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Faces: Early Steps
by Doug Collette
Released somewhat under the radar in the fall of 2025, Early Steps is the missing link in the chain of archiving projects within the vault of the now-defunct British band Faces. Its content discovered by late band member Ian McLagan while researching the essential box set Five Guys Walk Into A Bar (Rhino, 2004), this compendium joins the anthology Stay With Me (Rhino, 2012), the collection of full-length albums (plus a disc of outtakes, rarities, ...
Continue ReadingRonnie Wood: Fearless: The Anthology 1965-2025
by Doug Collette
If the Ronnie Wood anthology Fearless proves anything, it is that the predominant virtues of the peripatetic British musician are largely intangible. Not that the guitarist, songwriter and singer is not talented in those various roles, but that his most salient attributes, at least as depicted here, as those of a convivial individual who invariably contributes to a nurturing atmosphere in a musical setting. Above all, the man known as 'Woody' serves the songs as well as his ...
Continue ReadingBob Dylan: Springtime in New York 1980-1985: The Bootleg Series, Volume 16 (5CD)
by Doug Collette
Generally speaking, revelations abound within the various installments of The Bootleg Series, Bob Dylan's ongoing archive initiative, and Volume 16 is no exception. But in listening to Springtime in New York, 1980- 1985, the epiphanies come in slow bursts, flashing over the course of the five CDs to generate a cumulative momentum that reaches a flash-point with the content taken from the much-maligned Empire Burlesque (Columbia, 1985). And that outcome in itself is a truly Dylanesque curve ball: pre-release anticipation ...
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