Features
Monday, October 18 2010
Becoming Jimi Hendrix: From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London
Private Billy Cox stood near an open window of Service Club 1, where he heard a solo guitar playing in a wildly unique manner, as if Beethoven and John Lee Hooker had merged. The guitarist: Private Jimi Hendrix.
Friday, March 12 2010
God Is Not Dead: The Jimi Hendrix Re-Issues
Valleys of Neptune is not the Holy Grail, and it doesn’t need to be. That already exists anyway, and it is celebrated in spectacular fashion with the deluxe CD/DVD reissues of the four proper alums that preceded and followed these ’69 sessions.
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.
Tuesday, July 17 2007
Part 2: Janis Ian to Jimi Hendrix (1966-1970)
Music truly is the universal language. The best songs of protest are passed around, from movement-to-movement, era-to-era; its singers gaining multilingual fluency along the way.
Reviews
Friday, December 16 2011
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Winterland
Hendrix, perhaps more than any rock guitarist (before or since) was willing -- and able -- to improvise, so it’s intriguing to hear his ever-evolving interpretations of these familiar songs.
Wednesday, October 26 2011
That's All Right, I've Still Got My Guitar: 'Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight
The standouts of this set are the 15-minute rendition of "Machine Gun" and the ten-minute-plus "Red House", both of them swaggering, apocalyptic tunes that push the limits of what is expected in a guitar-based "pop" song.
Friday, October 14 2011
Jimi Hendrix: Hendrix in the West
Live and (mostly) prime Hendrix. 'Nuff said.
Thursday, October 13 2011
When Cool and Not Cool Collide, You Get the Tepid 'Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show'
Jimi is great as usual, but this DVD -- not so much.
Friday, January 7 2011
Jimi Hendrix: West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
Listening to this new set is like getting to heaven only to realize there is an even better place; it is without question the most welcome, if unexpected, musical gift of 2010.
Blogs
Friday, February 25 2011
Counterbalance No. 22: Jimi Hendrix’s 'Electric Ladyland'
Number 22 on the AcclaimedMusic.net list asks the musical question: “Have you ever been to Electric Ladyland?” Counterbalance’s Eric Klinger and Jason Mendelsohn have—they file this report.
Friday, December 10 2010
Counterbalance No. 12: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 'Are You Experienced?'
Before Jimi Hendrix, face-melting guitar solos were all too rare. Hi 1967 debut album Are You Experienced? blew the lid off the unmelted face market and rock was never the same. Jason Mendelsohn and Eric Klinger discuss.
Tuesday, November 23 2010
West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology (4 CD / 1 DVD Collectors Box) [$69.98]
Thursday, August 19 2010
Hey Gibson, Let’s Talk Guitar Albums: An Alternative Top 10
When it comes to matters of taste and ranking (a particularly combustible combination), there is no pleasing everyone. In fact, there is no pleasing anyone, since the list makers themselves are invariably disappointed or frustrated. And yet...
News
Friday, December 3 2010
Top box sets 2010: From Bowie to Beatles' Apple reissues
Though digital downloads are now the preferred format for many music listeners, you still can't beat the extras that come with a well-conceived box set.…
Tuesday, March 16 2010
Late guitar god is enjoying a resurgence, thanks to a new album and an all-star tribute tour
Elvis and Michael better watch out. Jimi is making a move. Forty years after his death, Jimi Hendrix is enjoying the kind of a resurgence…
Monday, February 15 2010
Janie Hendrix hopes 'Valleys of Neptune' and other releases help restore her stepbrother's legacy
LOS ANGELES — The keepers of Jimi Hendrix's flame are calling the new album of long-buried recordings by the proto-rock guitar hero "Valleys of Neptune."…
Tuesday, January 12 2010
Jimi Hendrix fans have a new experience in store
LOS ANGELES — With the exception of James Dean, who made only three films, there might be no pop-culture icon who has done more with…
