The Bizarre World of Zappa
Record Store Day
UB40: For the Many
The Rolling Stones Circus Returns
The Beatles: The White Album
THE KINKS
The Bowie Celebration
Features
2019 Is The Year Of Frank Zappa With The Zappa Hologram Tour And The 40Th Anniversary Of Zappa In New York Frank Zappa’s live double album Zappa in New York is being celebrated with 40th anniversary releases including a deluxe box set, expanded LPs and a 5-disc collection featuring unreleased performances. Plus, this April, “The Bizarre World Of Frank Zappa,” a Frank […]
The Sound and the Fury
A sneak peak at some of the treats headed your way on this year’s RSD event BY GILLIAN G. GAAR WHAT DID YOU get on Record Store Day last year? I picked up David Bowie, The King in the Ring (one of the two “sit down” concerts taped for Elvis Presley’s 1968 “Comeback” TV special), and Free to Be You […]
In Their Own Words
Robin and Duncan Campbell on why bands break up, their political songs and their new album, For the Many UB40 ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR political songs and there are several more on the new album, including Gravy Train, Poor Fool and I’m Alright Jack. Was the title of the new album inspired by Labour’s slogan, […]
Features
Rolling Stones announce spring 2019 U.S. Tour; Rolling Stones Live DVDs out; Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (50th anniversary edition) available on super audio CD; expanded edition of The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus due in spring 2019. BY HARVEY KUBERNIK THE ROLLING STONES HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL bring their hugely successful No Filter tour to stadiums in 13 cities across America in 2019. The tour […]
Pop
By Harvey Kubernik On November 9th, The Beatles re-leased a suite of lavishly presented White Album packages (Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe). The album’s 30 tracks are newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio, joined by 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session takes, most of which are […]
Pop
The 50th Anniversary rerelease of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society is out from BMG. Interviews with Ray and Dave Davies explore the history of this seminal album. By Harvey Kubernik The Kinks have just released a 50th anniversary special edition of one of the greatest rock albums of all time The Kinks […]
Books
BY HARVEY KUBERNIK Pianist Mike Garson recounts his years touring with David Bowie in his newly-updated biography, Bowie’s Piano Man “It is pointless to talk about his ability as a pianist. He is exceptional. However, there are very, very few musicians, let alone pianists, who naturally understand the movement and free thinking necessary to hurl themselves […]
