Bands You Should Know But May Never Heard: Flash
By Henry "Dixie" Howard
What do you do when you're ousted from one of England's most prominent progressive rock bands? You strike out (or come back) by forming your own...
Journey, Steve Miller Discuss Tour & Life In The Music Business
Story by Shawn Perry
Journey, the Steve Miller Band and Tower of Power kick off a 2014 summer tour on May 15, 2014, at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre in...
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...
Vinyl Fascist – Rediscovering The Beauty Of Analog
By Shawn Perry
As you may know, listening to records is an involving process. Whereas any dope can slap in a cassette or plop on a CD, records require special...
Frank Simes: Steering The Good Ship ‘Tommy’
Story by Shawn Perry
You have to respect these energetic vintage rockers who don’t want to waste time waiting for other vintage rockers to get their act together and...
My Evening With Roy Orbison
by Ronnie Lyon
I arrived at the Travelodge in Anaheim (corner of Ball and Harbor behind Disneyland) at around 5:00 or 6:00 PM. It was still daylight. The...
Adopt The Arts Honors Glenn Hughes & Robin Zander | May 12, 2016 |...
May 12, 2016
Fonda Theatre
Hollywood, CA
Interviews & Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Kimberly Annette
Now in its sixth year, Adopt The Arts put on a rockin’ all-star fundraiser at the Fonda...
Top 10 Vintage Rock Concerts Of 2016
I think we can all agree that 2016 was a banner year for concerts. And we saw and reviewed lots of them. We didn't make it to Desert Trip,...
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,...
Vintage Rock Adverts
By Shawn Perry
One of my greatest rock and roll memories is when I used to peruse the Los Angeles Times' Calendar section -- which only came out on Sunday...

















