Music is your only friend, until the end. Good thing there’s no end in sight for the consistently great catalog releases from L.A. bluesadelia rockers The Doors, who just so happen to be serving up a ...

Back in 1984 I was assigned to interview Don Henley, who'd just released Building the Perfect Beast his second solo album. Henley picked me up in his black Porsche 911 and off we went to the Sunset ...

Editor’s note: Mobile Fidelity originally released its 180gm 45rpm 2LP set for Deee-Lite’s World Clique as a numbered, limited edition of 2000 back in May 2026. The MoFi Clique was sourced from the ...

My journey with ultrasonic record cleaning machines (RCMs) started in 2021 with a Vevor ultrasonic vat and a record spinning attachment. It worked well. This was followed by getting my hands on a ...

Any resemblance between Sumiko’s $899 “Songbird” high output moving coil cartridge and the rest of the Reference line’s “bird” cartridges—the $1249 Blackbird (available in both low and high output ...

Qobuz, the Hi-Res streaming and download service, just launched a "family plan" that allows up to six members per account for $24.99 per month—or $10 more a month than the current "solo" plan.

Earlier this year, I wrote a four-part series about Yellow Magic Orchestra, the seminal synthpop trio of Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Of course, that’s only the tip of the ...

When I attended my first Blues Masters at the Crossroads event back on October 17 and 18, 2014, at Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, Kansas—i.e., inside “The Church” performance space that aligns at the ...

The Eternal Dude: Above, Ian Hunter leans into it. Photo by Ross Halfin. Ian Hunter is a survivor. Not only that, but the veteran British vocalist of Mott the Hoople fame and a lengthy and fruitful ...

Over the years, there have been no shortage of compilations containing early recordings by David Bowie and his earliest groups, The Lower Third and The Manish Boys. But as far as can tell, this is one ...

While we have indeed been focused on featuring more reasonably priced gear here on AP of late, we do still want to recognize some higher-end, high-caliber products as well — besides, we love looking ...

What can this strange device be? / When I touch it, it gives forth sound / It’s got wires that vibrate and gives music / What can this thing be that I found? Sometimes all it takes is a road trip to a ...