A posthumous memoir by Gil Scott-Heron, the late street poet and godfather of hip hop, will be published on Jan. 16, 2012, by Canongate.

As I look back over 2011′s releases, I realize that maybe it wasn’t quite as good a year in the metal world as I thought.

Dream Theater has become an iffy proposition for me. I still take my chances on them with each release, hoping that I’ll find a diamond like I did with 2007′s excellent Systematic Chaos — and not get another lump of coal like Octavarium. Chances are better with a live release, however, and this DVD set delivered in that it focused [...]

In Boston After experiencing the first two minutes of this Pat Metheny Group concert, there was no doubt that Boston-area fans just plain love the man.

Celebratory, but not entirely reverent, the Temptations took a kid’s song and transformed it into a funked-out and rollicking Yuletide hoot.