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Where did all the great songs of yesteryear go? Well, 34 of them landed here, where they’re ready to spin you around again in a sweet nostalgic swirl. Tony Bennett’s “It Had To Be You,” Frank Sinatra’s “Night and Day,” Wayne Newton’s “Danke Schoen,” Bobby Darin’s “Blue Velvet” and Peggy Lee’s “Big Spender” are just a handful of the classic tunes and iconic singers represented on this golden stroll down music’s memory lane.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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The Georgia party band that put “Love Shack,” “Rock Lobster” and “Roam” on the charts in the ‘80s returns with its first studio album in 16 years, a hyped-up fusion of hippity-hoppity pop grooves, futuristic fuzz, new-wave quirk and good-time jive juice. If you don’t find yourself moving—or, at the very least, smiling—to “Keep This Party Going,” “Hot Corner,” “Pump” or any of the eight other new original tracks, send me a postcard from Squaresville.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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This 17-song collection, recorded on tour in the fall of 1969 in six cities, was the live album Simon and Garfunkel never got around to releasing. By the end of the year, they were well on their way to breaking up, and the concert tapes languished away for nearly 40 years in a record-company vault. Now available for the first time (exclusively at Starbucks), Live 1969 flings open a long-shuttered window on live performances of “Homeward Bound,” “The Boxer,” “Mrs. Robison” and other classic tunes from one of pop music’s most significant duos.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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Since entering the American musical scene five decades ago, Ireland-born Morrison has ridden atop the charts with hits that became classics, including “Moondance,” “Brown Eyed Girl” and “Wild Night,” and expanded his repertoire with brilliant album excursions into Celtic music, jazz, R&B, country and gospel. His latest CD, as the title might suggest, rolls along easily on soulful, slow grooves that showcase the straightforward, poetic messages of 11 new original songs such as “School of Hard Knocks,” “Song of Home” and “How Can a Poor Boy.”
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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Singer-songwriter Vera had only one significant hit single, but it was a doozy: “At This Moment,” a heart-wrenching pop masterpiece, became a massive crossover smash in 1986 after it was used on the television series Family Ties. Relive the “Moment” and discover the many other charms of Vera and his crack band, which wowed sellout crowds in Los Angeles for years before “At This Moment” found its moment in the sun, on this 14-song collection culled from a juke-joint-jumpin’ live 1981 nightclub appearance and studio sessions that followed.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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The ultimate gift for music lovers who grew up on the sounds of the ’60s and early ’70s, this colossal box brings back the far-out, hippy-dippy, heavy-metal-thunder, tie-dye memories with more than 290 groovy tunes that defined the times. Get down, rock on and chill out to Sonny & Cher, Jim Croce, Donovan, Cat Stephens, Canned Heat, T. Rex and dozens of other artists—some of them sadly shortchanged in other musical roundups of the era, but not here—in this delightfully exhaustive trek back to days of yore when peace, love and music were the trifecta on which pop culture optimistically placed its bets.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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Haggard wanted to do something he’d never done before, and he did with The Bluegrass Sessions, his first bluegrass album. Recorded in a relaxed, down-home “picking-parlor” session over the course of two days at Ricky Skaggs’ studio, and featuring the guest talents of Alison Krauss and Marty Stuart, it’s a tasty, hot-licks ramble through a mix of Haggard standards, country classics and a handful of new tunes, all dressed up in a bright bluegrass suit.
Neil Pond, American Profile
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Nelson saddles up a hot new co-producer for his latest musical ride: young-buck chart-topper Kenny Chesney, who brings a refreshing twist of subtle innovation to Nelson’s classic style on Moment of Forever. Vocally, Chesney stays almost completely behind the curtain, sidling up to the microphone only for “Worry B Gone,” a bluesy drinkin’-song duet with a distinctly Willie-esque tweak at the end. Elsewhere, Nelson revels in the words and textures of Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Chesney, Big & Rich’s Big Kenny and other writers—including his sons, Lukas and Micah—for this invigorating dip into a fresh pool.
Neil Pond, American Profile
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Draping her languid voice around the repertoire of late British songbird Dusty Springfield, Shelby Lynn lovingly re-creates the studio feel of the ‘60s with stripped-down arrangements, old-school recording technology and a spiritual alignment with the sensual, blue-eyed soul of “Breakfast in Bed,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “How Can I Be Sure” and seven other ear-caressing tracks.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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Here’s one collaboration you probably didn’t see coming. Bluegrass songbird Alison Krauss and Led Zeppelin’s rock god Robert Plant combine their distinctive vocal talents on this unique, genre-bending excursion through 13 tunes that stir their individual styles into a bubbling musical stew of country, rock, bluegrass and folk. It’s an unexpected treat for ears of all types.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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