen Foley

A five-CD set shines a light on recordings from the Beach Boys’ underappreciated later years. Also, interpretive material from Colin Hay, rehearsal tapes from Gram Parsons, and new music from Ellen Foley.

June 4, 2018 Music Reviews

Music Reviews: The Beach Boys and Roy Orbison Meet the Royal Philharmonic, plus Kinky Friedman and Liz Frame

Producers pair the vocals from Roy Orbison and Beach Boys classics with newly recorded backup from London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Plus, CDs from Kinky Friedman and Liz Frame.

July 18, 2017 Music Reviews

Music Reviews: The Beach Boys’ ‘1967: Sunshine Tomorrow,’ plus Arrica Rose, New Zeitgeist, and Game Theory

New thrills from the Smiley Smile and Wild Honey sessions, plus reviews of CDs from Arrica Rose, the New Zeitgeist, and Game Theory.

November 17, 2016 Film/TV Reviews

Film Reviews: ‘TAMI Show’ and ‘The Big TNT Show’

The Woodstock and Monterey Pop films offer quite a flash from the past, but if you want to know how

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June 28, 1978 Music Reviews

Music Review: ‘Almost Summer’ Includes Songs by Beach Boys Members

A new anthology called Almost Summer holds together remarkably well, especially when you consider that most of its tracks were

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April 27, 1977 Music Reviews

Music Review: The Beach Boys’ ‘Love You’

Some of the tracks on The Beach Boys Love You are fantastic—and most of the rest are even better. In

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