Chris Willman

Advertisment

Halsey’s ‘The Great Impersonator’ Is Confessional Pop at Its Most Ambitious and Devastating: Album Review

There are a couple of months still left in the year, but it feels safe to say right now that, as an album that bites off every bit as much as...

Jack Jones, Balladeer Famous for ‘Love Boat’ Theme and 1960s Hits Like ‘The Impossible Dream,’ Dies at 86

Jack Jones, a singer who found fame and chart success on the easy-listening side of the street in the 1960s, and who later became etched in television-watching America’s psyche with the...

Matthew Sweet Suffers Stroke While on Tour With Hanson; GoFundMe Set Up for His Recovery

Singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet suffered a debilitating stroke while on tour in mid-October, it was revealed on Tuesday, when a representative for his management company posted a fundraising appeal on GoFundMe to...

Joni Mitchell Thrills Fans With Deep Cuts (and Cuts Trump Down to Size) at Hollywood Bowl in First Full L.A. Show in 24 Years:...

At Joni Mitchell’s Hollywood Bowl show Saturday night, the revered singer-songwriter offered the rapt audience a first-ever live performance of… Wait, let’s just take a time-out right there and let those...

Robbie Robertson Tribute Concert Has Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and Other Stars Carrying That Weight — and Starring in a Future Martin Scorsese Movie

Here’s who wasn’t taking a load off: the house band at Thursday’s tribute to Robbie Robertson at the L.A. area’s Kia Forum. Starting a little after 7 and ending at midnight,...

Cameron Crowe on Making the Lost 1983 Tom Petty Rock Doc ‘Heartbreakers Beach Party’ and Being Told by the Star: ‘Congratulations, You’re a Director’

Before “Almost Famous” and all his other directorial efforts, Cameron Crowe immortalized a different kind of golden god: Tom Petty. A nearly forgotten documentary he co-directed about Petty & the Heartbreakers...

Libby Titus, Singer Who Co-Wrote ‘Love Has No Pride’ and Recorded in 1970s Before Marrying Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, Dies at 77

Libby Titus, a singer who recorded two albums in the late 1960s and ’70s before retiring from the music scene, later becoming the wife of Steely Dan‘s Donald Fagen, died Sunday...

‘NCIS: Origins’ Offers Up Gibbs’ Backstory (Again), but It’s Also a Chance to Atone for Killing Off Fan- Favorite Mike Franks: TV Review

For a leading man in a massive series, Mark Harmon got to play Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs as a bit of a man of mystery on the “NCIS” franchise mothership...

Chris Willman

Advertisment