Patti Smith and Bob Dylan played together for the first time last month on a tour of the Northeast. The two were joined by Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Tom Verlaine, Michael Stipe and Thurston Moore.
A backstage diary by Al Giordano

Kindred spirits

Making realist rock for the post-Springsteen era
by Franklin Soults

Burn, baby, burn

Chelsea on Fire turn up the emotional heat
by Brett Milano

Cape town

Boston becomes a hotbed of Verdean island music
by Michael Freedberg

Viva Dolphy

A new box set and a tribute illuminate his legacy
by Norman Weinstein

Grrrl talk

A compilation that urges all women to fight back
by Matt Ashare

Vigorous violin

Josef Kessler is an eclectic with style to spare
by Bryan Reesman

Bach's blood

Sellars, Smith, and Hunt ring in 1996 with suffering and prayer
by Lloyd Schwartz

All this jazz

Van Morrison and Jack Bruce veer from rock's path
by Ed Hazell

Road Trips

Marilyn Manson, Slapshot, Velvet Crush and more-

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Bley/Parker/Phillips, TIME WELL TELL
Various Artists, WARNER JAMS
Mr. Mirainga
Greg Greenway, SINGING FOR THE LANDLORD
Terry Ellis, SOUTHERN GAL
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Soraya, ON NIGHTS LIKE THIS
Aztec Camera, FRESTONIA