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'Journey: Worlds Apart,' by Nick DeRiso (2023): Books

‘Journey: Worlds Apart,’ by Nick DeRiso (2023): Books

Nick DeRiso’s ‘Journey: Worlds Apart’ offers an unblinking narrative, but it’s also crammed with enough breakout information to make this a first-rate reference tool.

Top 5 Martha Quinn Quotes From Nick DeRiso's 'Journey: Worlds Apart'

Top 5 Martha Quinn Quotes From Nick DeRiso’s ‘Journey: Worlds Apart’

Here’s an exclusive sneak peek at five key comments from Martha Quinn found in Nick DeRiso’s new Amazon best-selling biography ‘Journey: Worlds Apart.’

Neil Young '80s Songs That Aren't Terrible: Gimme Five

Neil Young ’80s Songs That Aren’t Terrible: Gimme Five

‘Trans,’ the weirdest album from Neil Young’s weirdest period, arrived 40 years ago this week. But these five songs prove the ’80s weren’t all bad.

Desert Island Discs: Guilty Pleasures

Desert Island Discs: Guilty Pleasures

Here’s what we’ll be packing way in the back of our luggage – way, way in the back – before our fateful seafaring journey.

Desert Island Discs: 1960s Classic Rock

Desert Island Discs: 1960s Classic Rock

Here are the ’60s classic-rock records we simply couldn’t live without if something went wrong on our three-hour tour … our three-hour tour …

'Burning Questions' Found Graham Parker Still Angry, If No Longer Young

‘Burning Questions’ Found Graham Parker Still Angry, If No Longer Young

Released 30 years ago today, ‘Burning Questions’ showed that time hadn’t dulled Graham Parker’s legendary rapier wit, or his inquisitiveness.

Christmas Favorites From Nat King Cole, Vince Guaraldi ... and Henry Rollins?!: Gimme Five

Christmas Favorites From Nat King Cole, Vince Guaraldi … and Henry Rollins?!: Gimme Five

Asked to pick five favorite Yuletide songs (and only five), our panel of holly-jolly musical enthusiasts offered some occasionally offbeat suggestions.

Nick DeRiso's Best of 2015 (Rock + Pop): Death Cab for Cutie, Joe Jackson, Toto + Others

Nick DeRiso’s Best of 2015 (Rock + Pop): Death Cab for Cutie, Joe Jackson, Toto + Others

Nick DeRiso also recognizes Steve Hackett, Bob Dylan, Neal Schon, Ringo Starr and others in this Best of 2015 list focusing on pop and rock.

Nick DeRiso's Best of 2015 (Blues, Jazz + R&B): Boz Scaggs, Gavin Harrison, Alabama Shakes

Nick DeRiso’s Best of 2015 (Blues, Jazz + R&B): Boz Scaggs, Gavin Harrison, Alabama Shakes

Nick DeRiso’s Best of 2015 list for blues, jazz and R&B also included Marc Cary, Robben Ford, Dave Douglas, Papa Mali, Matthew Shipp and others.

Nick DeRiso's Best of 2015 (Reissues + Live): John Oates, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Faces + others

Nick DeRiso’s Best of 2015 (Reissues + Live): John Oates, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Faces + others

This Best of 2015 list focuses on those revelatory moments, those times when a shard of pristine insight cuts through the clutter of expectation and then memory.