Wednesday, January 26 2011
Iron & Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean
Iron & Wine's major-label debut might have a sexy title, but it’s just a little too effete to be the great pop record it really should be.
Friday, January 7 2011
Counterbalance No. 15: Van Morrison’s ‘Astral Weeks’
Van Morrison ventured in the slipstream between the viaducts of your dreams with his 1968 LP Astral Weeks and made it to Number 15 on the List. Klinger and Mendelsohn recount the journey in this latest installment of Counterbalance.
Monday, April 19 2010
Greil Marcus on Van Morrison: When That Rough God Goes Riding
This is the story of a burly monk in shades, of flesh chasing the divine, of a voice ecstatic in southern blues and gospel and Celtic mysticism.
Tuesday, April 7 2009
Waltzing with Wilco
As any experienced concert-goer knows, a lively audience can mean the difference between a lackluster event and a memorable night. Sometimes, it’s more important than the band's actual performance.
Monday, February 23 2009
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Perhaps this burdened generation will find some of the hope they are desperately seeking in this reconstruction of a classic record.
Wednesday, November 26 2008
Day Two: From Jimi Hendrix to the Rolling Stones
The last quintet of choices show how the blues reclaimed its basis for a dozen hard rock hymns, argued for the importance of following one's singer/songwriter muse, and proved that not every significant sound coming out of the UK was Beatle-based.
Thursday, April 3 2008
Van Morrison: Keep It Simple
Van Morrison takes us on the simple route to salvation.
