George Harrison, a.k.a., the quiet Beatle, and the Beatles lead guitarist, needs little introduction. Like all the Beatles, his best work came within the context of the group, where he...
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Former Beatle John Lennon needs little introduction—if Paul was the light, creative, artful Beatle, and George the neglected spiritual Beatle, and Ringo the oddball, then John was the angry, bitter,...
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I must admit that choosing a final 10 albums to complete my Top 30 often feels a little arbitrary. The whole list feels somewhat arbitrary, of course; but the sheer...
Read MoreThe Next 8 Albums, for My Top 20 Albums of 1970 As always, you can jump to the playlist at the bottom of each post to listen while you read. Within each...
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I’m a bit of a dabbler in avant-garde classical and early electronic music, without ever committing to them enough to be any sort of expert. Late-‘90s I was checking out...
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“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Thus spoke Neil Armstrong. (Cue the Richard Strauss soundtrack.) With the Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969—a little...
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I’ve split the Beatles work into five CD-length playlists here. Clearly, their greatness needs no explanation, and their work changed so much over time as to warrant multiple playlists to…
Politically and culturally, 1968 was a year defined by hope thwarted by unrest and cataclysmic events. Countercultural views infiltrated the mainstream like never before, whether in civil rights protests, the...
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1967. The Summer of Love. People who get their thrills yammering on about which year was the greatest in rock history often fall back on 1967, and for good reason....
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1966 was a vital year in music. 1967 is often considered the great year of rock innovation, but if that’s the case, 1966 is like the older sibling that taught...
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