Stevie Nicks: Live in Chicago

Sultry-voiced Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks serves up a solid and satisfying 17-song set for this 2008 PBS-aired Soundstage performance that finds pop rock's gypsy queen mixing Mac staples (“Rhiannon,” “Landslide,” “Dreams,” “Gold Dust Woman”) with selections from the chanteuse's impressive solo career (“Stand Back,” “If Anyone Falls,” “Edge of Seventeen”). Backed by a solid band (including Waddy Wachtel on guitar), Nicks interweaves a handful of choice covers throughout—including Dave Matthews' “Crash,” Bonnie Raitt's “Circle Dance,” Tom Petty's “I Need to Know,” and Led Zeppelin's “Rock and Roll”—as well as a few winsome anecdotes from the past (she wrote “Dreams” on Sly Stone's bed—nothing saucy here, Sly just happened to have a big bed in the recording studio). Although time (not to mention drugs) has taken its toll on the 60-year-old singer, this is no golden-oldies-dinner-circuit act: in the beautiful rendition of “Landslide,” the refrain “I'm getting older too” may sound like a bittersweet acknowledgment of aging but it's delivered in that still-haunting dulcet voice. Presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM stereo, this is recommended. Aud: P. (R. Pitman)