New York Times
Interview by Michael Lydon, New York Times, March 1968
"Will he burn it tonight?" asked a neat blonde of her boyfriend, squashed in beside her on the packed floor of the Fillmore auditorium. "He ...
Who, The: The Who in San Francisco
Report and Interview by Michael Lydon, New York Times, September 1968
THE WHO PLAY rock "n’ roll music ("it’s got a back beat, you can’t lose it," says Chuck Berry). Not art-rock, acid-rock, or any type ...
Albert King: Steve Paul's Scene, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, October 1968
Albert King, Guitarist, Gives Loud Support to Blues Power ...
Larry Coryell: Rock Guitarist Moves Along, Shunning the Blues
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, New York Times, October 1968
IT SEEMS hard, almost impossible, to become a top rock guitarist without embracing the blues. But Larry Coryell, who is currently appearing at the Scene, ...
Big Brother & The Holding Company: Hunter College, NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1968
BIG BROTHER and the Holding Company, which played before a packed auditorium at Hunter College Friday, has less than one month before Janis Joplin leaves ...
Richie Havens: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1968
Richie Havens Puts Sincerity Into Songs, Guitar-Playing, Talk ...
Blood Sweat & Tears: Blood. Sweat & Tears: Hunter College, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1968
Blood Sweat and Tears Rocks with the Music of Al Kooper ...
Beatles, The: The Beatles: The Beatles [The White Album] (Apple)
Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1968
TOMORROW THE BEATLES will release their first album in a year, titled simply The Beatles. ...
Canned Heat Adds Blues to Its Rock: Band at the Fillmore East Performs With Power
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1968
CANNED HEAT is a soulful rock group that escaped from the psychedelic badlands of California and now is working hard to become the top blues ...
Lightnin' Slim, Slim Harpo: Slim Harpo and Lightnin' Slim: Steve Paul's Scene, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1968
Slim Harpo Offers Authenticity In Country Blues at the Scene. Harmonica Player Joined by Lightning Slim, Guitarist, in Low-Key Performance ...
Doors, The: Jim Morrison and the Doors, LA, 1968
Profile and Interview by Michael Lydon, New York Times, December 1968
"PLAY 'LIGHT MY FIRE’!" "Yeah, ‘Light My Fire.’" Out of the vastness of the Los Angeles Forum, its 18,000 seats filled on a December Saturday ...
Jefferson Airplane, Buddy Guy: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1968
Psychedelic Music Still Keeps The Jefferson Airplane Flying ...
Pearls Before Swine: Rock Trio Avoids The Public Eye
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1968
Pearls Before Swine is Content to Make Records ...
Elvis Presley to Make Personal Appearances
Report by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1968
ELVIS PRESLEY, with one eye to the increasing interest in old-style rock and the other to his decreasing income from movie roles, is making plans ...
Country Joe & The Fish: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1968
Country Joe's Fish Make Heads Swim To Electric Sounds ...
Bill Graham: The Producer of the New Rock
Interview by Michael Lydon, New York Times, December 1968
"I dream about doing the Beatles," Bill Graham said, hunched over his desk in the crowded office of the Fillmore West. Outside the office, the ...
Sam & Dave, Johnny Winter: Sam & Dave: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1968
Soul Team Plays 'South of the Border' ...
Arthur Brown: Fillmore East, New York
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1968
Dramatic Rock: Arthur Brown's Costumes Give His Songs an Impressively Added Impact ...
Johnny Winter: The Making Of A Superstar
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, New York Times, 1969
THERE WAS THE Fillmore East, the East Coast's major rock palace, located ingratiously in a heap of garbage, drunks and weekend freaks on Second Ave. ...
Charlie Musselwhite: The Charlie Musselwhite Blues Band: The Scene, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, January 1969
Group at The Scene Shows It's Together. Gutsy Sound Delivered With Rock Excitement ...
Johnny Winter: Blues Guitar Sound of Johnny Winter Comes North
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, New York Times, January 1969
JOHNNY WINTER has spent years playing bars and lounges in the South and now, with fingers that fly across his guitar like a Texas tornado, ...
Mother Earth: Scene Is Rocked By Mother Earth
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, New York Times, January 1969
Texas-Influenced Band At Nightclub Through Tonight ...
Ian and Sylvia: Café Au Go Go, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, January 1969
Ian and Sylvia, Folk Duo, Arrive With a New Country Sound Here ...
Doors, The: The Doors: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, January 1969
20,000 Hear Doors Give Rock Concert In a Packed Garden ...
John Mayall, Ten Years After: Ten Years After, John Mayall: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, March 1969
10 Years After and John Mayall Present Blues at Fillmore East ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, March 1969
Poet-Singer Draws Throng With Band at Philharmonic ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, March 1969
Californians Play Refreshing Rock At Fillmore East ...
Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, April 1969
WARMTH INVADES DYLAN RECORDINGNashville Skyline Reveals a More Polished Singer ...
Band, The: The Band Breathes Fresh Country Air Over Fillmore East
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, May 1969
THE BAND, WHICH was first known as Bob Dylan's back-up group, spent Friday and Saturday coolly circulating mountain air through the Fillmore East, 105 Second ...
Byrds, The, Procol Harum: The Byrds, Procol Harum: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, June 1969
PROCOL HARUM, the Britons who fuse rock and classics, played their loud, dramatic music at the Fillmore East this weekend. ...
Jerry Lee Lewis: Schaefer Music Festival, Central Park, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1969
Jerry Lee Lewis Mixes Rock Styles In Schaefer Concert ...
Dr. John, the Night Tripper: Steve Paul's Scene, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1969
Dr. John Accents Drum's Rhythms. Afro-Cuban Music at Heart of Coast Musician's Songs ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1969
Blind Faith Group Sings ...
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Schaefer Music Festival, Central Park, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1969
Miss Sainte-Marie Is Heard In Park: Individual Stylist Performs Some Protest Songs ...
Muddy Waters: Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1969
Easy Does It as Muddy Waters Plays Blues at Outdoor Concert ...
Jose Feliciano, Willie Bobo: Downing Stadium, Randall's Island, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1969
Jose Feliciano Gives A Bilingual Concert On Randall's Island ...
Johnny Winter: Forest Hills Music Festival, Queens NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1969
Agility Marks Blues By Johnny Winter At Forest Hills Fete ...
Pacific Gas & Electric: Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, August 1969
Coast rock band plays at museum: Pacific Gas & Electric at "Jazz in Garden" Series ...
Joe Cocker & The Grease Band: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, August 1969
Joe Cocker and the Grease Band Sound Off at the Fillmore East ...
Elvis Presley's Comeback Gets Off To Exciting Start
Report by Mike Jahn, New York Times, August 1969
ELVIS PRESLEY, the "old groaner" of the rock 'n' roll generation, still has his snarl. The acknowledged king of early rock opened a month's engagement ...
Poco: The Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, August 1969
West Coast Band Pavilion Winner: Poco Plays Country Music in Flushing Meadow Park ...
Stooges, The: The Stooges: The Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, September 1969
Stooges, Rock Group, Prefers To Accent Roll – and Squirm ...
Flock, The: The Flock: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, September 1969
THE FLOCK ROCKS AT FILLMORE EAST7-Man Group Mixes Music of Many Eras Well ...
Crosby Stills Nash and Young: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, September 1969
COAST ROCK GROUP AT FILLMORE EAST. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Offer 2 Concerts in Debut ...
Beatles, The: The Beatles: Abbey Road (Apple)
Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, October 1969
Abbey Road by Beatles Marked by Moderation ...
Donovan: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, October 1969
Garden (Madison Sq.) Is Ideal For the Ever-Florid Donovan ...
Who, The: The Who: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, October 1969
THE WHO BRINGS ROCK OPERA HERETommy Begins 6-Day Run at the Fillmore East ...
Richie Havens: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1969
RICHIE HAVENS, who has become one of the most important figures in folk music, performed at Philharmonic Hall last night. ...
Tim Buckley: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1969
Tim Buckley sets Low-Keyed Mood At a Jazz Concert ...
Archies, The: The Archies: The Archies Are Fictional, But Their Success Is Not
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1969
CRITICS MAY debate whether some rock groups that make hit records should exist at all but what can one say about a hit record made ...
Santana: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1969
SANTANA'S RHYTHMS HEARD IN 2 CONCERTS ...
Chicago, Johnny Winter: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1969
Blodwyn Pig Also on Bill of Jazz and Blues Rock ...
Ike & Tina Turner, Sam & Dave: Felt Forum, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1969
Soul Selections Get Sensual Treatment From Tina Turner ...
Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, November 1969
The Rolling Stones Are Still ExcitingMadness of the Beatles Brought Here Again ...
Johnny Cash: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1969
20,000 AT GARDEN HEAR JOHNNY CASH ...
Jethro Tull: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1969
JETHRO TULL FOUR AT FILLMORE EASTFlute and Vocals Mainstay of British Rock Croup ...
David Ackles: The Bitter End, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1969
DAVID ACKLES is one of the more interesting young performers working in the Brecht/Weill area of dramatic song. The 32-year-old Californian, a former playwright, writes ...
Janis Joplin: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1969
Janis Joplin Gives A Rousing Display Of Blues and Rock ...
Arlo Guthrie: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1969
Love Tales Sung By Arlo Guthrie – Talking-Blues Style Marks Concert at Carnegie Hall ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, December 1969
'The Band' Rocks With Hillbilly Ease ...
Quicksilver Messenger Service: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, January 1970
Quicksilver Group Brings New Pianist To Fillmore East ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, January 1970
Garden Thronged for Songfest In Aid of Vietnam Moratorium ...
Ronnie Hawkins: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, March 1970
Ronnie Hawkins on Fillmore Bill – Arkansan Shares Program With Stone the Crows ...
Stooges, The: Watch the Freak: Iggy Pop
Report by Mike Jahn, New York Times, April 1970
IGGY POP – magnificent name, much better than Jim, which is really his name – is on national television. He is lead singer in a ...
John Denver: The Bitter End, New York NYC
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, April 1970
John Denver Spins Folk Spell In Bow At The Bitter End ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, May 1970
Garden Audience Dances and Sings To Creedence Rock ...
Alice Cooper: Boy-Girl Alice Cooper Puts on a Freaky Show
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, May 1970
ON STAGE, THE lead singer of a rock band, a young man named Alice Cooper, has taken off his silver jump suit to reveal black ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, May 1970
Two Folk Singers Show Varied Styles At Village Clubs ...
Doors, The: The Doors: Felt Forum, New York NYC
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, June 1970
The Doors Draw Active Audience. Rock Group's Singer Has to Be Saved From Fans. ...
Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground: Max's Kansas City, NYC
Report by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1970
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND was playing experimental rock in 1965 when the Beatles just wanted hold your hand and San Francisco was still the place where ...
Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band: Forest Hills Stadium, Queens NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, August 1970
Janis Joplin and Her New Group Give Rousing Forest Hills Show ...
Delaney & Bonnie: Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, August 1970
Delaney & Bonnie And New Friends Give Park Concert ...
Led Zeppelin: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, September 1970
ZEPPELIN BRINGS DRIVING STYLE HERE ...
Eric Burdon, War: Eric Burdon & War: Felt Forum, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, September 1970
Eric Burdon Bows with New Group. Singer's Band, War, Proves It's a Magnificent One ...
Derek & The Dominos: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, October 1970
DEREK AND the Dominos is Eric Clapton's new rock group, and the people in the audience who were chanting "Clapton" before the group came onstage ...
Buddy Miles, Big Brother & The Holding Company: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, January 1971
Buddy Miles Group And the Holding Co. Heard on Rock Bill ...
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Ungano's, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, January 1971
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & the Magic Band, a Los Angeles group, is playing through tonight at Ungano's, 210 West 70th Street. ...
Manhattan Transfer: Hunter College, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, March 1971
Old Songs Receive A Rock Treatment At Hunter College ...
Kinks, The: The Kinks Draw An Unruly Crowd
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, April 1971
The Kinks: Philharmonic Hall, NYC ...
Ike & Tina Turner: Ike and Tina Turner: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, April 1971
The Turners Shift To a New Category Called Porno Soul ...
Mountain: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, April 1971
MOUNTAIN TURNS UP ROCK-MUSIC VOLUME ...
Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker: John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, April 1971
Hooker Performs With a Pop Group He Helped Inspire ...
Isaac Hayes: Isaac Hayes... To Be Continued
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, April 1971
The 'Black Moses' Should Move Ahead ...
Phil Ochs: Hunter College, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, April 1971
Real Phil Ochs Back, But There's a Penalty ...
Grateful Dead: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, April 1971
Grateful Dead Draws Far-Out Fans ...
Alice Cooper: Town Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, May 1971
Concert in Drag By Alice Cooper, A Boy and Band ...
Linda Ronstadt: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, May 1971
Bright Song Style Of Linda Ronstadt Lights Up Fillmore ...
Nina Simone: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, May 1971
Throng Welcomes Nina Simone, Back After Long Absence ...
Emerson Lake And Palmer: ELP: Fillmore East, New York NYC
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, May 1971
BRITISH BAND MAKES DEBUT AT FILLMORE ...
Carly Simon: The Bitter End, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, May 1971
CARLY SIMON SINGS AT THE BITTER END ...
Fanny: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, May 1971
Fanny, a Four-Girl Rock Group, Poses a Challenge to Male Ego ...
If You Think It's Groovy To Rap, You're Shucking
Overview by Mike Jahn, New York Times, June 1971
WHEN YOU are trying to be a suburban Dharma Bum you have to try harder. Between the tennis court and the parking lot I read ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, June 1971
Zappa's Musicians Rock Through Epic Of Stylized Traveler ...
Elton John: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, June 1971
Solo, or With Group, Elton John Thrills Carnegie Audiences ...
Tom Jones: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, June 1971
TOM JONES EXCELS IN GARDEN RECITAL ...
Holy Modal Rounders, The: The Holy Modal Rounders: Folk City, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, June 1971
Holy Modal Rounders Playing Fractured Country Music Here ...
Last Rites Are Merry Ones at the Fillmore East
Report by Mike Jahn, New York Times, June 1971
WITH SEVERAL thousand dollars worth of free food and beer and what one Fillmore regular described as "the best vibes since the place opened," the ...
John Denver: The Bitter End, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1971
John Denver Shows Sensitivity and Style In Bitter End Songs ...
Elephant's Memory: Folk City, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1971
Elephant's Memory Mixes Radicalism And a Rough Sound ...
Grand Funk Railroad: Shea Stadium, Brooklyn NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1971
THE MAMMOTH Grand Funk Railroad concert last night before 55,000 people at Shea Stadium was really a spectacle, not a concert. ...
Loudon Wainwright III: The Gaslight, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1971
Loudon Wainwright At Gaslight Evokes Dylan Comparisons ...
Rock Festivals: Sometimes You Can Even Hear The Music
Overview by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1971
"EVERYONE'S SAYING the music's for free" — that's the line from a recent rock album by singer David Crosby. But there have been signs that ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1971
Bo Diddley Returns on Guitar At Forest Hills Rock Concert ...
Bill Withers: Bitter End, New York NYC
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1971
Bill Withers Plays In Soul-Folk Style ...
Who, The: The Who: Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Queens NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, July 1971
The Who Play First Program Of '71 Here Despite Downpour ...
Stephen Stills: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, August 1971
Stephen Stills Plays at Garden In His First Solo Concert Here ...
Donny Hathaway: Donny Hathaway (Atco)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, August 1971
EVER SINCE Otis Redding's tragic death in 1967, record companies have been searching for the great black hope to fill his shoes. Whenever a new ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, New York Times, August 1971
Raga and Rock Link 2 Cultures ...
Three Dog Night: If You Encounter a 6-Foot Frog
Report by Mike Jahn, New York Times, August 1971
I HAD NEVER been to Dallas. I had not been opposed to going to Dallas. It just was not one of those places I had ...
Band, The, Ronnie Hawkins: A Hawk In Gotham: Ronnie Hawkins
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, New York Times, September 1972
THE HAWK blew into town recently, spewing one-liners and hoping that his big mouth would bring him fame instead of trouble this time. ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, September 1972
Stephen Stills: Manassas (Atlantic); The Impressions: Times Have Changed (Curtom); The Staple Singers: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (Stax); Tom Rush: Merrimack County (Columbia) ...
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen: Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites (Paramount)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, October 1972
Truckin' the Blues Away ...
Bobby Womack: Understanding (United Artists)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, October 1972
ALTHOUGH HE'S one of the most respected rhythm 'n' blues guitarist/songwriters, Bobby Womack hasn't yet hit the big time the way an Isaac Hayes or ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, October 1972
AT LEAST every other week another group appears that's hailed by its publicists as the biggest thing since the Beatles. in the case of T. ...
Bonnie Raitt: Give It Up (Warner Bros.)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, December 1972
Bonnie Branches Out ...
Persuasions, The: The Persuasions: Spread The Word (Capitol)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, December 1972
GHETTO KIDS don't have parents who can spare a few hundred dollars for an electric guitar like their suburban counterparts. But they do possess an ...
Grand Funk Railroad: Grand Funk's Thin Din
Comment by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, December 1972
THEY'RE too loud. Their playing is mediocre. They can't sing – all war cries for a cobweb-brained establishment confronted with rock-music it can't understand. ...
Alice Cooper: Alice and His $1 Million
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, New York Times, April 1973
"TO BE HONEST, I was a little worried about the guillotine," Alice Cooper says. "The safety doesn't work too well, and, well, there was that ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, July 1973
A Bland Carole King ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, August 1973
Harry? He's Lost in the Woodwinds ...
Art Garfunkel: Angel Clare (Columbia)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, September 1973
Garfunkel On His Own ...
Yoko Ono, Bette Midler: Bette Midler: Bette Midler (Atlantic); Yoko Ono: Feeling The Space (Apple)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, November 1973
No Torches for Bette and Yoko ...
Wings: Band On The Run (Apple)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, December 1973
Paul's Grooves Will Grab You ...
Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (Columbia)
Review by Bruce Pollock, New York Times, December 1973
WHEN BRUCE Springsteen's first Columbia album, Greetings From Asbury Park, came out almost a year ago, it was met with the most extravagant and outrageous ...
Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark (Asylum)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, January 1974
Joni's Songs Are For Everyone ...
Bob Dylan: Planet Waves (Asylum)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, January 1974
Dylan Is His Own Dilemma ...
Foghat: Energized (Bearsville)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, February 1974
Pop: Foghat's Energy Zap ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, June 1974
Setting a Scene for Rock ...
Dory Previn: Dory Previn (Warner Bros.)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, September 1974
The Perceptive Songs Of Dory Previn ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, September 1974
A Rising Star Needs a Setting ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, October 1974
The Songwriter Sings ...
Aretha Franklin: With Everything I Feel In Me (Atlantic)
Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, November 1974
Aretha, You're the Top ...
Sonny Sharrock: A Musician With Lightning In His Hands
Profile and Interview by Mark Dery, New York Times, May 1991
Sonny Sharrock knew his route would be rocky. ...
Profile and Interview by Mark Dery, New York Times, June 1991
WHEN VOLUNTEERS are needed for the first brain chips – surgically inserted microcircuits that, the theory goes, will boost brainpower – Kraftwerk will be first ...
Jane's Addiction: Jane’s Addiction and Lollapalooza: A Woodstock For The Lost Generation
Interview by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, August 1991
There’s no contest: this summer's biggest tour is the aptly titled Lollapalooza, a mobile rock festival featuring a bill of premier alternative bands – Siouxsie ...
Review by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, November 1991
NIRVANA'S VERTIGINOUS ascent to stardom has to be the year’s most surprising success story. The single ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ has been in heavy rotation ...
Hole: Belting Out That Most Unfeminine Emotion
Interview by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, February 1992
SUSAN FALUDI, the author of Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, said recently in a magazine interview that "anger is not something that's an ...
Review by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, August 1992
The singer Björk has gone solo, as some devotees always felt she should. ...
Fall, The: The Fall: The Infotainment Scan (Matador)
Review by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, July 1993
THE FALL is one of England’s enduring cult bands. Formed in 1976 by the singer and lyricist Mark E. Smith, it evolved into one of ...
Morrissey: Vauxhall and I (Sire)
Review by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, 1994
IF TWO WORDS come close to encapsulating Morrissey's sensibility, they are isolation and insularity. ...
Seal: A Conjurer Of Lush Grooves
Interview by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, August 1994
What to call Seal’s blend of symphonic dance music and mystical lyrics? New Age funk? Progressive disco? Seal belongs to that strain of maverick, slightly ...
Leadbelly, Nirvana: A Simple Song That Lives Beyond Time: Leadbelly via Kurt Cobain
Essay by Eric Weisbard, New York Times, November 1994
IMMEDIATELY after the suicide of Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the rock band Nirvana, last April, MTV broadcasted almost continuously an hourlong Unplugged special that ...
Graham Nash: A Technology to Teach the Children Well
Interview by Charles Bermant, New York Times, March 1995
IN THE INFORMATION age, powerful technology without compelling content is an empty experience indeed. This realization by the singer Graham Nash led to his partnership ...
Blur, Oasis: Blur Vs. Oasis: A U.S. Perspective
Overview by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, September 1995
RIGHT NOW, the British music scene is convulsed with patriotic fervor. For the first time in over a decade, young British guitar bands are penetrating ...
Report and Interview by R.J. Smith, New York Times, January 1996
EVEN FOR A break-all-the-rules punk rock band, some rules still apply. It's 10 minutes to stage, and the members of Rancid are sitting in their ...
Strolling Down Punk-Rock Lane: Legs McNeil
Profile and Interview by Ira Robbins, New York Times, July 1996
THE CLASS OF 1976 held a reunion in the lobby of the Gershwin Hotel late last month. While inspecting a photography exhibition documenting their youth, ...
Guide by Charles Bermant, New York Times, December 1998
THE KINKS ARE the only major British Invasion group aside from the Rolling Stones to continue to perform and record, and, like many musicians, have ...
Smart, Lyrical, Even Genteel, But Is It Rock?
Essay by Eric Weisbard, New York Times, August 1999
FOR ONE breed of rock fan, last year's most important album was probably Lucinda Williams's Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, a dozen perfectly turned ...
Pop in the 90's: Everything for Everyone
Essay by Eric Weisbard, New York Times, April 2000
GEORGE STRAIT is a middle-aged country singer with an easy grin about him; even his boxed sets go platinum. Ice Cube is an intense rapper ...
Joy Division: Music to Brood by, Desolate and Stark
Retrospective by Simon Reynolds, New York Times, October 2007
THE MYSTIQUE surrounding Joy Division has always been way out of proportion to its record sales. Far bigger bands, like the Clash and Pink Floyd, ...
Rocking Cincinnati's R&B Cradle
Retrospective and Interview by R.J. Smith, New York Times, January 2009
A CROWD GATHERS around crumbling walls that are a small evolutionary step up from a miserable pile of bricks. The facade leaks water, and masonry ...
Ellen Willis: Out Of The Vinyl Deeps – Ellen Willis on Rock Music (University of Minnesota Press)
Book Review by Evelyn McDonnell, New York Times, June 2011
WOODSTOCK WAS A RIP-OFF. Creedence Clearwater Revival eclipsed the Rolling Stones. Bob Dylan struggled with identity. Janis Joplin "was not so much a victim as ...
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Video: Johnny Marr talks about Rock's Backpages
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RBP on Spotify: The Very Best of 40-year-old Virgin
RBP Album Club, June 13th: Miki Berenyi and Lucy O'Brien celebrate a Blondie classic
Essential Listening: Green Day grilled by Roy Trakin
RBP Album Club, July 11th: Nick Hornby and Nick Coleman celebrate Southside Johnny's debut
Essential Reading: Bud Scoppa's 1971 Byrds classic