The Psychedelic Sounds of San Francisco
by Dave Gardner
The late sixties was surely a peak in the short history of Vintage Rock. Perhaps there was no better location to spring forth the exuberant sounds that...
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...
Ultimate Jam Night: The Sunset Strip’s Last Refuge For Rock & Roll
Story by Shawn Perry
Photos by Alex Kluft & Ron Lyon
The Sunset Strip in Hollywood is a different place than it was in the 20th Century. London Fog is gone....
5 @ 50 From The Beatles, Kinks, Jimi Hendrix, Small Faces & Love
Anyone who loves Vintage Rock knows 1968 was a pivotal year for music. So many monumental albums came out that year, it would take volumes to cover them all....
X Marks The Spot: Punk Legends Celebrate 40 Years
Story by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
X, the seminal Los Angeles punk band, have been honored for their four decades of service with a new Grammy Museum exhibit filled...
Revisiting The Black Crowes’ ‘Southern Harmony and Musical Companion’
By Jason Young
In 1992, the Black Crowes had already achieved success by the time their song “Remedy” hit the airwaves. One of the exciting new acts of the early...
B.B. King & Lucille: A Timeless Love
Story & Photos by Kimberly Annette
Born Riley B. King. Named Beale Street Blues Boy. Became Blues Boy. Crowned B. B. King. The King of the blues by the people,...
Unsung Hero of Rock and Roll: Marc Rubinstein and The Pig Light Show
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
Marc L. Rubinstein is a musician turned pioneer in liquid and psychedelic light shows of the mid 60s and early 70s. Rubinstein’s Pig Light Show at...
Leonard Cohen & The Catechism Of Immeasurable Delight
Watching Leonard Cohen sing with U2 in the documentary I'm Your Man brings one a catechism of immeasurable delight, a divine connection of art and communion: Irish/Canadian, Christian/Hebrew, outward/inward,...
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...
