Cactus | Live In The USA – CD Review

In 2006, drummer Carmine Appice gathered bassist Tim Bogert and guitarist Jim McCarty together for a special Cactus reunion show at B.B. King Blues Club in New York City....

Sherinian/Phillips Live – Live Release Review

Sherinian/Phillips is the musical alliance of keyboard wizard Derek Sherinian and drummer extraordinaire Simon Philips. Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, Black Country Communion, Sons of Apollo) and...

Greg Lake | Welcome Backstage – CD/DVD Review

No longer tied to a band, Greg Lake still possesses the talent and fortitude to keep his musical palette salivated and slippery. Like his former bandmates, he relies heavily...

Roy Orbison | The Last Concert – CD Review

December 4, 1988. The last time Roy Orbison ever sang in public. He would die two days later. No stranger to hardship, the singer was on a major comeback...

Alan Parsons | The NeverEnding Show: Live In The Netherlands – Live Release Review

Before starting his own Project, Alan Parsons worked as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road Studios, earning his first album credit on the Beatles’ Abbey Road. He went on...

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention | Whisky A Go Go, 1968 –...

Billed on the world-famous Whisky a Go Go’s marquee as “Mothers Of Invention – Recording Session,” Frank Zappa and his band at the time — Ray Collins (vocals, percussion), Ian...

The Derek Trucks Band | Roadsongs – CD Review

The live animals that they are, the Derek Trucks Band has stirred the pot with yet another token from the road, Roadsongs. The double-disc set was recorded over two...

Creedence Clearwater Revival | Live At Woodstock – CD Review

Creedence Clearwater Revival's presence at Woodstock was largely forgotten because their performance was not included on the soundtrack or movie. In some ways, their slot at the festival was...

Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen | Live In San Francisco 1971 –...

Reminiscent of those live country radio broadcast from the 1950s, Commander Cody’s “Lost In the Ozone” opens Live In San Francisco 1971. Taken from an evening that Commander Cody...

Dio | The Sacred Heart: Live In Philly 1986 / Magica – CD Review

By the mid 80s, Ronnie James Dio had well established himself as a solo artist with three albums under his belt. Guitarist Vivian Campbell left after the Sacred Heart...