reissue Archive
03 Feb 2015
Album Review: Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble — Officium
This double-album – originally released in 1994 – is a transcendent, compelling work that combines jazz with choral/classical music. Featuring vocals sung in Latin by The Hilliard Ensemble (countertenor David […]
30 Jan 2015
Hundred-word Reviews: January 2015, Part 5
There’s a never-ending stream of reissued music, too. So it’s time once again for some hundred-worders to work off some of my backlog. As always, these all deserve full reviews, […]
09 Jan 2015
Album Review: Jellyfish — Bellybutton and Spilt Milk
Nineteen-ninety was a curious year in rock music. The top hitmaking artists of the year included Madonna, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins, Michael Bolton, Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson. If you liked […]
08 Jan 2015
“Go Now” and Then: The Ray Thomas Interview, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Back in 1965, the original lineup of The Moody Blues did seem poised for bigger things: that year they played the prestigious and televised NME Poll […]
07 Jan 2015
“Go Now” and Then: The Ray Thomas Interview, Part 1
The Moody Blues made their most indelible mark on pop music with the landmark LP Days of Future Passed. That concept album was one of the earliest successful combinations of […]
31 Dec 2014
Best of 2014: Compilations and Reissues
So here we are. It’s the last day of 2014. And it’s also the final day of posts looking back at my personal Best of 2014 lists. Today I’ll run […]
18 Dec 2014
Album Review: Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills – Super Session
In 1968, the concept of a “supergroup” was still fresh; Lillian Roxon even wrote about it – and its possibilities – in her Rock Encyclopedia. Al Kooper devised what became […]
18 Dec 2014
Album Review: Ian Hunter — Strings Attached
Hunter came to fame in the 1970s leading Mott the Hoople; he enjoyed a brief period of prominence again in the late 1970s as a solo artist. This 2CD set […]
18 Dec 2014
Album Review: Conte Candoli — Sincerely, Conte
This is a straight CD (and vinyl) reissue of a 1954 jazz date featuring the recorded headlining debut of trumpeter Conte Candoli (though curiously, the album cover – also a […]
21 Nov 2014
Album Review: Oscar Peterson — Exclusively for My Friends [6LP box set]
Oscar Peterson was one of the most beloved figures in jazz. His recording career began in 1945, got fully underway in the 1950s, and tapered off as his health declined […]