This week on the Trail turntable: • Craig will continue his month-long exploration of Bruce Springsteen‘s five-disc live box set, Live/1975-85. The set marked the first live album in a decade to top the charts after its release in 1986; ultimately it went platinum 13 times over. It remains the second best-selling live album in […]
New Tracks – 9/18
What’s most interesting about Paul McCartney’s career today is not simply that he’s still alive and rockin’, but that he keeps finding ways to reinvent himself. I mean, you’d think after five-plus decades of legendary status he’d be content to just phone it in, collect his dues and spend as little time in the studio […]
New Tracks – 4/24
As we gear up for this week’s River City Roots Fest 2018 line-up announcement, we can’t help but reflect on the unprecedented experiences of festivals past. A weekend of live music, art, activities – and food trucks – is one thing, but right smack in the middle of Missoula’s already glorious downtown during the warmest […]
Vinally Friday – 11/3
Last month marked 40 years since Electric Light Orchestra released its top selling album, Out of the Blue. The multi-platinum double album, which dropped in October of 1977, still marks the band’s highest-charting in the US and some of the English orchestral rockers’ most beloved singles: “Sweet Talkin’ Woman,” “Mr. Blue Sky”, among others. Perhaps […]
New Tracks – 3/21
It’s pretty difficult to cast oneself, these days, as a Chris Cornell fan. That’s not to say that his music’s not good. Most of it – in fact, all of it – has intrinsic value, and his contribution to pop, rock and metal over the past three decades is undeniable. The problem is, once you’ve fallen in […]
