The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. It has also been available in an online edition since 1996.
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Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 6 August 1995
JUNGLE – A FRENETIC, fiercely percussive dance sound made using samples and computers – is the most exciting musical movement to emerge from Britain since ...
Paula Abdul's State-of-the-Art Dance Pop
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 12 May 1991
JUST AS THERE are those who worry about additive-riddled junk food, so too there's an unofficial "campaign for real music." ...
David Ackles: The Bitter End, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 16 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 ...
Roy Acuff, Roger Miller, Buck Owens: Albums from Roy Acuff, Buck Owens and Roger Miller
Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 21 March 1965
Nashville's Modern Folk ...
Adult, Fischerspooner: The '70s are so '90's: The '80s are the thing now
Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 5 May 2002
AND NOW, the '80s. It was probably inevitable. The pop music and fashion industries depend on recycling their own history, and the retro styles of ...
The Advantage: Resurrecting the Riffs, A Nintendo Rock Band
Profile and Interview by Marc Weingarten, The New York Times, 29 April 2004
AS A YOUNG fan of Nintendo video games and an aspiring musician in Nevada City, Calif., Spencer Seim spent a lot of time in his ...
Afghan Whigs: Gentlemen (Elektra Records 9-61501-2; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 6 February 1994
IT'S IRONIC that Greg Dulli, leader of the Afghan Whigs, has gained a reputation as alternative rock's newest sex symbol. The Cincinnati-based group's first major-label ...
Live Review by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 19 April 1970
'Sing Your Own Blues' ...
Report by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 26 November 1961
NASHVILLE, TENN. After thirty-five years of broadcasting, the grand old dinosaur of American radio, Grand Ole Opry, is as boisterously alive as ever. The show ...
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 8 January 1995
Rhythm-and-Blues Has a New Breed ...
Laurie Anderson: Electronic Expressions in the Service of the Soul
Profile and Interview by Will Hermes, The New York Times, 25 June 2010
LAURIE ANDERSON was home for a few hours last month — a rare occurrence. This musician and multi-media artist had returned from Poland, where she ...
Overview by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 11 August 1965
JOHN, PAUL, George and Ringo are bringing it all back home. That means the Beatles are returning to the United States. They will arrive Friday ...
Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 30 January 1966
FOLK-ROCK, which mixes the simplicity of folk music with the frenetic rhythmic heat of the electrically amplified sound of rock 'n' roll, caused one of ...
Apache Indian: No Reservations (Mango 1625399324)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 25 April 1993
A 25-YEAR-old disk jockey and first-generation Briton from the Punjab Province of India, Steve Kapul has been inspired by the music of the West Indies. ...
Aphex Twin: Techno Wars: A House Divided Over Beats
Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 13 March 1994
ONLY A FEW years ago, it was easy to define techno as a fast-paced dance music based on electronic textures. ...
The Archies: The Archies Are Fictional, But Their Success Is Not
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 5 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 ...
Ashford & Simpson: Alice Tully Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 16 November 1973
Pop Music: Twin Talents Of Ashford and Simpson ...
Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Gordon Terry: The Nashville Sound
Report by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 28 November 1965
NASHVILLE — ALTHOUGH there have been no birthday cakes visible, this music center has been savoring its sweet desserts during this anniversary year. ...
Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll: Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 31 March 1969
BRITISH VISITORS PLAY JAZZY ROCK ...
The Auteurs, Morrissey, Suede: British Rockers Trot Out the Flag
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 5 September 1993
LONDON — In rock-and-roll just as in politics, the United States and England have a special relationship. Together, they have dominated global pop. Over the decades, ...
Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 28 April 1963
A LONGER perspective may revise the view, but it appears from a distance of a few months that 1962 was the year when the folk-music ...
Report by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 7 April 1996
A QUIET revolution is at hand in urban music. Gone is the boasting about the girl you seduced last night and can't remember today. These ...
The Band Breathes Fresh Country Air Over Fillmore East
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 12 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 ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 29 December 1969
'The Band' Rocks With Hillbilly Ease ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 18 August 1969
Rock Audience Moves to Dusk-to-Dawn Rhythms ...
The Band, Bob Dylan, Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Band: Music From Big Pink (Capitol SKAO 2995)
Review by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 4 August 1968
Big Pink Is Just a Home in Saugerties ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 13 November 1972
Militancy Replaces Old Frills At First Latin Music Festival ...
Barry Manilow, Bette Midler: Bette Midler, Barry Manilow: Palace Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 4 December 1973
Miss M. Divine: Bette Midler Begins Month at the Palace ...
The Beach Boys: Smiley Smile (Brother — ST 9001)
Review by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 29 October 1967
Recordings: The Beach Boys Sing a Rock Prayer ...
The Beastie Boys: Ill Communication (Grand Royal/Capitol C27243-828599; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 5 June 1994
The Beastie Boys Strut Their Stuff ...
The Beatles: Abbey Road (Apple)
Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 4 October 1969
Abbey Road by Beatles Marked by Moderation ...
The Beatles: The Beatles [The White Album] (Apple)
Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 21 November 1968
TOMORROW THE BEATLES will release their first album in a year, titled simply The Beatles. ...
The Beatles: Mark Lewisohn: Tune In: The Beatles – All These Years, Volume 1
Book Review by Tim Riley, The New York Times, 6 December 2013
APPROACHES TO retelling the Beatles' story slice in two distinct directions: narrow or wide. Some authors choose a single figure and bore down deep, which ...
Retrospective by Mark Rozzo, The New York Times, 2 September 2011
ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1963, the Beatles played Memorial Hall in Northwich, England — the concert poster described them as "Hit recorders of 'Please, Please ...
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol 2835)
Review by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 31 December 1967
Are They Waning? ...
The Beatles: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (Capitol SMAS 2653)
Review by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 18 June 1967
We Still Need the Beatles, but… ...
Retrospective by Mark Rozzo, The New York Times, 25 March 2011
IN APRIL OF 1961, an English art-school screw-up and musician named John Lennon stepped into a doorway in the St. Pauli neighborhood of Hamburg, Germany, ...
The Beatles, Paul McCartney: He May Be Sir Paul, But He's Still a Beatle
Interview by Bob Spitz, The New York Times, 25 May 1997
ON A RECENT afternoon in the kitchen of a quaint 17th-century mill house overlooking the English Channel, there was a sense of eventfulness. The room ...
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 16 June 1968
JEFF BECK GROUP CHEERED IN DEBUT British Pop Singers Delight Fillmore East Audience ...
Bell Biv DeVoe: Hootie Mack (MCA 10682; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 18 July 1993
When Rap Meets Rhythm-and-Blues ...
Overview by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 17 November 1960
Art Form Flowers in the Coffeehouses and Plush Clubs Airs of Many Lands Presented by an Army of Talent ...
Big Brother & The Holding Company: Hunter College, NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 17 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 ...
Report by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 24 November 1968
SAN FRANCISCO — In the heady first days of the "San Francisco Sound," someone dubbed the city the "Liverpool of the USA." The title, though ...
Big Brother & the Holding Company, B.B. King, Aluminum Dream: Anderson Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 19 February 1968
Janis Joplin Is Climbing Fast In the Heady Rock Firmament ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 10 January 1971
Buddy Miles Group And the Holding Co. Heard on Rock Bill ...
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 2 September 1968
Top Pop Concert Draws Only 2,000 To Randalls Island ...
Comment by Evelyn McDonnell, The New York Times, 2 June 1996
AT THE HEART of feminism lies the belief in self-determination: women should define their own identities. One recent expression of that tenet can be found ...
Review by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 22 August 1993
The singer Björk has gone solo, as some devotees always felt she should. ...
Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer: A Vote for the Hired Guns of Rock-and-Roll
Comment by Tony Scherman, The New York Times, 26 July 1998
EVER SINCE the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame gave itself the ticklish job of anointing a rock-and-roll pantheon, one of its stated goals has been to ...
Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 14 July 1969
Blind Faith Group Sings ...
Comment by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 5 December 1993
TODAY'S ALTERNATIVE rock suffers from a strange kind of nostalgia — a yearning for a golden age that one never personally experienced. There's a term ...
Blood Sweat & Tears: Blood. Sweat & Tears: Hunter College, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 10 November 1968
Blood Sweat and Tears Rocks with the Music of Al Kooper ...
Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, Traffic: Traffic, Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 27 April 1968
Traffic, a British Trio, Flows With Subtlety at Fillmore East ...
Blur, Oasis: Battle of the Bands — Old Turf, New Combatants
Overview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 22 October 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 ...
Jose Feliciano, Willie Bobo: Downing Stadium, Randall's Island, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 28 July 1969
Jose Feliciano Gives A Bilingual Concert On Randall's Island ...
Dock Boggs, Mississippi John Hurt: Alumni Hall, New York University, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 14 December 1963
2 OLD-TIMERS SHARE FOLK-SONG PROGRAM ...
David Bowie: The Singer Who Fell to Earth
Retrospective and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 6 March 2013
ON 'THE STARS (ARE OUT TONIGHT)', the new single from David Bowie's comeback album, The Next Day, one line jumps out: "We will never be ...
David Bowie, Freddie Mercury: Growing Up Gay to a Glam Rock soundtrack
Memoir by Jim Farber, The New York Times, 3 November 2016
Freddie Mercury, David Bowie and Alice Cooper send signals to a semi-closeted gay teen in the '70s. ...
Toni Braxton: Her Throaty Alto Gently Echoes An Earlier Era
Profile and Interview by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 5 December 1993
THE FIRST clue that Toni Braxton's career was about to take off came in 1992 when she was the featured singer on the soundtrack for ...
Garth Brooks: In Pieces (Liberty 80857; CD and cassette)
Review by Holly Gleason, The New York Times, 26 September 1993
A Megastar for Everyman ...
Arthur Brown: Fillmore East, New York
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 30 December 1968
Dramatic Rock: Arthur Brown's Costumes Give His Songs an Impressively Added Impact ...
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 23 November 1968
James Brown Scores Knockout With Soul Music at the Garden ...
Tim Buckley: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 4 November 1969
Tim Buckley sets Low-Keyed Mood At a Jazz Concert ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 17 March 1969
Poet-Singer Draws Throng With Band at Philharmonic ...
Tim Buckley: Garrick Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 14 November 1967
BLUES-ROCK BAG SUNG BY BUCKLEY California Tenor Enlivens a Quiet Monday 'Village' ...
Sandy Bull, Stu Ramsay, Roger Sprung: Albums from Sandy Bull and more
Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 18 August 1963
A STRUMMER WITH MORE THAN THREE CHORDS ...
Eric Burdon, War: Eric Burdon & War: Felt Forum, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 27 September 1970
Eric Burdon Bows with New Group. Singer's Band, War, Proves It's a Magnificent One ...
Kate Bush: Doesn't Tour, Hates Attention, Likes Home
Interview by Will Hermes, The New York Times, 30 October 2005
POP MUSIC has seen a lot of '80s musicians angling for a second act lately — the Pixies, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, among others. Partly ...
Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Beatles Backlash Spurs Modern Blues
Report by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 11 March 1965
Performers in 'Village' Influenced by Britons Paul Butterfield Band Stirs Excitement ...
Letter by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 20 February 1966
TO THE EDITOR: ...
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Doors, Bob Dylan: Jac Holzman: Indie-Label Folkie to Rock Patriarch
Retrospective and Interview by Fred Goodman, The New York Times, 4 March 2011
JAC HOLZMAN, the 79-year-old founder and former chairman of Elektra Records, might be expected to rest on his laurels. Yet Mr. Holzman, who will be ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 5 July 1974
On L.I., Jazz Takes a Back Seat to Soul ...
The Byrds, Procol Harum: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 29 June 1969
PROCOL HARUM, the Britons who fuse rock and classics, played their loud, dramatic music at the Fillmore East this weekend. ...
The Byrds, Lothar and the Hand People: Village Gate, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 7 October 1966
Byrds Fuse Jazz, Rock 'n' Roll and Con Edison Group From Coast Brightens Electronic Entertainment at The Village Gate ...
Glen Campbell: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 23 February 1973
Glen Campbell Adds To His Star Status In Carnegie Recital ...
Canned Heat Adds Blues to Its Rock: Band at the Fillmore East Performs With Power
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 23 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 ...
Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker: John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 17 April 1971
Hooker Performs With a Pop Group He Helped Inspire ...
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Ungano's, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 28 January 1971
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & the Magic Band, a Los Angeles group, is playing through tonight at Ungano's, 210 West 70th Street. ...
The Carter Family, Johnny Cash: Johnny Cash: "Ain't Nothin' Too Weird For Me"
Report and Interview by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 16 March 1969
BACKSTAGE AT the Amarillo, Texas, Civic Auditorium, a fresh kid with glasses held out a plastic cup of coffee. ...
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 11 May 1962
Troupe of Country Musicians Gives Program at Carnegie Hall ...
Johnny Cash: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 7 December 1969
20,000 AT GARDEN HEAR JOHNNY CASH ...
Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 1 December 1991
THIS YEAR, THE most popular phenomenon in British alternative rock is a wave of hazy neo-psychedelic guitar groups. ...
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 15 August 1966
KEY TO THE BLUES IS SHOWMANSHIP Dancing and Costumes Add Dash to 30 Singing Acts ...
The Chemical Brothers: Warhol: The Herald Of Sampling
Comment by Tony Scherman, The New York Times, 7 November 1999
MENTION ANDY Warhol's relationship to pop music, and the first name to crop up will be that of the Velvet Underground, the band Warhol championed ...
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 23 January 2005
IN THE FIRST months of 2005, two of electronic dance music's biggest bands will release what are generally referred to as long-awaited albums. ...
Chicago, Johnny Winter: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 16 November 1969
Blodwyn Pig Also on Bill of Jazz and Blues Rock ...
Petula Clark Goes Midtown And Captivates Copa Patrons
Profile by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 16 October 1965
Petite Performer With Big Voice Demonstrates Why She's So Popular ...
Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Johnny Nash, Paul Simon: It's Here — Reggae Rock
Overview by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 4 February 1973
WHEN ANYONE mentions West Indian music, steel bands and calypso instantly echo in the mind, but Jamaica's most popular music is reggae (rhymes with old) ...
George Clinton, Punk-Funk All Stars: George Clinton, the Reigning Hippie of Funk
Profile by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 27 October 1996
WHEN JERRY Garcia died last year and the Grateful Dead disbanded shortly thereafter, the question arose as to who would inherit the band's legacy of ...
Joe Cocker & The Grease Band: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 10 August 1969
Joe Cocker and the Grease Band Sound Off at the Fillmore East ...
Leonard Cohen's Troubles May Be a Theme Come True
Report by Marc Weingarten, The New York Times, 6 October 2005
Betrayal and bitterness have been running themes in Leonard Cohen's work ever since Songs of Leonard Cohen, the Canadian singer-songwriter's debut album, appeared in 1968. ...
Judy Collins: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 27 December 1965
Judy Collins Gives Folk-Song Concert ...
Shawn Colvin: Cover Girl (Columbia 57875; CD and cassette.)
Review by Holly Gleason, The New York Times, 20 November 1994
COVER GIRL, the singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin's third album, seems like a cop-out. The silvery-voiced troubadour has earned critical praise for her emotionally incisive lyrics. Yet ...
Combustible Edison, Esquivel, Stereolab: Incredibly Strange Music: The Revenge of the Un-Hip
Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 5 February 1995
IT'S OFFICIAL: IT'S HIP TO BE square. Collectors are paying top dollar for original albums from such '50s and '60s easy-listening fare as LP's designed ...
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen: Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites (Paramount)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 15 October 1972
Truckin' the Blues Away ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 2 June 1974
Setting a Scene for Rock ...
Alice Cooper: Alice and His $1 Million
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, The 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 ...
Alice Cooper: Town Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 8 May 1971
Concert in Drag By Alice Cooper, A Boy and Band ...
Alice Cooper: Boy-Girl Alice Cooper Puts on a Freaky Show
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 29 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 ...
Larry Coryell: Rock Guitarist Moves Along, Shunning the Blues
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 25 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, ...
Elizabeth Cotten: Domestic, 71, Sings Folk Songs Of Own Composition in Village
Profile by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 6 November 1965
Elizabeth Cotten, Who Wrote 'Freight Train' Performs With Guitar and Banjo ...
Country Joe & The Fish: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 9 December 1968
Country Joe's Fish Make Heads Swim To Electric Sounds ...
Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 28 January 1969
Cream, Separated, Releases 4th and Last Album, Goodbye ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 24 March 1969
Californians Play Refreshing Rock At Fillmore East ...
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 15 May 1970
Garden Audience Dances and Sings To Creedence Rock ...
Bo Diddley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tower of Power: Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 19 July 1971
Bo Diddley Returns on Guitar At Forest Hills Rock Concert ...
Crosby Stills Nash & Young: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 21 September 1969
COAST ROCK GROUP AT FILLMORE EAST. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Offer 2 Concerts in Debut ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 1 July 1973
B.B. King's Blues Barn Creates Echoes of Past ...
Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 19 May 2013
THOMAS BANGALTER, half of the influential French dance-music act Daft Punk, has a house high in the Hollywood Hills here. He and his musical partner, ...
Daft Punk, Justice: Electronica that Rocks, à la Française
Report and Interview by Will Hermes, The New York Times, 1 July 2007
ONE OF THE most blogged-about sets at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Southern California took place on a stage dominated by ...
The Charlie Daniels Band: Charlie Daniels: Writer Rides High on 'Uneasy Rider'
Interview by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 5 September 1973
PICKING ITS way carefully across the playlists of the music radio stations is a song titled 'Uneasy Rider', performed by its composer Charlie Daniels. The ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 2 February 1975
SOUTH ROCKS AGAIN AT MUSIC ACADEMY ...
Terence Trent D'Arby: Not Just a Comeback. A Reinvention.
Interview by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 13 August 1995
TERENCE TRENT D'Arby is explaining, for what may be the umpteenth time, why he lopped off his dreadlocks in favor of a close-cropped peroxide coif. ...
Miles Davis: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 7 March 1970
MILES DAVIS PLAYS AT A ROCK CONCERT ...
Dead Can Dance: Into the Labyrinth (4AD 45384-2; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 12 December 1993
OVER THE course of 12 years and six albums, the Anglo-Irish duo Dead Can Dance has created music that gives new meaning to the word ...
The Dead Weather, Jack White: Music, Label, Retail: Jack White's Vertical Integration
Report and Interview by Alan Light, The New York Times, 12 March 2009
JACK WHITE, the meticulous frontman of the color-coordinated White Stripes, has always been known for his attention to detail. So it was no surprise to ...
Delaney & Bonnie: Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 7 August 1970
Delaney & Bonnie And New Friends Give Park Concert ...
John Denver: The Bitter End, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 3 July 1971
John Denver Shows Sensitivity and Style In Bitter End Songs ...
John Denver: The Bitter End, New York NYC
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 12 April 1970
John Denver Spins Folk Spell In Bow At The Bitter End ...
Derek & The Dominos: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 25 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 ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 26 August 1973
'OUR LATIN THING' PLAYS AT STADIUM 30,000 See Fania All Stars and Others at Second Base ...
DMX, Eve: Family Values in the Rap Business: Ruff Ryders, Cash Money and co.
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 12 March 2000
WHEN THE RAPPER DMX accepted a trophy for best R&B album at the Billboard Music Awards last year, he took the stage flanked by a ...
Donovan: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 18 October 1969
Garden (Madison Sq.) Is Ideal For the Ever-Florid Donovan ...
Donovan, Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back (Dir. D.A. Pennebaker, 96 mins)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 22 October 1967
Dylan: 'We Trust What He Tells Us' ...
The Doors: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 25 January 1969
20,000 Hear Doors Give Rock Concert In a Packed Garden ...
The Doors: Can They Still 'Light My Fire'?
Profile and Interview by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 19 January 1969
"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 ...
The Doors: Felt Forum, New York NYC
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 19 January 1970
The Doors Draw Active Audience. Rock Group's Singer Has to Be Saved From Fans. ...
Book Review by Anthony Heilbut, The New York Times, 2 August 1992
THE RISE OF GOSPEL BLUES ...
Will Downing: Love's the Place to Be (Mercury 3145180862; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 26 September 1993
WILL DOWNING'S voice is an elegant, languid caress. But the 28-year-old singer, who has three previous albums, has never enjoyed the success of Luther Vandross ...
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 20 June 1993
AS HOMAGES to male bonding go, it would be hard to beat 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang', the hit single from The Chronic, the latest ...
The Drifters, Aretha Franklin: Aretha Franklin, the Drifters: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 14 October 1968
ARETHA FRANKLIN IN TWIN CONCERTS ...
Dr. John, the Night Tripper: Steve Paul's Scene, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 10 July 1969
Dr. John Accents Drum's Rhythms. Afro-Cuban Music at Heart of Coast Musician's Songs ...
Dry Cleaning: It's Spoken Rock 'n' Roll, but We Like It
Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 14 October 2022
The British rock band's distinctive sound comes from the vocalist Florence Shaw's carefully delivered observations that float somewhere between stand-up, poetry and comedy. ...
Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 19 April 1969
WARMTH INVADES DYLAN RECORDINGNashville Skyline Reveals a More Polished Singer ...
Bob Dylan: Planet Waves (Asylum)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 20 January 1974
Dylan Is His Own Dilemma ...
Bob Dylan: Beneath the Festival's Razzle-Dazzle
Report by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 1 August 1965
THE RAZZLE-dazzle of last weekend's Newport Folk Festival should not eclipse the quiet, unflamboyant work of enrichening American folk culture that the festival makes possible. ...
Bob Dylan: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 28 October 1963
Folk Songs Draw Carnegie Cheers Bob Dylan Appears as an 'Angry Young' Recitalist ...
Bob Dylan: Forest Hills Stadium, Forest Hills Stadium NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 30 August 1965
DYLAN CONQUERS UNRULY AUDIENCE Folk Singer Offers Works in'New Mood' at Forest Hills ...
Bob Dylan: Pop Singers and Song Writers Racing Down Bob Dylan's Road
Profile and Interview by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 27 August 1965
Musician's "Sound" Inspires a Variety of Entertainers in "Folk Rock" Idiom ...
Bob Dylan, The Greenbriar Boys: The Greenbriar Boys, Bob Dylan: Gerde's Folk City, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 29 September 1961
Bob Dylan: A Distinctive Folk-Song Stylist 20-Year-Old Singer Is Bright New Face at Gerde's Club ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 2 August 1971
Raga and Rock Link 2 Cultures ...
The Eagles: Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 14 May 1974
EAGLES SERVE ROCK WITH COUNTRY FLAIR ...
Elephant's Memory: Folk City, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 4 July 1971
Elephant's Memory Mixes Radicalism And a Rough Sound ...
Elephant's Memory: The Other End, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 7 January 1976
ELEPHANT'S MEMORY IN A CHANGE OF PACE ...
Ramblin' Jack Elliott: The Gaslight, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 15 November 1969
Jack Elliott Sings Dylan and Guthrie In Return to City ...
Missy Elliott, Timbaland: Timbaland and Missy Elliott: Partners in the Engine Room of Rap
Comment by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 1 August 1999
POP-MUSIC history tends to focus on glamorous vocalists and visionary songwriters, but the evolution of black pop is another story: it's as much about changes ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 15 September 1974
A Rising Star Needs a Setting ...
Emerson Lake And Palmer: Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Why They Won't Bach Around The Clock
Interview by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 16 December 1973
WITH EMERSON, Lake and Palmer, apparently nothing succeeds like excess. The successful British rock trio, which is known for its appearances with symphony orchestras, is due at ...
Emerson Lake & Palmer: ELP: Fillmore East, New York NYC
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 2 May 1971
BRITISH BAND MAKES DEBUT AT FILLMORE ...
EMF: E.M.F.: A New Band That's All the Rave
Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 30 June 1991
LONDON — The trance-dance rhythms and euphoric aura of acid house music have drastically altered the outlook and aspirations of most British rock groups. ...
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 8 September 1962
GOSPEL FESTIVAL GETS UNDER WAY 3-Day Event Set for Randalls Island Begins a Little Late ...
The Fall: The Infotainment Scan (Matador)
Review by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 11 July 1993
THE FALL is one of Englands enduring cult bands. Formed in 1976 by the singer and lyricist Mark E. Smith, it evolved into one of ...
Fanny: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 30 May 1971
Fanny, a Four-Girl Rock Group, Poses a Challenge to Male Ego ...
Fatboy Slim: Electronica Goes Straight To Ubiquity
Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 6 June 1999
THE USUAL trajectory for a new form of pop music is from underground sound to mainstream omnipresence, followed by eventual banalization as the style filters ...
Fatboy Slim, Lo Fidelity Allstars: Big Beat: Dance Music From England With a Dark Side
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 7 March 1999
BIG BEAT, a boisterous hybrid of hip-hop and house music, is currently the most popular dance style in Britain. ...
Roberta Flack, War: Shea Stadium, Queens, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 6 July 1973
Harmonica Turns Concert Into 'Party' ...
The Flock: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 14 September 1969
THE FLOCK ROCKS AT FILLMORE EAST7-Man Group Mixes Music of Many Eras Well ...
Foghat: Energized (Bearsville)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 10 February 1974
Pop: Foghat's Energy Zap ...
Aretha Franklin: With Everything I Feel In Me (Atlantic)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 24 November 1974
Aretha, You're the Top ...
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 24 December 1967
The Rascals Draw 16,000 Teen-Agers To Garden Concert ...
The Fugees: With Help From Roberta Flack, The Fugees Are Redefining Rap
Interview by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 26 May 1996
IT'S SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE the start of the recent Fugees show here at the Irvine Auditorium on the University of Pennsylvania campus, and the rap ...
Jerry Garcia: The Jerry Garcia Band: Beacon Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 30 October 1975
OLD RIFFS DOMINATE CONCERT BY GARCIA ...
Art Garfunkel: Angel Clare (Columbia)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 9 September 1973
Garfunkel On His Own ...
Grand Funk Railroad: Shea Stadium, Brooklyn NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 10 July 1971
THE MAMMOTH Grand Funk Railroad concert last night before 55,000 people at Shea Stadium was really a spectacle, not a concert. ...
Grand Funk Railroad: Grand Funk's Thin Din
Comment by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 24 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. ...
Grand Funk Railroad: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 2 August 1970
Grand Funk Railroad Pleases A Full House at Fillmore East ...
Grand Funk Railroad, Freddie King: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 25 December 1972
Grand Funk Railroad Steams Into the Garden at Full Throttle ...
Grateful Dead: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 29 April 1971
Grateful Dead Draws Far-Out Fans ...
Book Review by Will Hermes, The New York Times, 25 August 2002
Do Not Speak Ill of the Dead ...
Great Speckled Bird: Village Gate, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 28 March 1970
COUNTRY-FOLK BAND MAKES LOCAL DEBUT ...
Al Green: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 20 March 1973
Green's Distinctive Soul Singing Avoids Reliance on Microphone ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 5 August 1973
Harry? He's Lost in the Woodwinds ...
Grimes, Laurel Halo, Maria Minerva, Stellar OM Source: Breaking Through the Synth Barrier
Report and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 7 October 2011
SUDDENLY IT SEEMS there are a lot more women twiddling those knobs than ever before. ...
Overview by Deanne Stillman, The New York Times, 12 May 1991
With myriad clubs, fanzines and hair salons, rude dudeness (tattoos included) is a way of life. ...
Arlo Guthrie: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 27 December 1969
Love Tales Sung By Arlo Guthrie Talking-Blues Style Marks Concert at Carnegie Hall ...
Arlo Guthrie: Arlo Takes a Giant Step
Profile and Interview by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 5 November 1967
WOODY GUTHRIE'S son Arlo is a folk-singer, too. ...
Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 27 February 1966
An Old Folk Line On a New Label ...
Buddy Guy, Jefferson Airplane: Jefferson Airplane, Buddy Guy: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 2 December 1968
Psychedelic Music Still Keeps The Jefferson Airplane Flying ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 11 February 1974
Charlie Rich, Tom T. Hall Head Country Music Bill ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 2 November 1973
Pop Music: Dolls Fans Visit Waldorf for Halloween ...
Donny Hathaway: Donny Hathaway (Atco)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 1 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 ...
Richie Havens: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 4 November 1968
Richie Havens Puts Sincerity Into Songs, Guitar-Playing, Talk ...
Richie Havens: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 1 November 1969
RICHIE HAVENS, who has become one of the most important figures in folk music, performed at Philharmonic Hall last night. ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 29 January 1970
Garden Thronged for Songfest In Aid of Vietnam Moratorium ...
Ronnie Hawkins: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 30 March 1970
Ronnie Hawkins on Fillmore Bill Arkansan Shares Program With Stone the Crows ...
Hawkwind: Academy of Music, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 27 November 1973
Britain's Hawkwind Gives Earthy Rock The Cosmic Touch ...
Isaac Hayes: Isaac Hayes... To Be Continued
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 18 April 1971
The 'Black Moses' Should Move Ahead ...
Obituary by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 27 September 1970
"I could sit up here all night and say thank you, thank you. thank you, you know... I just want to grab you, man, and ...
Jimi Hendrix: The Black Elvis?
Interview by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 25 February 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 ...
Faith Hill: Redrawing Country's Borders
Interview by James Hunter, The New York Times, 24 November 2002
IN 1999, THE Mississippi-born country singer Faith Hill released 'Breathe', and it sold more than eight million copies. Country music purists were put off by ...
Hole: Belting Out That Most Unfeminine Emotion
Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 9 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 ...
The Holy Modal Rounders: Folk City, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 26 June 1971
Holy Modal Rounders Playing Fractured Country Music Here ...
John Lee Hooker: Several Styles of Blues Singing
Profile by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 7 April 1961
Genre's Wide Range Seen in Delivery of John Lee Hooker ...
Ian and Sylvia: Café Au Go Go, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 12 January 1969
Ian and Sylvia, Folk Duo, Arrive With a New Country Sound Here ...
Ian and Sylvia: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 29 October 1966
IAN AND SYLVIA SING TASTEFUL PROGRAM ...
Janis Ian: Censors and the "New Reality"
Comment by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 25 September 1966
A FOLK-ROCK disk issued earlier this month which spotlights a shining new singing and song-writing talent, also throws some rays of light into the shadowy ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 10 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) ...
The Incredible Bongo Band, DJ Kool Herc: All Rise for the National Anthem of Hip-Hop
Retrospective by Will Hermes, The New York Times, 29 October 2006
THIS IS A story about a nearly forgotten album and the birth of hip-hop music. Like many good hip-hop tales, and pop yarns in general, ...
Emmanuel Jal: Straight Out of Sudan: A Child Soldier Raps
Interview by Will Hermes, The New York Times, 2 October 2005
THE CONSENSUS among American rappers may be that happiness, as John Lennon once sang, is a warm gun, but Emmanuel Jal is more ambivalent on ...
Jane's Addiction: Jane’s Addiction and Lollapalooza: A Woodstock For The Lost Generation
Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 4 August 1991
Theres 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 Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 6 March 1966
LONDON — AN American visitor to Great Britain's folk-music community can only experience a sense of exhilaration at the liveliness, diversity and number of activities ...
Jefferson Airplane: Bill Graham: Scrooge McDuck?
Letter by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 19 January 1969
To the Editor: ...
Jefferson Airplane: The Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing At Baxter's (RCA Victor LSO-1511)
Review by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 4 February 1968
Freedom can be costly ...
Jethro Tull: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 8 December 1969
JETHRO TULL FOUR AT FILLMORE EASTFlute and Vocals Mainstay of British Rock Croup ...
Jobriath: The Bottom Line, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 26 July 1974
Jobriath Displays A New Rock Voice But Familiar Face ...
Jodeci: Diary of a Mad Band (Uptown Records UPTC 10915; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 9 January 1994
The Hip-Hop's Great, but There's Just One Problem ...
Elton John: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 12 June 1971
Solo, or With Group, Elton John Thrills Carnegie Audiences ...
Elton John: Madison Square Garden, New York
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 25 September 1973
Elton John Subdues "Side Issue" Tactics; Fans Provide Extras ...
Essay by Tony Scherman, The New York Times, 20 September 1998
ALTHOUGH THE great blues singer and guitarist Robert Johnson died 60 years ago, swallowed up at 27 by the rural Mississippi demiworld of juke joints ...
Tom Jones: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 15 June 1971
TOM JONES EXCELS IN GARDEN RECITAL ...
George Jones, Tammy Wynette: Tammy Wynette and George Jones: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 27 March 1973
Wynette and Jones Present, in Songs, Flavor of Nashville ...
Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band: Forest Hills Stadium, Queens NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 4 August 1970
Janis Joplin and Her New Group Give Rousing Forest Hills Show ...
Janis Joplin: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 12 February 1969
NEW BAND LIBERATES JOPLIN BLUES SOUND ...
Janis Joplin: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 20 December 1969
Janis Joplin Gives A Rousing Display Of Blues and Rock ...
Janis Joplin: Pearl, Last Album Janis Joplin Made, May Be Her Finest
Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 16 January 1971
JANIS JOPLIN'S last recording has been released by Columbia Records; sadly, it's her most impressive one. ...
Janis Joplin: The Janis Joplin philosophy: Every Moment She Is What She Feels
Special Feature by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 23 February 1969
SAN FRANCISCO — In a miserably rainy San Francisco winter, Janis Joplin was, by all the rules of show-biz myth, At a Truly Crucial Point ...
Joy Division: Music to Brood by, Desolate and Stark
Retrospective by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 7 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, ...
Ke$ha: Dancing Up a Storm but Dying to Rock
Profile and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 23 November 2012
LOS ANGELES – At the Third Encore rehearsal studio in North Hollywood, there's a wall decorated with photographs of clients who've prepared there for tours, ...
Albert King: Steve Paul's Scene, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 17 October 1968
Albert King, Guitarist, Gives Loud Support to Blues Power ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 15 July 1973
A Bland Carole King ...
B.B. King Sings the Blues Evra Day, Evra Day
Report and Interview by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 27 October 1968
A COOL breeze blew in the night outside, across the Mississippi and the cane fields that press against the town of Port Allen, La. Inside ...
The Kingston Trio: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 24 November 1960
College Spirit of Kingston Trio Marks Carnegie Hall Programs ...
The Kinks Draw An Unruly Crowd
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 1 April 1971
The Kinks: Philharmonic Hall, NYC ...
Guide by Charles Bermant, The New York Times, 17 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 ...
Overview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 18 August 1991
SO VOLATILE is the club scene that few artists have been able to make a career out of dance music, which is released mostly as ...
Profile and Interview by Mark Dery, The New York Times, 16 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 ...
Alison Krauss: Once a "Fiddlin' Teen", She's Now in Demand
Profile and Interview by Tony Scherman, The New York Times, 24 April 1994
ALISON KRAUSS'S eyes bulged at the old newspaper clipping, an arrow from the past headlined, "Fiddlin' Teen Burns Up the Competition." Sitting upstairs in her ...
KRS-One, N.W.A, Public Enemy, Run-DMC: In Rap's Hometown, an Icy Reception
Report by Rob Tannenbaum, The New York Times, 28 April 1991
THE MARQUEE'S experiment with rap concerts didn't last long. The small club, in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, usually presents alternative-rock bands. But after the ...
Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band: Bitter End, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 21 September 1963
Kweskin Quintet at Bitter End Puts Polish in the Ragtime Jug ...
Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band: The Jim Kweskin Jug Band: Town Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 25 November 1967
Town Hall hostto Kweskin Band — Music of a Generation Ago is Attractively Presented ...
La Lupe, Tito Puente: When La Lupe Sings, She Gets Involved
Profile and Interview by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 4 February 1973
THE HOUSEWIFE in Engelwood, N.J., who shops the local supermarket with her mother is also the official "Queen of Latin Song," with partisan audiences that ...
Leadbelly, Nirvana: A Simple Song That Lives Beyond Time: Leadbelly via Kurt Cobain
Essay by Eric Weisbard, The New York Times, 13 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 ...
Led Zeppelin: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 21 September 1970
ZEPPELIN BRINGS DRIVING STYLE HERE ...
Jerry Lee Lewis: Schaefer Music Festival, Central Park, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 3 July 1969
Jerry Lee Lewis Mixes Rock Styles In Schaefer Concert ...
Report and Interview by RJ Smith, The New York Times, 6 August 2000
As entertainment entrepreneurs align the fantasy lands of rap, rock, wrestling and pornography, a generation of fans grows ever more brutish. ...
Little Feat, Allen Toussaint: Beacon Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 21 April 1975
LITTLE FEAT HEARD IN RELAXED BLUES ...
LL Cool J: L.L. Cool J: 14 Shots to the Dome (Def Jam/Columbia 53325; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 9 May 1993
Making a Pitch To Rap's Hard Core ...
Lydia Lunch's Infinite Rebellion
Profile and Interview by Jim Farber, The New York Times, 28 June 2021
FOR NEARLY two hours on a recent afternoon, Lydia Lunch sat in her bright Brooklyn apartment and spoke with bracing speed, and at an alarming ...
Taj Mahal: In Progress and Motion (Columbia/Legacy)
Review by Tony Scherman, The New York Times, 29 November 1998
EMERGING IN THE late '60s as an anomaly – one of the few young black musicians to embrace the folk-blues revival – Taj Mahal flirted ...
Taj Mahal, Curtis Mayfield: Curtis Mayfield, Taj Mahal: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 9 April 1973
Curtis Mayfeld's Soul Singing Displays His Fluency in Argot ...
Miriam Makeba, Nina Simone: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 22 May 1961
TWO FOLK SINGERS PRESENT CONCERT ...
Stephen Malkmus Doesn't Think He Was a Jerk
Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, The New York Times, 14 May 2018
"I HATE BEING TAN," Stephen Malkmus said almost immediately, standing in the lobby of a Midtown hotel. His olive complexion, the unwanted result of a ...
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 8 August 1966
2 POP GROUPS HEARD BY 14,000 IN QUEENS ...
Manhattan Transfer: Hunter College, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 28 March 1971
Old Songs Receive A Rock Treatment At Hunter College ...
Christian Marclay, MC 900-foot Jesus, Urban Dance Squad: Now Turning the Tables... the D.J. as Star
Overview by Mark Dery, The New York Times, 14 April 1991
Disk jockeys want nothing less than the acceptance of the lowly turntable as a legitimate musical instrument. ...
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Max's Kansas City, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 23 July 1973
Waiters Serve Up Genuine Reggay ...
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 26 June 1994
Exportable Euro-Rappers ...
Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky: Trip Hop: Another City, Another New Sound
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 28 May 1995
POP GROUPS hate being identified as part of a scene centred on a city. But if there's one thing bands resent even more, it is ...
John Mayall, Ten Years After: Ten Years After, John Mayall: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 5 March 1969
10 Years After and John Mayall Present Blues at Fillmore East ...
Profile by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 21 June 1969
MC5, THE raucous rock band from Detroit, is playing through tomorrow night at Ungano's, a club at 210 West 70th Street. ...
Reba McEntire: Read My Mind (MCA 10994; CD and cassette)
Review by Holly Gleason, The New York Times, 12 June 1994
NOBODY TRICK ropes vocally like Reba McEntire. With stunning control, she can twirl, curl and throw a loop around a melody better than anyone. ...
Medicine, Mercury Rev: Mercury Rev and Medicine: Fuzzy Daydreams Replace the Grimness of Grunge
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 22 November 1992
AFTER THE EXPLOSIVE success of Nirvana last year, and the ensuing breakthrough by Pearl Jam and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, alternative rock is now ...
Stephin Merritt: Stephen Merritt: Bubble Gum With a Punk Attitude
Essay by Eric Weisbard, The New York Times, 21 May 1995
TO STEPHIN MERRITT, one of alternative rock's newest cult figures, Top 40 jingles are purer music than any punk. Yet it's punk fans who have ...
Bette Midler, Yoko Ono: Bette Midler: Bette Midler (Atlantic); Yoko Ono: Feeling The Space (Apple)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 4 November 1973
No Torches for Bette and Yoko ...
Charles Mingus: Charlie Mingus: Jazz Man Is Changing His Beat
Report and Interview by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 27 August 1962
Charlie Mingus at Work on Story of His Hard Times Bassist Is Planning to Leave U.S. and Write Symphony ...
Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark (Asylum)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 6 January 1974
Joni's Songs Are For Everyone ...
Joni Mitchell, Tom Scott: Joni Mitchell: Avery Fisher Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 9 February 1974
Folk‐Rock's Ethel Merman ...
Profile by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 5 July 1968
Developing Trend Indicated at the Bitter End by Jerry Walker and Joni Mitchell ...
The Moments, The Sylvers, The Whispers: The Sylvers, The Whispers, The Moments: Apollo Theater
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 22 August 1973
TV's Soul Train Moves to Apollo ...
Bill Monroe: Before Bluegrass, Bill Monroe Was Already a Star
Retrospective by Tony Scherman, The New York Times, July 2000
SO CLOSELY IS the late Bill Monroe identified with his musical creation, bluegrass, that it's almost as if man and music called each other into ...
Morrissey: Vauxhall and I (Sire)
Review by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 1994
IF TWO WORDS come close to encapsulating Morrissey's sensibility, they are isolation and insularity. ...
Mother Earth: Scene Is Rocked By Mother Earth
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 11 January 1969
Texas-Influenced Band At Nightclub Through Tonight ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 7 June 1971
Zappa's Musicians Rock Through Epic Of Stylized Traveler ...
The Mothers of Invention: Town Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 23 December 1967
TOWN HALL ROCKS TO A ZANY GROUP Mothers of Invention Also Offer Serious Music ...
The Mothers Of Invention, Frank Zappa: Frank Zappa: "Son of Suzy Creamcheese"
Profile and Interview by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 25 December 1966
THE MOST original new group to simmer out of the steaming rock 'n' roll underground in the last hour and one-half is an audacious crew ...
Mountain: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 16 April 1971
MOUNTAIN TURNS UP ROCK-MUSIC VOLUME ...
Mountain, a Rock Group, Rises From a Little Leftover Cream
Profile by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 11 September 1969
A NEW ROCK group called Mountain may not entirely replace the late, honestly lamented British band Cream, but it is carrying on the tradition with ...
Ms Dynamite, So Solid Crew, The Streets: The Streets: The British Can't Rap, Haven't You Heard?
Overview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 20 October 2002
THE BRITISH have always had a flair for taking black American music, giving it a twist and then exporting it back, stylishly repackaged. Blues, R&B, ...
Geoff Muldaur: The Secret Handshake
Review by Tony Scherman, The New York Times, 13 December 1998
"THE WHITE MAN cannot vocal the blues,'' said the blues singer Muddy Waters with grave finality, and his maxim has only rarely been disproved. ...
Maria Muldaur, Stephen Stills: Stephen Stills, Maria Muldaur: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 11 February 1974
Stephen Stills Gets Himself Together ...
Charlie Musselwhite: The Charlie Musselwhite Blues Band: The Scene, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 3 January 1969
Group at The Scene Shows It's Together. Gutsy Sound Delivered With Rock Excitement ...
Graham Nash: A Technology to Teach the Children Well
Interview by Charles Bermant, The New York Times, 13 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 ...
Johnny Nash, Billy Paul: The Bitter End, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 17 November 1972
JOHNNY NASH HEARD; BILLY PAUL ON BILL ...
Naughty by Nature: Poverty's Paradise (Tommy Boy; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 16 July 1995
PERHAPS THE biggest crime a hip-hop act can commit is to go pop, to soften its sound to achieve mass appeal. Over the course of ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 6 October 1974
The Songwriter Sings ...
Review by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 24 November 1991
NIRVANA'S VERTIGINOUS ascent to stardom has to be the years most surprising success story. The single Smells Like Teen Spirit has been in heavy rotation ...
Paul Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk: Trance: New Invader on the Dance Floor
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 29 November 1998
THE ESPERANTO of electronic dance music, trance is probably the most popular rave sound in the world. Although this kinetic, hypnotic music has maintained a ...
Paul Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk: Trance: New Invader on the Dance Floor
Report by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 29 November 1998
THE ESPERANTO of electronic dance music, trance is probably the most popular rave sound in the world. Although this kinetic, hypnotic music has maintained a ...
Oasis: Definitely Maybe (Epic; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 15 January 1995
THE BRITISH band Oasis is the latest in what often seems like an endless string of next big things. It arrives in America with three ...
Phil Ochs: Hunter College, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 19 April 1971
Real Phil Ochs Back, But There's a Penalty ...
Mark O'Connor: Fiddling While the Old Barriers Burn
Profile by Tony Scherman, The New York Times, 2 April 2000
WHEN THE cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the bassist Edgar Meyer and the violinist Mark O'Connor take the stage on Wednesday at Avery Fisher Hall to play ...
Sinéad O'Connor, Liz Phair: Playing Against Type: When Musicians Change, They Risk Alienating Fans
Report and Interview by Will Hermes, The New York Times, 17 October 2005
WHEN JOHNNY CASH returned to the spotlight in 1994 with American Recordings, the first in a series of records that presented him as a folkie ...
Odetta: Hunter College, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 23 April 1966
ODETTA, THE folk singer, was in excellent voice last night for her recital at Hunter College. The singer-guitarist drew an audience of about 800 persons. ...
Buck Owens: The Pop Life: Buck Owens Bringing Nashville North by Way of West Coast
Interview by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 11 January 1974
"THERE'S SO much prejudice in New York — I think they're afraid of it." The speaker was the country music singer Buck Owens, and the ...
Buck Owens Bringing Nashville North by Way of West Coast
Interview by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 11 January 1974
"THERE'S SO much prejudice in New York — I think they're afraid of it." The speaker was the country music singer Buck Owens, and the ...
Buck Owens: Village Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 13 November 1967
Country-Rock by Buck Owens Suggests New Musical Trend ...
Pacific Gas & Electric: Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 8 August 1969
Coast rock band plays at museum: Pacific Gas & Electric at "Jazz in Garden" Series ...
Van Dyke Parks: Talk of the Rock Rialto
Profile and Interview by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 3 March 1968
VAN DYKE Parks might have grown old in comfortable obscurity. At 25, he had made his mark along Sunset Boulevard (California's Teflon-pan alley) as the ...
Pearls Before Swine: Rock Trio Avoids The Public Eye
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 4 December 1968
Pearls Before Swine is Content to Make Records ...
Dan Penn: A Career Made of Being Where He Doesn't Belong
Profile and Interview by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 31 July 1994
DAN PENN is propped against a graffiti-covered wall in Harlem. The photographer motions to him and Mr. Penn responds by pushing his sunglasses down and ...
The Persuasions: Spread The Word (Capitol)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 10 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 ...
Review by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 27 October 1991
THERE WAS A time when the Boston group the Pixies was the last word in rock-and-roll bacchanalia. ...
The Platters, The Who: The Who: Fillmore East; The Platters: Felt Forum, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 8 June 1969
Britain's High-Decibel Group, The Who, Is Still Thundering ...
Poco: The Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 25 August 1969
West Coast Band Pavilion Winner: Poco Plays Country Music in Flushing Meadow Park ...
The Pointer Sisters: Roseland Ballroom, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 13 September 1973
Upbeat Nostalgia Tones Scat-Singing Of Pointer Sisters ...
Iggy Pop: American Caesar (Virgin 39002; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 14 November 1993
Iggy Pop Is Still Doing It His Way ...
Elvis Presley to Make Personal Appearances
Report by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 4 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 ...
Elvis Presley's Comeback Gets Off To Exciting Start
Report by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 18 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 ...
Elvis Presley: Elvis (NBC, Dir. Steve Binder)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 4 December 1968
Rock Star's Explosive Blues Have Vintage Quality ...
Elvis Presley: Nassau Coliseum, Long Island NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 25 June 1973
Presley Mixes His Early Hits With More Recent 'Safe' Songs ...
Dory Previn: Dory Previn (Warner Bros.)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 8 September 1974
The Perceptive Songs Of Dory Previn ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 21 October 1973
Solo YarrowPETER YARROW would appear to have shed all semblance of times past when he fronted an all-electric group at Max's Kansas City on Park ...
Puff Daddy: It Isn't Easy Being a Superman
Comment by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 10 October 1999
A FEW SONGS into Forever, the recently released second album by the rapper-producer-entrepreneur Puff Daddy, there is a skit about people phoning the Player-Haters Anonymous ...
Quicksilver Messenger Service: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 26 January 1970
Quicksilver Group Brings New Pianist To Fillmore East ...
Bonnie Raitt: Give It Up (Warner Bros.)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 10 December 1972
Bonnie Branches Out ...
Report and Interview by RJ Smith, The New York Times, 28 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 ...
Otis Redding: Rheingold Music Festival, Central Park, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 18 August 1966
OTIS REDDING STARS IN 2 PARK CONCERTS ...
The Remains (Long-Haired Dropouts) to Be Seen
Profile by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 11 December 1965
FOUR BOSTON University undergraduates have decided to spend their junior year in rock 'n' roll. ...
The Rolling Stones: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 28 November 1969
The Rolling Stones Are Still ExcitingMadness of the Beatles Brought Here Again ...
The Rolling Stones: Goats Head Soup (Rolling Stones Records COC 59101)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 23 September 1973
The Stones In the Soup ...
The Rolling Stones: Forest Hills Stadium, Queens NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 4 July 1966
5 ROLLING STONES GATHER AVID FANS Middling Turnout Fails to Dull Teen-Age Excitement ...
Linda Ronstadt: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 9 May 1971
Bright Song Style Of Linda Ronstadt Lights Up Fillmore ...
Linda Ronstadt: Feels Like Home (Elektra; CD and cassette)
Review by Holly Gleason, The New York Times, 9 April 1995
Linda Ronstadt Comes Full Circle ...
Run-DMC: Run DMC: The Grand Old Men of Rap Strike Back
Profile and Interview by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 20 June 1993
THE RAPPER Run (Joseph Simmons) snakes his way down the corridors leading to the green room at MTV's mid-Manhattan studio. Everywhere he turns, there's an ...
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Schaefer Music Festival, Central Park, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 19 July 1969
Miss Sainte-Marie Is Heard In Park: Individual Stylist Performs Some Protest Songs ...
Ike & Tina Turner, Sam & Dave: Felt Forum, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 24 November 1969
Soul Selections Get Sensual Treatment From Tina Turner ...
Johnny Winter, Sam & Dave: Sam & Dave: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 16 December 1968
Soul Team Plays 'South of the Border' ...
Santana: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 11 November 1969
SANTANA'S RHYTHMS HEARD IN 2 CONCERTS ...
Gil Scott-Heron, Donald Byrd & the Blackbyrds: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 23 February 1975
Gil Scott-Heron, Poet ...
Seal: A Conjurer Of Lush Grooves
Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 14 August 1994
What to call Seals blend of symphonic dance music and mystical lyrics? New Age funk? Progressive disco? Seal belongs to that strain of maverick, slightly ...
Pete Seeger: Rights Song Has Own History of Integration
Retrospective by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 23 July 1963
Theme Well-Known Despite Lack of A Single Disk ...
Pete Seeger, The Weavers: The Weavers: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 3 May 1963
7 WEAVERS OFFER 'REUNION' CONCERT Alumni and Future Member Join Folk-Music Quartet ...
Sonny Sharrock: A Musician With Lightning In His Hands
Profile and Interview by Mark Dery, The New York Times, 5 May 1991
Sonny Sharrock knew his route would be rocky. ...
Billy Joe Shaver: Tramp on Your Street (Zoo/Praxis 72445-11063; CD and cassette)
Review by Holly Gleason, The New York Times, 3 October 1993
AT A TIME when country music has been reduced to an arena-ready formula, Billy Joe Shaver is a blotch on the horizon. Unapologetically raw, the ...
Carly Simon: The Bitter End, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 22 May 1971
CARLY SIMON SINGS AT THE BITTER END ...
Simon & Garfunkel: A Law Firm They're Not
Interview by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 28 August 1966
ALMOST BEFORE the public knew whether Simon and Garfunkel was a comedy act, a law firm, or a partnership in the garment industry, the two ...
Nina Simone: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 11 May 1971
Throng Welcomes Nina Simone, Back After Long Absence ...
Lightnin' Slim, Slim Harpo: Slim Harpo and Lightnin' Slim: Steve Paul's Scene, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 29 November 1968
Slim Harpo Offers Authenticity In Country Blues at the Scene. Harmonica Player Joined by Lightning Slim, Guitarist, in Low-Key Performance ...
Sly & the Family Stone: Fresh (Epic Records KE 32134, $5.98)
Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 13 June 1973
Sly's New Album ...
Sly & the Family Stone: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 29 November 1970
RHYTHM AND SOUL FILL ROCK WEEKEND ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 10 July 1973
FANS SAY 'LONGER' TO SLY'S 'HIGHER' No Encore After the Glitter — Wild West Show on Bill ...
Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
Review by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 14 November 1993
THIS MAJOR-LABEL debut by the Smashing Pumpkins recently shot straight onto the Billboard chart at No. 10, partially justifying the industry hype about the Chicago ...
Spanky & Our Gang: Spanky and Our Gang Building Clubhouse at Top of Pops Tree
Profile by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 6 May 1967
FROM THE overcrowded forest of pop vocal groups, a gifted new quartet seems clearly about to rise into a Sequoialike prominence. ...
The Spinners, The Temptations: The Temptations, The Spinners: Apollo Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 14 April 1974
THE ATTRACTION at the Apollo Theater is actually a confrontation between two major soul singing groups, the Temptations, the headliners, and the Spinners. This is ...
Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (Columbia)
Review by Bruce Pollock, The New York Times, 16 December 1973
Springsteen Celebrates Street Life ...
Bruce Springsteen's take on classic folk
Interview by Will Hermes, The New York Times, 18 April 2006
ASBURY PARK, New Jersey — On a bright, brisk April afternoon in one of America's most famous faded seaside resorts, a band is playing in ...
Steppenwolf, Ten Wheel Drive, Luther Allison: Fillmore West, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 7 February 1971
Steppenwolf Back For Rock Program At Fillmore East ...
Stephen Stills: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 1 August 1971
Stephen Stills Plays at Garden In His First Solo Concert Here ...
The Stooges: The Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 8 September 1969
Stooges, Rock Group, Prefers To Accent Roll – and Squirm ...
The Stooges: Watch the Freak: Iggy Pop
Report by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 3 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 ...
Suede: The London Suede: Dog Man Star
Review by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 27 November 1994
A SUPERGROUP IN Britain, Suede failed to sway America last year with its heady blend of raunch guitar and flamboyant androgyny. ...
The Supremes: The Super Supremes: 'Stop in the Name of Love'
Profile by Richard Goldstein, The New York Times, 23 July 1967
THE BREWSTER Project is one of those redbrick slums donated by the city of Detroit to house its local unwashed. Diana Ross, lead singer in ...
Ten City: That Was Then, This Is Now (Columbia CT57183; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 15 May 1994
BYRON STINGILY, singer for the trio Ten City, is a disciple of Sylvester, one of disco's biggest male stars. Like Sylvester, who died in 1988, ...
Terri & Monica: Terri and Monica: Systa (Epic Records 53436; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 21 November 1993
THE PHENOMENAL crossover success of the singer Mary J. Blige has, not surprisingly, produced a truckload of street-savvy, no-nonsense female rhythm-and-blues singers. Taking their cue ...
Three Dog Night: If You Encounter a 6-Foot Frog
Report by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 7 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 ...
Tony! Toni! Toné!: Sons of Soul (Mercury 3145514933-2; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 5 September 1993
Basking in Soul's Past Glory ...
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 22 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. ...
Ike & Tina Turner: Ike and Tina Turner: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 4 April 1971
The Turners Shift To a New Category Called Porno Soul ...
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 30 May 1970
Two Folk Singers Show Varied Styles At Village Clubs ...
Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground: Max's Kansas City, NYC
Report by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 4 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 ...
The Ventures: Surf: On Screen On Canvas, on the Radio
Report by Deanne Stillman, The New York Times, 2 September 1990
OVER 20 YEARS ago, Tom Wolfe hung around with a group of California surfers and described them in "The Pump House Gang", an essay frequently ...
Veruca Salt: American Thighs (Minty Fresh/DGC; CD and cassette)
Review by Holly Gleason, The New York Times, 19 February 1995
THE ONLY buzz louder than the feedback-laden guitars on Veruca Salt's American Thighs is the hype surrounding the Chicago-based foursome. This alternative rock group is ...
Loudon Wainwright III: The Gaslight, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 11 July 1971
Loudon Wainwright At Gaslight Evokes Dylan Comparisons ...
Clara Ward et al: New Fields Found By Gospel Singers
Report by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 18 February 1962
Music Meeting Success in Night Clubs and Theatres ...
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 2 July 1966
FESTIVAL IN PARK OPENS BRIGHTLY Overflow Audience at Rink Hears Dionne Warwick ...
Muddy Waters: Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 25 July 1969
Easy Does It as Muddy Waters Plays Blues at Outdoor Concert ...
Chris Whitley: A Latter-Day Folkie Gets Noisy
Profile and Interview by Tony Scherman, The New York Times, 26 March 1995
THE ROCKER TODAY whose music evokes Jimi Hendrix's splendid noise more powerfully than anyone else's is Chris Whitley – an improbable claim, given Mr. Whitley's ...
The Who: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 21 October 1969
THE WHO BRINGS ROCK OPERA HERETommy Begins 6-Day Run at the Fillmore East ...
The Who: Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Queens NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 31 July 1971
The Who Play First Program Of '71 Here Despite Downpour ...
Report and Interview by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 22 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 ...
Wings: Band On The Run (Apple)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 2 December 1973
Paul's Grooves Will Grab You ...
Johnny Winter: Blues Guitar Sound of Johnny Winter Comes North
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 7 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, ...
Johnny Winter: Forest Hills Music Festival, Queens NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 28 July 1969
Agility Marks Blues By Johnny Winter At Forest Hills Fete ...
Johnny Winter: The Making Of A Superstar
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, The 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. ...
Bill Withers: Bitter End, New York NYC
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 30 July 1971
Bill Withers Plays In Soul-Folk Style ...
Bobby Womack: Understanding (United Artists)
Review by Loraine Alterman, The New York Times, 22 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 Amy Linden, The New York Times, 28 March 1993
THE SINGING group House of Zekkariyas (formerly known as Womack and Womack) has a soul pedigree that runs river deep. Linda Womack is the daughter ...
Bobby Womack: Resurrection (Continuum Records 19401; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 9 October 1994
BOBBY WOMACK, one of soul's unsung heroes, hasn't put out an album since the mid-80's. The man who played with the legendary Sam Cooke and ...
Bobby Womack: Resurrection (Continuum Records 19401; CD and cassette)
Review by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 9 October 1994
BOBBY WOMACK, one of soul's unsung heroes, hasn't put out an album since the mid-80's. The man who played with the legendary Sam Cooke and ...
Dan Zanes: The Making of the Next MTV Generation
Report and Interview by Will Hermes, The New York Times, 23 October 2005
TWENTY YEARS AGO, when Dan Zanes fronted the punky roots-rock band the Del Fuegos, MTV was changing the business of rock 'n' roll. He has ...
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