Hendrix
Leonard Cohen’s Muses
The Rolling Stones’ Let It Bleed
Elvis, Hawaiian Style
Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue
A Sixties Soundtrack
A Visit and 1975 Interview with Queen’s Freddie Mercury
The Al Green Sound
The Bizarre World of Zappa
The Rolling Stones Circus Returns
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Exploring Jimi Hendrix’s legacy three ways with a new musical release (Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts by Jimi Hendrix from Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings; artwork (Jimi Hendrix Digital Art and Reality Collections from Straxx Art); and a book (Burning Desire – Jimi Hendrix: The Jimi Hendrix Experience through the Lens of […]
Music Biopics
Nick Broomfield’s new film, Leonard and Marianne: Words of Love, examines the songwriter’s life and the many women who inspired him By Larry Jaffee The new documentary Leonard & Marianne: Words of Love, directed by Nick Broomfield, ostensibly is about the romance on the Greek island of Hydra in the early to mid-1960s between Leonard […]
Anniversary Editions
The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed 50th Anniversary Limited Edition celebrates the album’s five-decades with a newly remastered release package BY HARVEY KUBERNIK THE ROLLING STONES’ groundbreaking multi-platinum selling album Let It Bleed was originally issued in late 1969, charting at #1 in the UK and #3 in the US. In celebration of the album’s original release a half-century ago, […]
The Sound and the Fury
In search of The King in Oahu, Hawaii BY GILLIAN G. GAAR ALOHA! THOUGH A SOUTHERN boy through and through, Elvis Presley also has a lot of connections with Hawaii. His first concerts in Honolulu were on November 9, 1957, and he returned to give further shows in 1961, 1972, and 1973. One of the 1973 […]
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The Rolling Thunder Revue: the 1975 Live Recordings box set and the Rolling Thunder Revue documentary capture the magic of Bob Dylan’s legendary concert tour BY HARVEY KUBERNIK A COMPREHENSIVE anthology of music from the mythic first leg of Bob Dylan’s groundbreaking Rolling Thunder Revue, this 14CD box set includes all five of Dylan’s full sets from […]
Movie Music
Curated by director Quentin Tarantino, the Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood soundtrack celebrates 1969’s radio hits BY HARVEY KUBERNIK The soundtrack for Quentin Tarantino’s music-laden film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is available now. The soundtrack released globally through Columbia Records coincides with the nationwide film release. Personally curated by Tarantino himself, the soundtrack is […]
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BY HARVEY KUBERNIK Actor Rami Malek is the 2019 Academy Award-winning recipient in the Best Leading Actor category for his portrayal of the late singer/songwriter Freddie Mercury in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody which has now generated a global gross over $800 million. Century Fox Home Entertainment during February released a DVD, Blu-ray and 4K […]
Legends
An interview with Hi-Records’ Willie Mitchell, the producer behind much of the chart-topping success of the legendary multi-genre singer By Harvey Kubernik Singer and songwriter Al Green just concluded a US tour, including a May 9 date at the Greek theatre in L.A. With a highly successful recording and touring career that spans over five […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
