Ken Kessler

Ken Kessler  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  Published: Mar 01, 2025  |  0 comments

This month we review: Lori Lieberman, Ars Nova, Johnny Pacheco, and Simon & Garfunkel

Ken Kessler  |  Apr 12, 2025  |  Published: Mar 01, 2025  |  0 comments
From Sinatra to Buffalo Springfield, Otis Redding to Tangerine Zoo... Ken Kessler brings you 20 monophonic masterpieces that prove stereo is not always the superior choice

Sixty years after its demise, monophonic sound seems a mere curiosity. Like pre-recorded open-reel tapes, there’s a cut-off after which mono was relegated to niche usage. Today it survives only for archival reissues, and this is for two reasons...

Ken Kessler  |  Apr 05, 2025  |  Published: Feb 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review: The Art Of Hifi Volume 5, JJ Grey & Mofro, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, and Texas & Spooner Oldham
Ken Kessler  |  Mar 14, 2025  |  Published: Jan 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review: Ron Legault Quintet, John Lennon, Steeleye Span and Neil Young With Crazy Horse
Ken Kessler  |  Mar 04, 2025  |  Published: Feb 01, 2025  |  0 comments
Are you a completist? Always hungry for rarities? Fellow sufferer Ken Kessler has you covered with a host of box sets offering everything from ’60s US rock to British folk

Despite streaming’s challenge to physical media, especially for the post-Boomer audience, CD box sets continue to proliferate. The most obvious benefit is diminutive size: all but two of the sets here will fit into your standard CD storage. This, of course, appeals to those who are tempted by space savings, which is why streaming and downloads have made such advances.

Ken Kessler  |  Mar 03, 2025  |  Published: Dec 01, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review: Alfredo Muro,Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Rain and 3 Mile Shout
Ken Kessler  |  Mar 01, 2025  |  Published: Feb 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review: Art Pepper Quintet, George Benson, The Impressions and Run-D.M.C.
Ken Kessler  |  Mar 01, 2025  |  Published: Jan 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review: Tony Rice, The Blue Aeroplanes, The Mugwumps and Santana
Ken Kessler  |  Mar 01, 2025  |  Published: Dec 01, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review: Dr. John, Paul McCartney & Wings, Ravi Shankar and The John Wright Trio
Ken Kessler  |  Feb 28, 2025  |  Published: Nov 01, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review: Bryan Ferry, December’s Children, Jethro Tull and Harold Land

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