Record Man: Mo Ostin (1927-2022)
Remembering a music industry giant responsible for Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and countless others
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Van Dyke Parks
Carly Simon: A Top 10 Album Guide
Celebrating the birthday of a Bronx original with a look back at her best studio work
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California Dreamin’: Van Dyke Parks On Orange Crate Art
An exclusive interview with the Maestro of California pop on his mid-90s masterpiece with Brian Wilson
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ALBUMS: Louise Goffin’s Double Feature
Two Different Movies carries us cinematically into the ragged ways we fall in and out of love and the desperate ambivalence of love and loss
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California Suite: The 25th Anniversary of Orange Crate Art
How the unsung 1995 collaboration between Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks resonates even more in 2020
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Brian Wilson at 30
In the same summer that gave us the dreaded “Kokomo,” the Beach Boys’ intrepid captain delivered a solo album on par with his old band’s best work (even if it sounds a little dated)
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