Brian Setzer Orchestra – ‘Christmas Comes Alive’ (2010): On Second Thought
Brian Setzer, an unjustly unheralded guitar player, has this knack for connecting with the redux zeitgeist.

Brian Setzer, an unjustly unheralded guitar player, has this knack for connecting with the redux zeitgeist.
Michael McDonald can come off as a guilty pleasure, principally because his voice was so often caught in a web of too-slick production. Not here.
This is the post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd album that David Gilmour should have made in the first place — one that reflects his own strengths.

Warm, tranquil, and making do with minimal fuss, Thirty Steps to Forward’s ‘The Bird And The Fool’ is immaculately alluring.
John Lennon’s 40-year-old ‘Walls and Bridges’ is long overdue for a critical reevaluation.

The Foundations’ ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ didn’t just aspire to Motown’ classic sound. They captured it.

Bombastic and wildly ambitious, but also deeply moving.
‘Abbey Road’ was simultaneously the Beatles at their best, and the sound of a band disintegrating.

Remembering a drop-dead gorgeous tone poem that was so emblematic.

The surprise is a cover of a lesser-known gem from Badfinger’s Pete Ham.