Month: April 2002

It doesn’t take a diehard fan of The Band to appreciate this mother-of-all-rockumentaries. Martin Scorsese’s artful, affectionate, and sharply edited footage of musical luminaries such as Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and other Band cronies holds up just fine more than a quarter century after it was recorded. In fact, given that so much…

Dear Clint, Glad you took my call yesterday! I can’t tell you how great it was to speak with you in person again. What’s it been, almost 20 years? (Not counting your wedding–sheesh, was I wasted or what?) Anyway, like I said on the phone, I’ll be here in Sydney doing reshoots on this new…

As seen on Amazon.com: “Customers who downloaded songs from this album also downloaded ‘Far Side Of The World’ [by] Jimmy Buffett.” Mr. Margaritaville and Moby sharing fans? So much for any lingering doubts about this dance-rock maestro’s crossover juice. Cynical musicos like to poke fun at Moby for his omnipresence, especially in commercials. Ever since…

As of last Christmas, no less than 8 million copies of 1998’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill had been rung through at earthly checkout lines. We suspect that roughly one-third of that figure represents fans so desperate for a follow-up to that delicious album of hip-hop-soul that they simply ran out and bought the first…

If there are two millennial rock ‘n’ roll bands you need to know about, here they are–in one convenient location for your listening pleasure. Have you been wondering whatever happened to smart guitar rock, and whether there was any gas left in the old engine of creative evolution for the six-string? Spiritualized has been around…

Don’t laugh until you remember that this aging Canadian superstar penned memorable classics such as “Carefree Highway” and “If You Could Read My Mind.” These, of course, were staples of late-70s hippie pop that drew a line back to pre-Nashville country and folk –just like our dear departed John Denver. (True, Gord also wrote the…