John Wetton | Akustika: Live In Amerika / Akustika II: Return To Amerika –...
As a singer, bassist and songwriter who played with Asia, UK, King Crimson, Uriah Heep and Roxy Music, John Wetton was a giant on the prog music scene. The...
Steve Hackett | Wuthering Nights: Live In Birmingham – CD Review
Marking the 40th anniversary of Wind & Wuthering, the last Genesis studio album Steve Hackett appeared on, the guitarist’s live set Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham, available on two...
Steve Hackett | Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live In Brighton – Live...
There seems to be no stopping guitarist Steve Hackett. Rising to fame with Genesis, then leaving in 1977 to forge his way through a solid career of 30 solo...
Jimi Hendrix Experience | Hollywood Bowl August 18, 1967 – Live Release Review
Even before Are You Experienced was released in the States, the buzz around the Jimi Hendrix Experience was ubiquitous. Their performance at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 18,...
Genesis | BBC Broadcasts – Live Release Review
The sprawling BBC Broadcasts, 53 songs in all, is an “alternative greatest hits” collection by Genesis. Curated by the band’s keyboardist Tony Banks, along with engineer and producer Nick...
Saga | Heads Or Tales Live – Live Release Review
Any album from the Canadian prog quintet Saga is always welcomed. In this case, a live album from 2010, during the brief time that Rob Moratti replaced lead vocalist...
Neil Young | Live At Massey Hall 1971 – CD Review
Of all the musical masks that Neil Young continually dons, none is more scrutinized and misunderstood than when it’s just him and an acoustic guitar (and maybe a dash...
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 Who | Live At The Fillmore East 1968 – CD Review
Live At Leads, the Who's first official live album released in 1970, accurately captures the band's fiery chemistry, precociously executed, flavored with pure bluster, sweat, bravery and recklessness...
Rory Gallagher | Live At Montreux – Live Album Release
“I want to be playing when I'm 50,” Irish son Rory Gallagher stated rather matter-of-factly during a Beat Instrumental interview in June 1971. In all likelihood, the acclaimed blues...
