Kiss’ Gene Simmons says these competitions are “really all a fantasy.” Leave it to a middle-edged man in makeup to fix that.

‘The New Basement Tapes’ finally live up to their dizzying promise with Rhiannon Giddens’ darkly contoured reading of “Spanish Mary.”

Adrian Belew is readying his FLUX music app, even as preparations continue for a major North American tour with his Power Trio.

Amanda Kravat crafts a billowing dream of what could be — for herself, and for this song.

Glen Campbell, stricken with Alzheimer’s, doesn’t shy away from the disease’s brutal realities on “I’m Not Gonna Miss You.”

Simple Minds are back with something unexpected, something personal — and something as involving as anything they’ve ever done.

Houston Person has returned essentially unchanged on “The Song Is Ended,” if a little less prone to gail-force playing.

We review the elegiac, deeply moving “Louder Than Words,” as Pink Floyd finally puts to rest old arguments.

Irvin Mayfield’s effervescent Christmas redo will shake your stockings off the mantel.

Lloyd Cole strikes a smart balance between what he once was, and what he’s become.