Need some good throwbacks to the early 1970s? The year 1972 doesn’t get a ton of love among music history enthusiasts, but it should; that very year produced some of the most nostalgic songs of all ...

How big a chord did the music of 1972 strike with listeners? That was the question posed in my Jan. 16 Sunday Arts+Culture article, “Is 1972 the best year ever for great albums? From Aretha and Stevie ...

Last year, when helping assemble SPIN‘s 50 Best Albums of 1971, I wondered if that year could have been popular music’s absolute peak. Now I’m asking myself that same question all over again. As I ...

Consider the top albums of 1972 — or maybe don’t. Because after the groundbreaking, iconic crop of records released in 1971, it’s not a fair fight. How does Carole King, who released two new records ...

Elton John is already one of the most successful solo acts of all time, and he will go down in history as such. As a result of his icon status, the masses will remember the bulk of John’s catalog for ...

Earlier this year, Elvis Costello released an album titled “The Boy Named If.” Now, as a follow-up, he’s putting out an EP of songs that really were conceived or covered when he was a boy. His first ...

Twelve years after releasing the acoustic album Croweology, with a nasty break-up and an unexpected reunion in between, the Black Crowes are finally dropping new music — sort of. “New recordings, old ...