A fresh survey of rock royalty
The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s 75th birthday (which RCA Legacy plans to celebrate all year long) starts modestly with this four-disc box set. But don’t let the humble, sepia-toned cover design fool you: The 100 tracks within fully showcase Presley’s meteoric rise from the Lauderdale Courts housing projects to the gilded gates of Graceland….

And now, a note from John Oates
Anytime an artist covers a song by Daryl and myself, I am usually flattered and always curious. This is the first time that a band has dedicated an entire album to the music of Hall & Oates. In regard to their interpretation of our songs, what can I say? Inara George has a sensual, smooth delivery, and hearing these songs performed from a female point of view is both surprising and engaging….

Last year, freelance music critic Christopher Weingarten pledged to write 1000 music reviews via Twitter in 140 characters or less. He was good to his word, churning out zingers that usually captured the spirit of an album in a handful of words—such as his take on Beirut’s March of the Zapotec/Holland EP: “Earnest goes to Mexico.”…

Driving around Pawtucket, R.I. in the frozen clutches of January, it’s easy to lose sense of time and place…

The 24-year-old synesthete who has quickly become…