Music Reviews archive
Read Young Cellist With An Old Soul Plays Elgar, Elliott Carter
November 6, 2012 – Hear an excerpt from an excellent album of cellist Alisa Weilerstein playing music classic and new.
Watch Taylor Swift Leaps Into Pop With 'Red'
November 5, 2012 – Red challenges Swift's diehard fans while inviting naysayers to give her music another try.
Watch Neil Young Still Vital On 'Psychedelic Pill'
October 30, 2012 – Whenever things get too cozy on Psychedelic Pill, Crazy Horse is there to rearrange the furniture.
Listen After 26 Years, The Sam Rivers Trio Resurfaces
October 30, 2012 – The late saxophonist's 2007 concert with his classic 1970s small group has been released on CD.
Read Gidon Kremer's Bach Makeover
October 30, 2012 – Hear the violinist play a newly commissioned work based on Bach.
Listen George Cables: A Heartfelt Tribute To His 'Muse'
October 26, 2012 – Critic Kevin Whitehead says My Muse is so unassumingly good, you could miss just how good it is.
Listen On Record, A Husband And Wife Are 'Familiar Strangers'
October 24, 2012 – For married country stars Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, working together isn't always easy.
Read Roomful Of Teeth: Experimental Singing, Smiles Guaranteed
October 23, 2012 – Hear this exciting group bring a 21st-century spin to a capella singing on their debut album.
Listen The Big Man Behind 'Shake, Rattle And Roll'
October 22, 2012 – Big Joe Turner's hardest-hitting R&B singles have been collected on a new compilation.
Listen Elina Duni: Love, Lust And Albanian Folk Songs
October 19, 2012 – On Matane Malit, the group lays expansive instrumentation over traditional Albanian folk melodies.
Listen Gary Clark Jr.: A Raucous Blues Shout
October 19, 2012 – On Blak and Blu, you can hear the roar in Clark's blues guitar. But he remains a work in progress.
Listen K'Naan Brings Down Walls On 'Country, God Or The Girl'
October 16, 2012 – The best-selling, Somali-born rapper remains a versatile and powerful songwriter on his new album.
Read Esa-Pekka Salonen's Excellent Violin Adventure
October 16, 2012 – The composer-conductor's award-winning Violin Concerto makes a stunning CD debut.
Listen Budapest Quartet Gets To The Heart Of Beethoven
October 16, 2012 – Critic Lloyd Schwartz says the group's versions of Beethoven's string quartets are incomparable.
Listen More Than This: The 'Complete' Roxy Music
October 15, 2012 – Ed Ward connects the dots of the band's eight studio albums, which were just collected in one box.