Coltrane: The Story of a Sound by Ben Ratliff
Ratliff eschews the typical trappings of routine biography to plumb more profound ideas of musical language, identity, and influence.
05 Apr 2009
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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