Deep Purple + Bruce Dickinson, others – Celebrating Jon Lord: The Rock Legend (2014)
Deep Purple is reliably good on ‘Celebrating Jon Lord.’ The surprises, however, come from one-of-a-kind combinations of acolytes and fans.

Deep Purple is reliably good on ‘Celebrating Jon Lord.’ The surprises, however, come from one-of-a-kind combinations of acolytes and fans.

An unheard archival recording from Charlie Haden and Jim Hall is even better than expected – and that’s saying a whole lot.

Brian Wilson’s take on “Wanderlust” always seemed like it would be the jewel of the forthcoming ‘Art of McCartney’ tribute album. And it is.

‘Monty Python’s Total Rubbish’ collects all nine of their UK albums into one hilarious box set.

Josh Ritter’s version of “Rosalie” stands out on a Chris Smithers tribute album with plenty of bigger stars.

The Daniel Blacksberg Trio takes a conventional format and creates something refreshingly unconventional from it.

Roger Waters left Pink Floyd almost 30 years ago. But their new album has led to new questions about his involvement in the group.

Daniel Lanois’ “Iceland” is unutterably beautiful at one turn, dark and humid the next

Even today, Stevie Nicks looks back on this album with great fondness, though an ugly period of addiction followed.
Mashmakhan’s “As The Years Go By” was a quirky cross-pollination of flower-power pickings, the Zombies and Deep Purple.