By Alan SculleyCorrespondent
Three years ago, Mary Chapin Carpenter’s life was thrown into question when she suffered a pulmonary embolism.
Today, she is reticent to discuss the health crisis and what she went through to recover from …

By the writers of Last Word Features

Jack Johnson: ‘To The Sea’ (Brushfire)
★★★1/2
-And on his fifth album, Jack decided it was time to rock – at least a little bit.
In other words, Johnson, who has …

By the writers of Last Word Features

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: ‘Mojo’ (Reprise)
★★★★

It has been eight years since Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers released Petty’s music-biz diatribe, “The Last DJ.” Since then, they’ve been busy …

Stone Temple Pilots: “Stone Temple Pilots”
★★★★
When this band split in 2003 and singer Scott Weiland went on to join Velvet Revolver, there wasn’t much reason to expect to hear from Stone Temple Pilots. But …