By Karen Schoemer, eMusic ContributorElvis at Stax, the new three-disc collection of recordings made at the famed Memphis studio in 1973, is the box set for people who thought they didn't need box sets anymore, a return to the… more »
By Karen Schoemer, eMusic ContributorIf you're the kind of person who used to care about Elvis, if during the nostalgia boom of the '80s and '90s you sought out storefront churches and funky Elvis-themed downtown art shows, if you… more »
By Douglas Wolk, eMusic ContributorSometimes a simple sampling won't do — you want to dive in deep and explore every last corner of an artist's discography, or every forgotten single in a major musical movement. That's what the box… more »
By Michael Tedder, eMusic ContributorInscrutable and defiant, the cover image of David Bowie's 12th album "Heroes" is one of the most iconic images in all of rock 'n' roll. So you can hardly blame Bowie for thinking it was… more »
By Douglas Wolk, eMusic ContributorOf the dozen-plus Elvis box sets out there, this one is the best introduction to the central work of a performer whose legend tends to get in the way of his music. His biggest hits… more »
By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic ContributorThis 100-song extravaganza, released a month before Presley's 75th birthday (January 8, 2010), is not all the Elvis you could possibly want: there's way too much out there for any normal person to take in… more »
By Lenny Kaye, eMusic ContributorIn the Big Bang of rock 'n 'roll, not to mention popular music of the twentieth century, there is Before Elvis and After Elvis. Other performers surely gave voice to the twining streams of rhythm… more »
By Lenny Kaye, eMusic ContributorOf all rock's family tendrils, rockabilly is the one that keeps re-boppin', sporting a revival every decade or so, its coming-of-age kicks allowing each new offspring to roll its own. Guitar-heavy, emphasizing Wild Ones rebellion… more »
By Mike McGonigal, eMusic ContributorIt's 1956. Dwight Eisenhower is president, the Cold War is raging and Elvis Presley has revolutionized popular culture with "Blue Suede Shoes." After three notes on a big old church organ, we hear a preacher's… more »
By Ann Powers, eMusic ContributorThe year everyone I knew went to Europe on their student loans, I snubbed the world's cathedrals and set out to find the footsteps of my saints, in barbecue shacks and beer halls. Amtrak was… more »