Music | Jim Fusilli

My Favorite Albums 2010-2019

Dec 26, 2019 | Music

For much of the past decade, I served as rock-and-pop critic of the Wall Street Journal and listened to a lot of recorded music – at least 3,000 albums and EPs, by my rough count. I liked many, enough to inform my opinion that rock and pop is...

October’s New Music Mix

Oct 31, 2019 | Music, Playlists

October 2019 mix with new tracks by Big Thief, Leonard Cohen, Elbow, Foals, Bill Frisell, Robert Glasper, King Princess, Milk Carton Kids, Angel Olsen, Patrick Watson, Wilco, Neil Young and many...

September’s New Music Mix

Sep 30, 2019 | Music, Playlists

September 2019 mix with new tracks by the Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Miles Davis, the Highwomen, Brittany Howard, Iggy Pop, Ahmad Jamal, the Lumineers, Robbie Robertson, Sturgill Simpson, Tegan and Sara, Tool and many...

My Linda Ronstadt Story

Sep 10, 2019 | Music

Back in 1983, when I was trying to establish myself at the Wall Street Journal, I scheduled an interview with her to discuss “What’s New,” her album of pop standards. I was at ease with the assignment – I knew the material via Sinatra and Nelson Riddle, who had...

Catching Up: Connecting with Great 21st Century Music

Sep 4, 2019 | Books, Music

My “Catching Up: Connecting with Great 21st Century Music” was published four years ago. It includes capsule reviews of 50 albums intended to support my position that rock-and-pop music is as great now it’s ever been. I’ve been thinking about what albums released...