Porcupine Tree | Closure/Continuation – Blu-ray Disc Review

For me to gain full appreciation of Closure/Continuation, Porcupine Tree’s 11th studio album coming 12 years after the last one, 2009’s The Incident, I had to listen to it...

Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy | Songs For While I’m Away + The Boys...

Thin Lizzy is another one of those 70s bands that should have been bigger. They had the chops, the songs and charismatic frontman Phil Lynott. Maybe it was timing...

Led Zeppelin DVD – Classic Commentary

What made Led Zeppelin and a few other bands from their era so unique and special? Well, for one, it was their mystique. Aside from their albums, concerts, and...

Peter Gabriel | Growing Up Live – Blu-ray Disc Review

Performing in the round during the 2002-03 world tour may have presented some logistical nightmares for his crew and technicians, but Peter Gabriel rose above any complications and put...

Eric Clapton | The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions – CD/DVD Review

As mostly everyone the world over was, touring bands and solo artists were significantly affected by the COVID-19 shutdown. Eric Clapton, who has been quite vocal on this score,...

Bob Marley & The Wailers | The Capitol Session ’73 – DVD Review

There have been several “live” videos of Bob Marley and the Wailers released over the years, but nothing captures the intimacy and chemistry of the group’s interplay quite like...

The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang: Live On Copacabana Beach – DVD Review

There’s nothing small about a Rolling Stones concert. The band has been regularly playing before crowds of 100,000 or more since 1969. Then came February 8, 2006. That’s when...

Lynyrd Skynyrd | Live At Knebworth ‘76 – DVD/CD Review

There’s so much to salivate over about Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Live At Knebworth ’76. This historic performance features the legendary triple-guitar line-up of the southern rock band — vocalist Ronnie...

The Official Keith Emerson Tribute Concert – DVD Review

So here I am reviewing a video of a show I reviewed. I'm sure I'm not the first. Fortunately, watching the video does offer an entirely new perspective. It...

The Go-Go’s – DVD Review

Director Allison Ellwood pretty much goes through everything you’d ever need to know about the world’s most successful all-woman band in her documentary The Go-Go’s. Every band member, plus the band’s manager,...