TLC, the iconic '90s-era girl group, is back after 15 years away and these women are clearly not wasting anymore time. "We don't need no introduction," they boast on the first song of their new...

Bedouine is Azniv Korkejian's alias and the title of her debut. It's a hushed, haunted, delicate wonder - a collection evoking 1970s singer-songwriters which pairs her thoughtful words with unfussy...

Although few realised it at the time, in 1967, three unique happenings marked the climax of 70 years of popular music - and the beginning of its end. Fifty years ago, on one weekend in June, a...

Blondie updates their sound of recent years on "Pollinator" by returning to some familiar and successful foundations. Joan Jett joins the band on opener "Doom or Destiny," one of the few tracks...

Many of the lyrics on "Myths and Mortals" date back more than a century, which is why the New Zeitgeist is singing of fairies, fables and linnet's wings. This is real roots music that connects Dublin...

A photo of a sun-kissed, empty beach is on the front of DJ/producer Calvin Harris' new CD and there's a palm tree on the back. That's appropriate for what is a strong contender for album of the...

If Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize re-ignited the debate on what separates popular music from poetry, Sam Baker is here to complicate things further. Baker makes elegant, original music. Nothing he does...

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With its paradoxical title, "Together at Last" features Wilco songwriter and lead singer Jeff Tweedy all alone with just his acoustic guitar and occasionally a harmonica. Read one way, the title...

There are some analogies between Willie Nile and Bob Dylan, like their early career moves to Greenwich Village, extended layoffs (Dylan's motorcycle accident, Nile's record company torments) and...