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...

Kansas | There’s Know Place Like Home – DVD Review

For a band that hasn’t released new music in nearly a decade, Kansas is still a viable musical force — continually active on the live circuit with a bountiful...

Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season – DVD Review

Next to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, one of the best things to happen to rock and roll in the '70s was a late-night comedy show called Saturday Night. The program...

Frank Zappa | An Evening With Frank Zappa During Which… The Torture Never Stops...

By the 1980s, Frank Zappa was well-established and totally independent, running the show and assembling dozens of musicians to play and interpret a vast variety of music — from...

Rainbow | Live In Munich 1977 – CD/DVD Review

Not to be confused with Rainbow's equally gripping double-CD Live In Germany 1976, Live In Munich 1977 features guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, singer Ronnie James Dio, drummer Cozy Powell, bassist...

Def Leppard | London To Vegas – Blu-ray Disc Review

Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Def Leppard present a visual feast for fans on their limited edition Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD set London To Vegas. The Leppards give us two...

Foreigner | Alive & Rockin’ – DVD Review

So here we come to the eternal, infernal question that has been plaguing mankind for centuries — OK, just plaguing me for the past couple of years: Can a band still...

Elton John | The Million Dollar Piano – DVD Review

Filmed and recorded in 2012 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Elton John's The Million Dollar Piano is worthy of the man's larger-than-life historic live performances and fantastic songs....

Grateful Dead | View From the Vault – DVD Review

In the tradition of the Dick's Picks series, the Grateful Dead are issuing videos of their live performances, originally shown on the big screens beside the stage for the...

Sting | Live At The Olympia Paris – DVD Review

It's nice to see Sting rock after he's spent much of his solo career mired in strains of smooth jazz and contemporary pop. On Live At The Olympia Paris,...