Subject: Sam Phillips

• The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

  By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" and "Anthony's Song (Movin' Out)" remain priceless snapshots of Annie Hall-era NYC, the title track bares real teeth, and the Kenny Chesney fave "Only the Go

  December 27, 2008

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• Hello, He's Not Johnny Cash

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• Americana Pie

  Grab a slice of 2004's best roots music while it's still hot.

  December 15, 2004

• Hear This

  December 1, 2004

• Joss Stone

  Mind, Body & Soul

  September 29, 2004

• A New Tune

  After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same

  November 7, 2001

• Rock and a Hard Place

  Music can free your soul, but can it spring the West Memphis Three?

  October 4, 2000