Album Reviews – The Talking Fern

Review: Steve Perry is Still a Believer on ‘Traces’

The Journey frontman’s epic voice is still in tact but his first album in nearly a quarter century doesn’t quite have the spark of his finest hits

The chart-topping rapper positions himself as a scrappy underdog with go-getter ambition and complex bars

A transfixing gig from the tour to support Cave’s heartbreaking album ‘Skeleton Key’

It’s an album full of fire and passion from an artist who doesn’t have anything left to prove.

Producer enlists De La Ghetto, Fuego, Toy Selectah and more for first LP since 2014

The Grammy-winning jazz singer’s duets with pianist Sullivan Fortner tease out the Great American Songbook’s tougher truths

Ambient music icon runs traditional Japanese instruments through a funhouse mirror.

Two pioneers’ collaborative project blends afrobeat and live electronics

The pop icon turns Seventies classics into modern club bangers and brings out the dark burden of their late-career divorce songs.

Its track list captures his ascendency and sheds light on his artistry.