The 706 Albums Digest: March 2024, Part I

A monstrous month of new releases got underway with anticipated returns from the Crowes, Bleachers, Ari, Kacey, and JT.

From the Turntable: The Beatles- Rubber Soul, 1965

A significant turning point for the band, and popular music in general. Welcome to the golden age of The Beatles' recording legacy.

Help! explores a variety of diverse stylistic influences, provides an all-time standard song in the process, and bookends the rock & roll years.

The Fab Four close out their breakthrough year with a holding pattern record that mostly revisits their earliest formulas.

Beyonce's country pivot and returns from Billy, Kacey and more headline a super-sized month of singles.

Brittany Howard, Usher, Blackberry Smoke and more lead this month's batch of intriguing LP releases.