Renaissance | DeLane Lea Studios 1973 & Academy Of Music, NYC (1974) – CD...
De Lane Lea Studios 1973 comprises seven songs on a tour promoting the Ashes Are Burning album. According to the liner notes, the band was reluctant to tour...
The Tubes | Mondo Pulp: Live In Europe 2016 – CD Review
The Tubes have released their Mondo Pulp: Live In Europe 2016 to remind us all what we will be getting if we go see the quintet live these days....
Dennis DeYoung | …And The Music Of Styx: Live In Los Angeles – CD...
On March 18, 2014, Dennis DeYoung, former keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter of Styx, and his band took to the stage at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles for...
Eric Johnson | Europe Live – CD Review
It is a fairly safe bet, when listening to a CD by a "guitar virtuoso” you won’t be disappointed by the musicianship. The skill level is all but guaranteed...
Cream | The Goodbye Tour – Live At The Forum 1968 – Live Release...
By most accounts, Cream took the live concert experience to a whole new level. Gone was the maniacal chalice of teenage worship and bad sound. Here was a trio...
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...
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...
BEAT | Live – Live Release Review
Calling BEAT a “creative reinterpretation” of 80s-era King Crimson is arguably misleading.
If you listen closely to this quartet, you’d swear it was the real, original thing.
With this 19-track Live...
Greg Lake | Songs Of A Lifetime – CD Review
It's those classic songs and the stories behind them that make Greg Lake's Songs Of A Lifetime so special. While the former Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson and...
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...
