Chris Willman

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Lone Justice, Deferred: Maria McKee, Marvin Etzioni and Ryan Hedgecock on Combining Vintage and Fresh Recordings for the Band’s First ‘New’ Album in 38...

Among the great what-ifs for students of L.A. rock history is: What if Lone Justice had remained a somewhat obscure band…. and how many great records could they have put out...

The Cure Creates an Unrelentingly Sad and Singular Universe on ‘Songs for a Lost World’: Album Review

If I told you 40 years ago, when the Cure was in the midst of its new-wave wonder moment, that the band would craft an inventively elegiac epic like “Songs for...

Stephen Stills on Celebrating Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Nascent Chemistry With ‘Fillmore East 1969’ Album: ‘There’s a Magic That Can’t Be Duplicated’

It appears to be a long time gone, but objects in the rear-view mirror may be closer than they appear. A new live album from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Live...

Steve Morse, Who Held Down Rock Critic Beat at Boston Globe for Three Decades, Dies at 76

Steve Morse, one of the nation’s most established and well-respected music critics during his three-decade run at the Boston Globe, died Saturday at age 76. Morse died under care Care...

The Giddy Majesty of Jeff Lynne’s ELO Is Still a Livin’ Thing as U.S. Farewell Tour Winds Down in L.A.: Concert Review

When Jeff Lynne wrote “Can’t Get It Out of My Head,” he probably didn’t mean to be setting up some meta prophetic proclamation. But a few days shy of the 50th...

Tom Petty’s ‘Long After Dark’ Gets a New Day in the Sun: Adria Petty on Curating the Deluxe Reissue and Sensitively Mining Dad’s Vault

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ 1982 “Long After Dark” album probably doesn’t count as one of the band’s “tentpole albums,” in terms of being one of their biggest blockbusters, or a...

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...

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