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December 2, 2021 Music Reviews

Music Reviews: Cat Stevens’s ‘Teaser and the Firecat,’ plus Lucinda Williams and Joe Grushecky

A big-box edition of a Cat Stevens bestseller, four volumes of great covers by Lucinda Williams, and Joe Grushecky’s collaboration with Bruce Springsteen.

February 14, 2020 Music Reviews

Music Reviews: ‘Echo in the Canyon’ Soundtrack, plus the Claudettes, David Childers, and Hot Club of Los Angeles

Jakob Dylan and friends cover late 60s music from Southern California. Plus, the Claudettes, David Childers, Hot Club of Los Angeles

January 30, 2019 Music Reviews

Music Review: ‘Springsteen on Broadway,’ plus Tom Petty, Big Star, and the Animals

Bruce Springsteen’s acclaimed Broadway show remains compelling on CD. Plus, noteworthy reissues from Tom Petty, Big Star, and the Animals.

July 16, 2016 Music Reviews

Music Review: ‘The Traveling Wilburys’ Box Set

The “supergroup” label—which critics and fans first applied to such late 1960s outfits as Cream, Blind Faith, and Crosby, Stills

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March 17, 2014 Film/TV Reviews / Music Reviews

Film Review: Bob Dylan’s ‘The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration’

I videotaped Bob Dylan‘s 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration when it aired on PBS decades ago and have been watching it

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June 28, 1978 Music Reviews

Tom Petty’s ‘You’re Gonna Get It!’

Apparently because his music exudes anger and frustration, Tom Petty has been labeled “new wave” by many critics. In fact,

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

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