New deluxe remix set features an incredible 159 tracks, along with a well-researched and lushly illustrated book

Frey's hits included the Eagles' iconic "Hotel California" along with "The Heat Is On"

Six CDs of Lou Reed and the Velvets, at an old pizza place in 1969, captures a masterful band, playing to no one

No, say the numbers. Business is looking good, even if the Backstreet Boys don't reclaim their rightful world supremacy.

Monotonous techno monopolizes the sound system at my local gym. Is it really the best music for working out?

What's not to like about Norah Jones' new "Feels Like Home"? Nothing. Then again, what's there to like?

The rock legend was an instrumentalist to be reckoned with and kept his band at the top of the charts for decades

The music magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s" list posits a canon of vanguardist populism.

Al Green has never matched the nuanced, whispered restraint of his early-'70s classics. But a long-awaited reunion album with producer Willie Mitchell reminds us of his greatness.

Readers pick the best albums missing from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list.

We're sheltering in place with these classic albums — solid music for uncertain times

Thirty-four years ago this week, the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Temptations, Santana, Crosby Stills and Nash, and Creedence Clearwater all shared top billing on the Billboard album chart. There's never been another lineup quite like it -- and there will never be again.

This big expanded reissue box set not only makes sense, it could make "The River" your favorite Bruce album

Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine

He may be rock's most unlikely star, but he's also the king craftsman of pop who's charted more singles than anyone except Elvis.