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Johnny Cash's Final Journeynew
Cash was an expert at finding and composing songs that got into the human spirit, and there are plenty on two new releases from the Cash archives: Personal File and American V: A Hundred Highways.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
06-28-2006 |
Reviews
Rebel Bellesnew
No other performer has been as vilified as the Dixie Chicks were for speaking out -- and they do not apologize on Taking the Long Way.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
06-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
Springsteen's Back Pagesnew
This collection of Springsteen reviews and articles is from the archives of the Real Paper and the Boston Phoenix.
Boston Phoenix |
Boston critics 1974-2006 |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Various, Bruce Springsteen
Folk Re-Revivalnew
This comes across somewhere between Springsteen's stab at his own Basement Tapes and a boozy, carnal wake.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
The Emo Corpsnew
Some young bands dream of the day they'll write a beautiful, searing bundle of truth that persuades parents to have kids, inspires armies to stop fighting, and conjures puppies and kittens from thin air.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
Anything Left To Say?new
On First Impressions of Earth, the Strokes sound like a band determined to shed the one-trick-pony tag.
Boston Phoenix |
Will Spitz |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Grave Diggin'new
By the time most rappers drop their fourth album, either everybody’s paying attention or nobody is, but for Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, the truth may be somewhere in between.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Nelson |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Verve Jazz for the Youngnew
Hip international beatmakers are invited to have their way with material from the jazz giant’s vault.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
12-27-2005 |
Reviews
Stormy Surgesnew
There's another bridge to New Orleans -- a musical link between memory and hope, built by musicians who are rushing out benefit CDs to raise funds for the beleaguered Gulf States.
Boston Phoenix |
Clea Simon |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Pancultural Playgroundnew
In pop, the age of multiculturalism has come to an end, replaced by a postmodern anything-goes panculturalism.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
Different Strokesnew
Critic Jon Garelick reviews his favorite people, CDs and performances of 2005.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
Juelz Santana Takes the Keys from Cam’ronnew
In Santana, the Dips have found their Golden Child. One of the youngest of the bunch, he has the charisma and the good looks to pull the ladies, an audience key in translating street-level success into mainstream acceptance.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Nelson |
12-20-2005 |
Reviews
Strange Bedfellowsnew
Ever since Little Richard sang "awop-bop-a-loo-mop alop bam boom," the greatest rock-and-roll artists have spoken their own language. Add System of a Down to that honor roll.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
12-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hypnotize, System of a Down
Boxing Decadesnew
The box is the big kahuna of the nostalgia factory — the rare opportunity for the A&R folks to make a statement about an artist, a style of music, or, best of all, an entire era.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
When the Boss Became 'The Boss'new
Born To Run is the frozen moment in time for many Bruce Springsteen fans. In Wings for Wheels, a documentary included with Columbia's reissue of BTR, Springsteen describes the album as the sound of "one endless summer night."
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
