Everyone eventually winds up writing about themselves - the problem is finding the best way to go about it. To write about… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight,' the… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
Aretha Franklin's 'Let Me in Your Life' is one of the few recent R&B albums that places the emphasis entirely and deservedly… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
Often, equipment can as easily function as a security blanket for musicians unwilling or unable to risk anything personal in the studio. Whether one… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
There is absolutely no doubt that the extraordinary Donna Summer belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
There is a 'patrician arrogance' to James Taylor that accounts in part for his popularity while it at the same time explains the critical… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of idiomatic expression.… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan was the source of pop music's unpredictability in the Sixties. Never as big a record-seller as commonly imagined, his importance was first… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
'Call Me' is not an exceptional Al Green album, but it is as solid as a rock at its center. — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
The Rolling Stones are constantly changing, but beneath the changes they remain the most formal of rock bands. Their successive releases have been continuous… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
Since her landmark 'Tapestry,' Carole King has both oversimplified and over elaborated that masterful album's style until her music has become something more overtly… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity have succeeded… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
'Let's Get It On' is a classic Motown single, endlessly repeatable and always enjoyable. — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
