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,...

Yes | Topographic Drama: Live Across America – CD Review

Topographic Drama — Live Across America was recorded over 12 concerts from February 2017. For this record, this incarnation of Yes — guitarist Steve Howe, keyboardist Geoff Downes, bassist...

Foreigner | Alive & Rockin’ – CD Review

When Foreigner recorded Alive & Rockin' (originally released as a DVD) in 2006 at the Bang Your Head!!! Festival in Balingen, Germany, they offered themselves up like sacrificial...

Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators | Live At The Roxy 9.25.14 –...

You put Slash at the Roxy with gold-throated Myles Kennedy singing and the band the Conspirators behind them, you can pretty much be assured that you're going to get...

Beck, Bogert & Appice | Live In Japan 1973, Live In London 1974 –...

There are many chapters in the Jeff Beck story. There is, however, one without closure. From 1972 to 1974, Beck released an album and toured with bassist Tim Bogert...

Grateful Dead | Live At The Cow Palace: New Year’s Eve 1976 – CD...

A flood of live recordings resting idly in the vault, and the keepers of the Grateful Dead flame continue to dig for new and acute angles in which to...

Neil Young | Songs For Judy – CD Review

If you follow Neil Young's career with an ear for history, it seems like the mid 1970s was when the singer, songwriter, guitarist and activist really started to assert...

The Myths And Legends Of Rick Wakeman – Live Release Review

“I’m still wondering, though, if I am more of a myth than a legend,” Rick Wakeman quips over the title of the four-disc live collection, The Myths And Legends Of...

Marillion | A Sunday Night Above The Rain – CD Review

I remember first hearing Marillion in a Tower Records store in NYC in 1983. I was taken by lead singer Fish and his Peter Gabriel-like vocals and the group’s...

Deep Purple | In Concert With The London Symphony – Live Release Review

Deep Purple is at a stage in their career where they either fall under tweo labels: "classic rock oldies act" or "dynamic recording and touring act". In Concert With...