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CD Review: Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix
West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
Experience Hendrix/Legacy
By David Chiu

Forty years after his death, Jimi Hendrix still looms large thanks to the endless amount of previously unreleased recordings that has been packaged and repackaged for fans and future generations still yearning for more of the guitar legend’s music. It culminates in this new 4 CD/1 DVD box career spanning set which a majority of which are never before released music of alternate studio versions and live songs. Continue reading “CD Review: Jimi Hendrix”

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CD Review: Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen
Songs From the Road
Columbia/Legacy
By David Chiu

A worthy sequel to the recent Live in London, Songs from the Road is a live document of Leonard Cohen’s concerts from 2008-2009. If you were fortunate to have been at the shows, you can immediately recognize how great Cohen and his band sounded marked by first class, elegant playing, arrangements, and Cohen’s weathered vocals. Continue reading “CD Review: Leonard Cohen”

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CD Review: Bee Gees

Bee Gees
Mythology
Rhino/Reprise
By David Chiu

The Bee Gees’ Mythology, released to coincide the 50th anniversary of the Brothers Gibb as a musical act, is not your typical boxed set. What makes this unique is the fact that each of the four discs is devoted to a brother, including the late Andy Gibb, who was never really formally a Bee Gee, but whose career was certainly impacted by his siblings’ contributions. Continue reading “CD Review: Bee Gees”