Magical History Tour: A Travelogue

By Shawn Perry I always wanted to go to England and see everything I'd ever read about. As an English major in college, I envisioned the country as a virtual...

Five Awesome Rock Soundtracks In Movies

Rock music has found its way into movies for decades, and has also paved the way for movies about the bands and singers themselves. In just the last few...

Rock Legends Cruise III | Somewhere Between Fort Lauderdale & The Bahamas

Review by Shawn Perry Photos by Ron Lyon It seemed too good to be true. An invite to cover the Rock Legends Cruise III to the Bahamas aboard a ship the...

The Resurrection Of Purple Rain: A Rock Landmark Reborn

Photo by Serge S on Unsplash Purple Rain is once again in the public eye, and this time it was the small screen that sparked the interest in it....

A Few Words With Songwriter Holly Knight On Her New Memoir

By Chris Epting In her new memoir, I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties, legendary songwriter Holly Knight takes readers on a...

Rock ‘n’ Roll Royalties: How Music Legends Still Earn From Casino Games

Rock music with loud chords and gambling slot machines with fun spins may look very different, but they are similar. Licenses for Elvis Presley, Guns N' Roses, and Jimi Hendrix's...

Work Of Art: 108 Rock Star Guitars

Story by Shawn Perry Photos by Lisa S. Johnson & Kimberly Annette Lisa S. Johnson has a unique approach to photographing the instruments belonging to legendary guitar players such as Les...

Feature Article: C’est La Vie ELP

By Shawn Perry On September 9, 1998, Emerson, Lake & Palmer played their last show together. I was sitting four rows away from them, in the cozy confines of the...

For Geoff Downes Of Yes & Asia, It’s A ‘Royal Affair’

Story by Shawn Perry To stay relevant for the half century they've been around, Yes has been known for mixing it up. They did it with the music in the...

Best Vintage Rock Studio Albums Of 2014

Love it or leave it, the studio ''album" lives on in an age of downloading, streaming and attention span deficiencies. And 2014 had enough nuggets to keep the trend...