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Joan Armatrading

HuffPost Reviews: Alice In Chains, Rosanne Cash, Kiss, and more, plus a Brandi Carlile Interview, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Peter Gabriel, Black Orpheus, Sarah Cracknell, Linda Ronstadt, Bola Sete, Indigo Girls, Roxy Music, The Eagles, Andrew Gold, Neil Young, Sade, Stan Getz, Alice in Chains, Brandi Carlile, Miles Davis, Cal Tjader, J.D. Souther, Peanuts, Dave Brubeck, Stephen Stills, Lisa Germano, Rosanne Cash, Elton John, Dan Fogelberg, Elvis Costello, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kiss, Joan Armatrading, Jaco Pastorius, Robert Fripp, Wal-Mart, Crosby Stills & Nash, Charles Schulz, Vince Guaraldi, Wilco, Mary Travers, Jeff Tweedy, Robbie Robertson, Erroll Garner, Charlie Brown, Astrid Gilberto, Charlie Mingus, Karla Bonoff, Entertainment News, Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright, Amy Ray, Sam's Club, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With Layne Staley's death, Alice In Chains was all but done. But fourteen years later, here we are with something that sounds a lot like what the group would have had they returned to the studio a couple years later.

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Dog Ears Music: Volume Sixty-Five

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 04.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Joan Armatrading, mp3s, Baby Huey, Asobi Seksu, Djivan Gasparyan, Phil Ramone, Danielle Evin, Music, BéLa BartóK, Dog Ears, Barzin, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

Singer/songwriter and guitarist Joan Armatrading is one of our most compelling of 20th-century musicians, infusing folk-rock with reggae, jazz, and blues.

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HuffPost Reviews: The Annie Lennox Collection/Simply Red 25 - The Greatest Hits

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bonnie Raitt, Eurythmics, Ronald Reagan, Daryll Hall, Procol Harum, Hugh Laurie, Dave Stewart, k.d. Lang, Paul Simon, Sting, Hall & Oates, Beth Orton, Faith Hill, The Stylistics, The Valentine Brothers, Simply Red, Shakira, Indy, Gladys Knight, Aids, Martha Wainright, Nancy Reagan, Anne Rice, Melissa Etheridge, Joan Armatrading, Madonna, Spandau Ballet, P.M. Dawn, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Bram Stoker, Mick Hucknall, Fergie, Emo, Razor & Tie, Tom Petty, The Moody Blues, Francis Ford Coppola, Celine Dion, John Malkovich, Billboard, Treatment Action Committee, John Oates, Sarah McLauchlan, Tom Chaplin, KT Thunstall, Anastacia, Keane, Dido, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Spanning seventeen years, a proper Annie Lennox retrospective of her solo material finally arrives -- a mix of grooves, ballads, and two new recordings.

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HuffPost Reviews: Van Morrison -- Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl / Asa -- Asa

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jools Holland, Van Morrison, Bbc, David Wild, The Wild the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Jay Berliner, Mercer St. Records, Hollywood Bowl, Nigeria, U2, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Lauryn Hill, Stral Weeks, Paris, Erika Badu, T.B. Sheets, Northern Ireland, Folk, Bang Records, Asa, Common One, Greetings From Asbury Park N.J., Northern Soul, Transcendence, Tracy Chapman, Sunny Ade, John Legend, Celtic, Joan Armatrading, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Suzanne Vega, St. Dominic's Preview, Beyonce, Akon, Singer-Songwriter, Npr, Jimmy Cliff, Paris France, Bbc2, Jazz, Paul Moran, Peter Erskine, Warner Bros. Records, Snoop Dogg, Bbc1, Richard Davis, Rolling Stone, Roger Kellaway, Magic Malik, RIchard Buckley, Tony FItzgibbon, Downtown Records, Marvin Gaye, Hotel Cafe, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison Review, Asa Review, Album Reviews, Van Morrison Album Review, Huffpost Review, Asa Album, Album Review, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With a basic reverence for the original record, Morrison's live arrangements allow for musicians to add new layers of strata though jams, while acknowledging forty years has passed since the original was slated.

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