Soul was the music made by and for black people. For most of the Sixties it was thoroughly divorced from white popular music, but by the end of the decade several artists with their roots firmly in both soul and… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
As a performing group, the Beatles began by playing old rock favorites, for dancing, to tough audiences in Liverpool and Hamburg. When they began writing seriously, they discovered that they couldn't compose in the early American rock tradition. — 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
