Dean Gordon-Smith

Street Sounds: Harper’s new album is worth the wait

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals deliver a soulful message on Call It What It Is.

Street Sounds: Levity abounds

'80s electro-pop duo the Pet Shop Boys return with 13th album, Super

Gwen Stefani has released her 'break-up' album, This is What the Truth Feels Like.

Street Sounds: Gwen tells it like it is

Former No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani has resurfaced with her third solo album, This is What the Truth Feels Like.

Gwen Stefani has released her 'break-up' album, This is What the Truth Feels Like.
Iggy Pop is back with a new album, Post Pop Depression.

Street Sounds: Iggy’s lust lives on

Eternal rebel Iggy Pop finds a creative foil in desert rock guru Josh Homme on his California-recorded 17th album, Post Pop Depression.

Iggy Pop is back with a new album, Post Pop Depression.
Acoustic rocker Pete Yorn has released his first record in six years.

Street Sounds: Time is on Yorn’s side

On his sixth album, Arranging Time, acoustic rocker Pete Yorn stretches his songs out to fill the gap left by REM and the late Jeff Buckley.

Acoustic rocker Pete Yorn has released his first record in six years.

Street Sounds: A long, but worthy listen

Review of veteran jazzman Charles Lloyd’s debut band album, I Long to See You.

Street Sounds: Loretta Lynn is still the coal miner’s daughter

Country queen Loretta Lynn’s new album, Full Circle, reaches back into her past but remains tastefully relevant.

Street Sounds: Tedeschi, Trucks get by on blues

The fourth album from the Florida based blues rock band Tedeschi Trucks Band is a confident blast of good vibes.

Parson James mixes old with new on his new EP, The Temple.

Street Sounds: Parson James delivers South Carolina soul

Southern soul singer Parson James rides the R&B train with his debut EP, The Temple.

Parson James mixes old with new on his new EP, The Temple.

Street Sounds: Lucinda Williams is the Queen of Heartache

Singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams paints a drifting impressionistic picture of dark Americana on The Ghosts of Highway 20.

Street Sounds: Banners is ready for the stadium

Liverpool born singer/songwriter Banners (Mike Nelson in civilian form) sounds like an old soul with a haunted croon.

Tom Taylor, Shari Ulrich and Barney Bentall, of BTU, have released new album Tightrope Walk.

Street Sounds: BTU brings B.C. folk-rock legends together

Bentall, Taylor and Ulrich (BTU) are proving themselves to be generators of sweet songs in the time honoured West Coast folk tradition.

Tom Taylor, Shari Ulrich and Barney Bentall, of BTU, have released new album Tightrope Walk.
David Bowie released his new album, Blackstar, on his 69th birthday Jan. 8, two days before his death.

STREET SOUNDS: David Bowie has left a cultural void

The icon's last album has a dual personality: dark beatnik jazz mashed against a cinematic vocal performance

David Bowie released his new album, Blackstar, on his 69th birthday Jan. 8, two days before his death.
Coldplay released its seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, Dec. 4.

Street Sounds: Coldplay is in a happy headspace

Coldplay’s seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, is electronically ambitious and unabashedly upbeat.

Coldplay released its seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, Dec. 4.

Street Sounds: Cage the Elephant messes around in a good way

On album number four, Kentucky alternative rock band Cage the Elephant creates a psychedelic rock merger with producer Dan Auerbach.

Street Sounds: Singer releases ‘untamed’ country

California native Camaron Ochs (Cam) brings an anthemic and sensitive cadence to Nashville pop-country on Untamed.

R&B singer R. Kelly is back with a new album, The Buffet.

Street Sounds: A guilty indulgence

The prolific Chicago-based singer/songwriter/producer R. Kelly gets ambitious and takes some risks with his 13th album, The Buffet.

R&B singer R. Kelly is back with a new album, The Buffet.
English songstress Adele manages to avoid histrionics on her third album, 25.

Street Sounds: Adele is a voice for the ages

English singer Adele's her new album, 25, is a mixed bag in the song department.

English songstress Adele manages to avoid histrionics on her third album, 25.

Street Sounds: From ZZ Top to Latin groove

Texas blues rocker, Billy Gibbons adds Cuban rhythms and loosens up with a new group on his first solo album after over 45 years of rocking.

Street Sounds: Pop redefined by 1D

The U.K.- based entity known as One Direction don’t disappoint on their latest product for the masses, Made in the A.M.