One Track Mind: Keith Richards and Friends, “Words of Wonder/Get Up Stand Up” (2014)
This charity single deftly combines a Richards deep cut with a reggae classic.

This charity single deftly combines a Richards deep cut with a reggae classic.

A song as topical as it is musically complex.

With “I Am Dust,” Gary Numan exchanged proto-goth black-nailed dystopia for something new.

Greg Prevost of the Chesterfield Kings is in a stripped-to-the-bone solo acoustic traditional blues mode.

Bands like France’s Reload are keeping the prog rock genre alive.

Himmelman moves away from specificity, and into something far more resonant.

This arrives looking like every bad thing that sends you back to the old records.

They sound utterly reinvigorated on this stomping new live release.

Threaded with a hip-hugging hook, this song packs a wallop.

A mystery-laced tribute to Anne Sexton has lost none of its power, 25 years on.