Pop/Rock/World CD Reviews
Melissa Stylianou – Silent Movie – Anzic RecordsPublished on May 13, 2012
An attractively recorded album that frames a beautiful voice.
Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas – Columbia/Sony MusicPublished on May 07, 2012
Old Ideas like spirituality, desire, mortality and acceptance.
Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball – ColumbiaPublished on May 06, 2012
Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball has it all: anger, frustration, conflict and confrontation.
Orchestre National de Jazz – Shut Up and Dance – Bee Jazz Bee (2 CDs)Published on April 30, 2012
Dance music designed more for the brain than the body.
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – Wasted – Tone Tide RecordsPublished on April 26, 2012
Writing, living and singing about good times with some pals is what this album is all about.
Peter Gabriel – Live Blood – Eagle Records (2 CDs)Published on April 23, 2012
Progressive rock icon shines with full orchestra.
Anoushka Shankar – Traveller – DGGPublished on April 16, 2012
The latest from another talented daughter of Ravi Shankar.
Lurrie Bell – The Devil Ain’t Got No Music – Arai B.G. RecordsPublished on April 13, 2012
Gospel and blues unite at the crossroads.
Janis Joplin – The Pearl Sessions – Sony Legacy (2 CDs)Published on April 05, 2012
Janis Joplin – The Pearl Sessions – Sony Legacy (2 CDs) 133 min. *****: If you listen to The Pearl Sessions you may appreciate what a sterling favor the Full Tilt Boogie Band did for her by providing one special service to her: they shut up. Two years earlier Cheap Thrills, Janis’ breakout album with [...]