VOICES ARCHIVES
NICK TAVARES: Positively Blake St.
Frampton Comes Alive! is still a winner
March 17, 2024
A light finally shines on the Yardbirds
March 10, 2024
Band on the Run, an early favorite stripped to its rough essence
Feb. 13, 2024
Dave Grohl: Drummer, guitarist, storyteller, survivor
Jan. 26, 2024
Searching for the good stuff
Jan. 7, 2024
"Now and Then," and on and on again
Nov. 2, 2023
Back at the shack with Robbie and the Band
Aug. 14, 2023
Completing the experiment: Looking back at Pearl Jam’s massive Mansfield show, 20 years later
July 11, 2023
All the lightness and everlasting weight of Alice in Chains, unplugged
March 23, 2023
Marching through time with Led Zeppelin
Feb. 16, 2023
David Crosby, you intractable titan
Jan. 23, 2023
R.E.M.'s ceaseless support, remixed
Jan. 4, 2023
The lingering road to King Curtis and “Soul Serenade”
Jan. 19, 2022
Charlie Watts played with the band
Aug. 25, 2021
The fervent, furious sounds of Bloomfield and Butterfield
May 7, 2021
Revelations and repeated listens with Layla
Feb. 3, 2021
Tiny Music and Stone Temple Pilots' long-overdue reconsideration
Jan. 19, 2021
Salvation, bootlegs and mid-morning revelations
Dec. 23, 2020
Navigating those solitary moments with Bob Dylan's solitary triumph
Dec. 1, 2020
Late nights on Abbey Road
Oct. 25, 2020
The Kinks' Kronikles stands as their greatest collection
Sept. 9, 2020
Walking, waiting and hoping on the rest of Tom Petty's Wildflowers
Aug. 19, 2020
Through the years with “Wharf Rat” and the Grateful Dead
July 25, 2020
One year later, another night with the Rolling Stones
July 13, 2020
Locked in with Day For Night and the Tragically Hip
March 15, 2020
Night 43: A scorching introduction to Pearl Jam's bootlegs
Jan. 28, 2020
Led Zeppelin's cottage revival and the birth of III
Jan. 13, 2020
Ginger Baker, a life ummatched
Oct. 7, 2019
Winding through the astral plane with the Velvet Underground
July 31, 2019
The blinding, belated brilliance of Bob Dylan's Street-Legal
Feb. 22, 2019
Weird, real, emotional: traveling the years with Stephen Malkmus and Pig Lib
Jan. 27, 2019
Led Zeppelin's first contact, 50 years later
Jan. 12, 2019
R.E.M., rediscovery and collapsing into 2019
Jan. 7, 2019
Balance, "Beware of Darkness" and George Harrison
Nov. 7, 2018
Another ride through Neil Young's "Music Arcade"
Oct. 11, 2018
Retrorockets fired and burned on the Black Crowes' Lions
Sept. 23, 2018
Chris Cornell as a Sunday morning accompaniment
Feb. 19, 2018
The minimal backing and misheard confessions of Radiohead’s ‘Present Tense’
Nov. 10, 2017
Remembering Tom Petty, a virtual friend
Oct. 3, 2017
Cutting through the noise, live at A&R studios
May 31, 2017
Gregg Allman, the soul of the Allman Brothers Band
May 29, 2017
Remembering Chris Cornell, forever
May 18, 2017
'Nothing As It Seems' and the story of Pearl Jam
April 4, 2017
Another late night with Tom Petty's Highway Companion
Feb. 22, 2017
The Stones let it loose in swirling repetition
Jan. 24, 2017
'One Night' and the casual command of Elvis
Jan. 9, 2017
Bad luck, blue eyes and goodbye to 2016
Jan. 1, 2017
There are no obvious answers, and the song remains the same
Nov. 12, 2016
The never-ending grind of life, as illustrated by The Who By Numbers
March 16, 2016
Extended excursions into Neil Young and 'Change Your Mind'
March 2, 2016
David Bowie's sound and vision
Jan. 11, 2016
Breaking through the surface of Astral Weeks
Sept. 11, 2015
Strangers Almanac and listening to the Whiskeytown that might have been
Aug. 30, 2015
Neil Young sings for the Stringman, and everyone
July 29, 2015
Saying goodbye to the ritual of The Late Show with David Letterman
May 20, 2015
The difficulties of aging and listening to someone other than Jimi Hendrix
April 30, 2015
Appreciating the mystery in Gram Parsons' 'She'
April 15, 2015
The moon, the stars, the unseasonable cold and 'Let It Be'
March 25, 2015
The Black Crowes complex recipe for surviving the cold
Jan. 11, 2015
A million miles into Rory Gallagher's blues
Dec. 2, 2014
Saying goodbye to the Allman Brothers Band
Nov. 4, 2014
Two nights detailed by Paul Westerberg
Sept. 14, 2014
Robin Williams, and living with imperfections
Aug. 12, 2014
Powering through all phases with Pearl Jam's 'Grievance'
Aug. 7, 2014
A lesson in punk, optimism and history with the Minutemen
July 22, 2014
Slipping back into George Harrison's material world
June 29, 2014
Tom Petty, repressed memories and occasionally cow turds
June 4, 2014
Running full circle with Pete Townshend's 'Drowned'
May 28, 2014
Diving back into the enveloping world of Grateful Dead bootlegs
April 27, 2014
Searching for answers, 20 years after Kurt Cobain
April 8, 2014
Turning discomfort into art, via 'Blonde on Blonde'
April 6, 2014
Joe Cocker and friends provide a rainy day soundtrack
March 31, 2014
Remembering Scott Asheton
March 17, 2014
Digital overload and Ryan Adams' 'Crossed Out Name'
March 14, 2014
U2 marches back to consciousness with 'Invisible'
Feb. 10, 2014
Llewyn Davis and the gravity of folk
Jan. 9, 2014
Ringing in the new year with the Band
Jan. 4, 2014
Elcodrive celebrates the long way home at the Narrows
Dec. 1, 2013
Even the Who at their worst were worth repeated listens
Nov. 20, 2013
R.E.M. bent the laws of rock radio with 'E-Bow the Letter'
Nov. 5, 2013
Remembering Lou Reed
Oct. 27, 2013
Late night blues and the Black Keys
Oct. 6, 2013
Walt, Jesse and Neil in the desert
Sept. 8, 2013
Nothing lasts and nothing can hurt me
July 30, 2013
Ten years of Pearl Jam concerts, documented and charted
July 2, 2013
'Prodigal Son' and the rebirth of the Rolling Stones
June 29, 2013
Keith Richards helped illustrate the vulnerability of Tony Soprano
June 22, 2013
'You can't fire me because I quit'
May 26, 2013
Revisiting the Allman Brothers Band on a not-so-stormy Monday
May 6, 2013
Accidental soundtracks and the sounds of home
May 2, 2013
Reconstructing Jimi Hendrix's final album
March 17, 2013
George Harrison's lesson on cynicism
Feb. 25, 2013
Searching for Richard Manuel
Jan. 18, 2013
'Before the Frost' and the makings of a wintertime album
Jan. 12, 2013
'Tonight's the Night' and the power of suggestion
Jan. 5, 2013
Months of frustration manifest as a three-record set
Dec. 30, 2012
Coping with the senseless
Dec. 14, 2012
Rescuing Led Zeppelin's 'Presence' from the bargain bins
Nov. 12, 2012
'Call Me On Your Way Back Home' another song that delivers a blow
Oct. 22, 2012
The Rolling Stones restart the cycle with 'Doom and Gloom'
Oct. 16, 2012
'Hard Promises' and the myth of the greatest hits set
Sept. 9, 2012
Joe Strummer's unwritten future at 60
Aug. 21, 2012
The Who are touring, but what does 'The Who' mean?
July 19, 2012
Is Radiohead rock and roll's first concept band?
June 5, 2012
Adam Yauch led a life well lived
May 7, 2012
To Levon Helm, goodbye and thanks
April 17, 2012
The Black Keys grow up without selling out
March 6, 2012
Tracing the path of Neil Young's "Helpless"
Jan. 24, 2012
Ticket stub memories: sorted, filed and treasured
Dec. 26, 2011
Revisiting the mechanical world of cassettes
Nov. 9, 2011
The perfect couple are no more?
Oct. 17, 2011
Pearl Jam's "Olé" another sign of descent
Sept. 10, 2011
Uncovering the horror of 'Midnight Rambler'
Aug. 25, 2011
The parallel universe of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Aug. 16, 2011
Radiohead's lyrics as tools of guidance
March 1, 2011
Goodbye to the White Stripes
Feb. 2, 2011
Is Cake topping the charts such a bad thing?
Jan. 21, 2011
In a good mood? What to do?
Oct. 17, 2010
Love and passion on the Backstreets
Sept. 11, 2010
Keith Richards, captured in a moment of calm
Aug. 26, 2010
Nothing saves the season like 'Waterloo Sunset'
Aug. 22, 2010
The Dead Weather arrive in time to save the summer
Aug. 14, 2010
Total immersion: Delving into Jimi Hendrix's home recordings
Jan. 23, 2010
2009: My year in music
Dec. 29, 2009
How I was freed from the shackles of classic rock by 'Gold'
Nov. 14, 2009
33 ways to a better listening experience
Oct. 22, 2009
What would another Beatles album have looked like?
Sept. 30, 2009
'Quadrophenia' lets the tide in
July 20, 2009
Random Notes: Where the bootlegs invade iTunes
July 8, 2009
Art inspiring art, a tribute to Cameron Crowe's masterpiece
Jan. 17, 2009
Three albums can cure a bad day's hangover
Nov. 24, 2008
CDs? Do they still make those?
Nov. 8, 2008
Random Notes: Pay respect to Queens and Kinks through the magic of iTunes
Sept. 27, 2008
Living a Pearl Jam Show 3,000 miles away
July 5, 2008
Ryan Adams is holding me hostage
May 27, 2008
Am I a musician? No. No. Probably not.
May 7, 2008
Ryan Adams' life a true work of art
April 17, 2008
Why do so many Black Keys fans act like complete tools?
April 9, 2008
Not for me: Pearl Jam tickets too rich for my blood
March 31, 2008
Random Notes: Where else can Mr. Mojo Risin' and the Gallaghers coexist peacefully?
October 23, 2007
From the abyss: Rediscovering the mighty Zeppelin
August 17, 2007
Random Notes: A journey into the world at random
July 3, 2007
R.E.M. receive their due from the rock n' roll hall of fame
March 17, 2007
Greetings from the road!
Jan. 11, 2007
A cassette classic makes a comeback
Dec. 17, 2006
Congratulations, Hinder! You're the worst band in the world!
Nov. 7, 2006
Discovering an exiled jam from Ryan Adams
Oct. 3, 2006
How the Black Crowes made my night
Sept. 13, 2006
How the Black Crowes ruined my morning
Sept. 8, 2006
It's official: I finally get Bruce Springsteen
July 14, 2006
Sad songs and the fits they cause
June 11, 2006
"So long, this time I'm gone"
May 2, 2006
The quest for the great, lost single
March 28, 2006
Discover the magic of the Faces — in a box
Feb. 1, 2006
Looking ahead to (and back from) 2006
Jan. 3, 2006
John Lennon's death, 25 years later
Dec. 8, 2005
Moving a time to dive into old and new favorites
Oct. 14, 2005
Sometimes, mistakes can be sold off
Sept. 14, 2005
News Flash: Stones tickets are expensive
August 27, 2005
A musical revelation — The Who changed everything
Aug. 17, 2005
It's time to pay debt to the forefather of the MP3
Aug. 3, 2005
Splintered live sides and revamped classics pop up at random
April 12, 2010
Alice in WTF are you serious?
March 2010
Random Entirely Programmed Notes: 'Backspacer' isn't a revelation, but all things considered, it's solid
Sept. 20, 2009
Random Notes: The many sides of the blues and plenty of live tunes
Nov. 10, 2008
Random Notes: The Keys, the Cat and a raspy Dylan
August 19, 2007
Great albums revisited: Are they really that good?
March 8, 2007
RACHEL TAVARES: The Chest in the Attic
An education in what to listen to
Sept. 26, 2008
Of pranksters and Pulitzers
Sept. 25, 2008
The Who redefine bittersweet
July 17, 2008
Proof that aging gracefully is possible: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Echo
Jan. 29, 2008
An old, familiar road: AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Jan. 28, 2008