It ain’t cheap to be a Neil Young completist right now. open image in gallery Bob Dylan initiated his ‘Bootleg Series’ in 1991, its 17 volumes of unheard music offering a deeper understanding of the enigmatic Bob When the compact disc arrived in the 1980s, labels began attaching unreleased outtakes as bonus tracks to persuade the faithful to repurchase albums …
David Crosby liked to take credit for just about everything that happened in the 1960s. Last year, he told Mojo magazine that he introduced George Harrison to Ravi Shankar, who introduced Harrison to the sitar, which in effect put Crosby’s fingerprints on the Beatles’ 1966 album, “Revolver.” In classic Crosby form, it was a self-mythologizing boast — and basically true. …
New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On Aug. 20 Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Courtesy of the artist We open this week's show with Lorde, who became a pop superstar at 16 on the strength of her 2013 hit "Royals." Joined by writer Gavin Godfrey, NPR Music's Lars Gotrich and Ann Powers, 88Nine Radio …
John Coltrane performs at the Drome Lounge in Detroit in 1966. I return to “A Love Supreme” the same way I returned to Rothko’s paintings years ago, for one simple reason: it holds me up. But there is an entire church in San Francisco of people who, at least before the pandemic, regularly gathered to listen to “A Love Supreme.” …
