Terre and Suzzy Roche Remember ‘Keep On Doing’
Cheryl Graham
Keep on Doing is a high-water mark in the Roches’ career and a testament to their animating principle of…
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‘Pirates’ is Much More Than a Breakup Album
Rickie Lee Jones resists the easy path in favor of one as meandering and complicated as her own…
‘Sweet Forgiveness’ Paved the Way for Bonnie Raitt’s Just Desserts
Serving as a blueprint for her later success, Sweet Forgiveness proves there can be no second act without a hell…
40th Anniversary Sets Reinforce the Pretenders’ Place in Rock History
For several years now, I’ve been on what feels like a one-woman mission to keep the Pretenders flag flying.
45 Years Later ‘Blondie’ Remains a Powerful Debut
Blondie’s first LP absorbed a wide range of influences and synthesized multiple genres, including surf pop, ’60s girl…
Kate Bush Created a Winter Wonderland on ‘50 Words for Snow’
‘50 Words For Snow’ is a jazzy wonderland of mystical creatures and fleeting romance
Patti Smith Rebuilt the World on 1996’S ‘Gone Again’
Patti Smith’s Gone Again, released 25 years ago, is imbued with grief, but the album’s themes are renewal, resilience,…
Kamala Harris’ 2020 VP Run Evokes the 2000 Film ‘The Contender’
Like ‘The Contender”s Laine Hanson 20 years ago, VP candidate Kamala Harris cuts the oxygen feeding the US…
Kate Bush’s Splendidly Transitional ‘Never for Ever’ at 40
Kate Bush’s Never for Ever served as the stepping stone for the artist to reach her full potential…
Laura Nyros’ ‘Save the Country’ Calls Out From the Past
Laura Nyro died young, but her non-conformist anthem, “Save the Country”, carries forth to these troubled times.