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March 20, 2008

War of the Crowes

Seven years since their last album, the Black Crowes are back, better — and still brawling
May 20, 2005

In Brief: Crowes, Rufus

Black Crowes head for the mountains, Wainwright heads for Philly
March 21, 2005

Black Crowes Heat Up

Reunited rockers back in stride at secret gigs
March 4, 2005

Crowes Fly Across U.S.

Reunited Robinsons announce full-scale tour

Recordings and Reviews

Before The Frost... Until the Freeze

The idea is inspired: gather an intimate audience of your biggest fans and put them in Levon Helm's Woodstock, New York, barn to watch you record your new material. That's what the Black Crowes did for their latest album — an 11-song set of ragged rockers and funky jams (Before the Frost...

2009 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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With members not much older than the trends they revived, the Black Crowes had the look (long hair, velvet flares, fur-trimmed vests, impossibly skinny physiques) and the bluesy, boozy, two-guitar rock sound of the early-'70s Rolling Stones and Faces. The Robinson brothers? father, Stan, was a onetime singer who had a pop hit in 1959 with "Boom-a-Dip-Dip." He discouraged his sons from becoming pro...

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