Zeth Lundy
Zeth Lundy has been writing for PopMatters since 2004. He is the author of Songs in the Key of Life (Continuum, 2007), a book about Stevie Wonder's 1976 album of the same name. His writing has appeared in the Boston Phoenix, Metro Boston, and The Oxford American. He lives in Boston.
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La Strada (Essential Art House)
As part of its "Essential Art House" series, the Criterion Collection reissues Fellini's 1954 masterpiece, featuring a nonpareil performance by Giulietta Masina.
24 Mar 2009
Music
Isaac Hayes: Black Moses / Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)
Stax reissues an odd couple of solo albums by its multi-instrumental songwriting genius: the great 1971 double-LP Black Moses and the late-period misstep Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak).
19 Mar 2009
Music
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Communion
The Swedish band's fifth full-length is a 90-minute double album consisting of 24 songs -- one for each hour of the day.
17 Mar 2009
Music
Bee Gees: Odessa (Deluxe Edition)
The Bee Gees' ambitious 1969 double album, heavy on ballads and emotional reach, is reissued in a three-disc edition that includes stereo and mono mixes, demos, alternate mixes and unreleased tracks.
19 Feb 2009
Music
Various Artists: Titan: It's All Pop! / Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples
The latest reissue compilations from the Numero Group shine the spotlight on power-pop from Kansas City, MO, and a soul factory youth group based in East St. Louis, IL.
22 Jan 2009
Books
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century by Alex Ross
Alex Ross' tome, winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, offers a history of the 20th Century as seen through the prism of the modern-day composer.
19 Jan 2009
Music
Rokia Traoré: Tchamantché
Fourth studio album from the Malian singer is its own language of insinuation and inference, of timbre and chalky sweetness.
13 Jan 2009
Reviews
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Initially available only as an exclusive Best Buy box set, Peter Bogdanovich's four-hour documentary on the making of an American rock 'n' roll institution is re-released in a two-disc edition, available anywhere.
12 Jan 2009
Music
Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... - Episode 1
Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... - 9pm EST/PST - Sundance Channel
02 Dec 2008
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The Beach Boys - U.S. Singles Collection
The Beach Boys - U.S. Singles Collection: The Capitol Years 1962-1965 - Capitol [$132.98]
Zeth Lundy
26 Nov 2008
Music
Bo Diddley: Gold
Bo Diddley may be gone, but he is not forgotten, as this two-disc compilation of his prime Checker years easily proves.
16 Nov 2008
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