Will Hermes

#50GreatestConcerts: B.B. King at Cook County Jail, 1970

The inmates booed when the blues artist took the stage, but by the end they were hypnotized

July 11, 2017
Album Review: ‘Loud Hailer’ by Jeff Beck

Album Review: ‘Loud Hailer’ by Jeff Beck

Working with a noisy young band, the guitar virtuoso pairs politics with nuanced playing

July 29, 2016

Album Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘The Getaway’

Danger Mouse and Radiohead’s producer help out on an adventurous Chili Peppers LP

June 21, 2016

How Grateful Dead’s 2015 Farewell Became a New Beginning

Group's 50th-anniversary concerts were the centerpiece of the year's most remarkable rock & roll rebirth

December 22, 2015

Morning Phase

The result is a set that feels like an instant folk-rock classic

February 14, 2015

Bjork’s Most Heart-Rending New Album: ‘Vulnicura’

The Icelandic art-pop queen charts the breaking of a heart on a devastatingly direct album

January 29, 2015

Pete Seeger: 20 Essential Tracks

Remember the folk icon with a playlist spanning his acclaimed career

January 29, 2014

Album Review: Black Sabbath – 13

After 35 years, Ozzy, Geezer and Tony stomp back and rediscover their stark, bluesy roots

June 11, 2013

Album Review: Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

The latest offering from the French electro duo sounds almost nothing like EDM

May 21, 2013

Bob Dylan’s Hardest Rain

Blood, shipwrecks, bad memories: Dylan makes one of his darkest, strangest albums ever

September 13, 2012