It's been eight long years since Maxwell's platinum-selling, number one album Now debuted at the top of the charts, toting its urban hits "Lifetime" and "This Woman's Work" along with it. That disc's follow-up, BLACKsummers'night, finally hits the street, and the obvious question is, was it worth the wait?...

Taken from Pete Yorn's latest album Back & Fourth, a live video performance of the single "Last Summer" premieres on The Huffington Post, its melody rocking somewhere between The Byrds and Gin Blossoms. Over the course of the album, Conor Oberst's Omaha musical crew helped reinvent and re-energize Yorn, successfully...

George Harrison - Let It Roll/Songs By George Harrison

By the time most of us heard George Harrison sing the words "Give me love, give me love, give me peace on earth," we already knew he was operating from a higher place. During his time with The Beatles, we witnessed...

"You and I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back, where there is love, I'll be there..."

"I'll Be There" was one of the first songs that introduced us to that legendary performing/recording act of five brothers, The Jackson 5, featuring the angelic voice of a small, skinny...

Miles Davis
Kind Of Blue / Legacy Edition
Miles Davis
Sketches Of Spain / Legacy Edition
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Time Out / Legacy Edition
Charles Minugus
Mingus Ah Um / Legacy Edition
Tito Puente
Dance Mania / Legacy Edition
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Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

Oh, Tweedy, must we go all first person in the first song on an album that's self-titled? We know, it's supposed to be a song to the fans, and it's been on the net to ponder for a while now, but...really? Wilco's going to love,...

Last night, in an eighth floor Marriott Marquis ballroom, several hit makers were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, complete with performances by the likes of Tom Jones, Clint Black, James Taylor, Jason Mraz, Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and
a surprising Rascals...

If you work in NYC's Herald Square and commute from Penn Station, or if you're a tourist or a Macy's shopper, you can't avoid Robert Altman's Summer of Love photography that has been heavily incorporated into the store's retro window displays. These pictures originally were assembled for Altman's stunning book,...

June 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the pioneering Secret Policeman's Ball series of benefit shows for Amnesty International. The anniversary is being saluted with a major film festival in Los Angeles and New York: June 11 - July 31. Huffington...

On Thursday, June 18th, Lamont Dozier will be receiving the Johnny Mercer award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame at their 2009 awards dinner held at the New York Mariott Marquis Hotel. This honor is bestowed to those members whose songwriting is not only exemplary, but also has contributed significantly...

By the retro, sixties-era artwork of Back & Fourth--Pete Yorn's latest that, yes, is his fourth studio go-round on the Columbia superlabel--you get a hint that someone wants this music taken seriously. It's not that the production cues or songs are throwbacks to that decade, but there is a conscious...

This year's BookExpo, held in New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from May 28-May 31, had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown. There were hours and hours of book signings by authors anxious to write...

In the world of box sets, it would be impossible to find something better than Neil Young Archives Volume 1 (1963 - 1972). This is truly overwhelming in every sense--sound quality, archival material, previously unreleased recordings, live tracks, old and new interviews and documentaries, image galleries, letters, personal memorabilia, lyrics,...

Some news stories make headlines. Some news is way too controversial to touch. And some news just makes you go, "OMG!" or "WTF!" This installment of Thank God It's Thursday plucks some recent press releases (left mostly intact) that might make you say one of the above, or possibly, "Swear...

Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane

You've heard Elvis Costello sing country music before, but not like this. The lad who gave us Almost Blue is quite mature and worldly wise now. On the opening track, when he sings, "Down among the wines and spirits where a man gets...

Green Day -- 21st Century Breakdown

"Sing us a song of the century that's louder than bombs and eternity," sounds the first radio'd-out, bomb-sheltered strains of Green Day's new quasi-concept album, 21st Century Breakdown. Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool -- working with Producer Butch Vig,...

Director Nash Edgerton's "short film" version of Bob Dylan's single "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" debuted nationally at 10:15 Tuesday night on cable's IFC and the ifc.com website. Starring Amanda Aardsma and Joel Stoffer, it's a disturbing, somewhat realistic depiction of what could be the most abusive relationship in all...

On April 23rd, 2009, literally 24 hours after its release, Carpenters (no "the") had their highest charting record of their careers in Japan. In that territory, 40/40 The Best Selection was released the day before to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Carpenters' signing with Herb Alpert's and Jerry Moss'...

Yusuf - Roadsinger

Ever since Cat Stevens changed his name and embraced Islam, the West (more specifically, the U.S.) has been clueless when it comes to accepting the former superstar/singer-songwriter and his faith. But an attentive listen to his latest release, Roadsinger, is a good start in rebuilding that emotional...

Bob Dylan - Together Through Life

For this artist and about three generations of fans, Bob Dylan's Together Through Life has a very appropriate title. There are so many people around the globe who, over these many years, have used his recordings as their lives' compasses on their daily destinations....