Jay Nachman discusses ‘Graham Parker’s Howlin’ Wind’ with Charlie Ricci, with a couple of remarks from the great rocker himself.

They dealt with internal strife, drugs and health issues but nothing could keep the Beach Boys – and Brian Wilson – from the pantheon of pop music gods.

I’ve always been a fan of Peter Paul and Mary, but we have to talk about Peter Yarrow’s disgusting, criminal acts.

Louis Armstrong’s ‘Louis In London: Live at the BBC’ is a can’t-miss LP from someone who probably did more than anyone else to popularize both the trumpet and jazz music.

The few who heard him described Sterling Harrison’s music as “deep soul,” with a voice that conjured up aural images of Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett.

Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham are hardly household names, even though they’ve been a consequential part of the American popular music scene since the 1960s.

Billy Joel’s last album of pop-rock music was 1993’s mediocre ‘River of Dreams,’ but this single shows there is still talent burning.

Philip Norman’s ‘George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle’ is a fine book, even if it’s not the best Beatles biography ever written.

Decades later, the Beatles’ uncanny penchant for composing easily hummable melodies remains in full bloom.

Best described as “acoustic soul,” Hall and Oates’ underrated ‘Abandoned Luncheonette” arrived 50 years ago today.