Ken Richardson

Tracking Surround
Ken Richardson  |  Nov 06, 2005

DIRE STRAITS. The guitar-driven, chart-topping Brothers in Arms became the first big blockbuster of the digital era, signifying that the CD format had crossed over to the mainstream. And now, the 20th Anniversary Edition on DualDisc (Warner Bros.; Music •••••, DualDisc Mix •••••, Extras ½) enhances the album's stat-us as a sonic benchmark.

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Speaking in Surround
Ken Richardson  |  Nov 04, 2005

Talk about A road to nowhere ... I'm sitting in Sterling Sound, one of the foremost mastering studios in New York City (make that "the world"). And everywhere I look, I see a high-tech wonderland - except outside the huge window, where everyone can see the remnants of the High Line.

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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEWS: The Rolling Stones
Ken Richardson  |  Oct 01, 2005
A Bigger Bang Virgin
Music •••• Sound ••••
Whaddayawant? A Rolling Stones album to come up and bite you in the ass?
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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEWS: Sufjan Stevens
Ken Richardson  |  Oct 01, 2005
Illinois Asthmatic Kitty
Music •••• Sound ••••
I'll take half this review to say that Track 2 is called "The Black Haw
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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEWS: Sleater-Kinney
Ken Richardson  |  Sep 14, 2005
The Woods Sub Pop
Music •••• Sound ••
Whereas All Hands on the Bad One was a "crossover" album to love and <
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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEWS: Riddle of Steel
Ken Richardson  |  Sep 14, 2005
Got This Feelin' Ascetic
Music •••½ Sound •••
These guys share their name with a pen-and-paper role-playing game
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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEWS: The Cash Family
Ken Richardson  |  Sep 14, 2005

"I hear the Man a-comin' / He's rolling 'round the bend - on 104 tracks!" Or so you'll sing in praise of the Man in Black's big boxed set, The Legend (Columbia/Legacy). His name, of course, is Johnny Cash, and the box serves up four CDs of songs that include seven previously unreleased performances.

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Does Multichannel Music Have a Future? (2005)
Ken Richardson  |  Feb 15, 2005

Basking in surround mixes for my Elton John review last month, I got fired up by the London 2002 version of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" from the Dream Ticket DVD-Video.

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S&V Entertainment Awards
Ken Richardson  |  Feb 01, 2005

Mandate? We'll leave that topic to the political arena. But in the realm of our annual S&V Entertainment Awards, ten music and eight movie critics have voted, and in each department the majority has ruled: Brian Wilson's SMiLE is the best CD of 2004, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the best DVD. Interesting.

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Other Tech
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Ken Richardson  |  Jul 15, 2004
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