Stuff | Live At Montreux 1976 – CD Review

There are just some things that have to be. If you gather guitar players, Cornell Dupree and Eric Gale, bassist Gordon Edwards, drummer Steve Gadd and keyboardist Richard Tee...

Jeff Beck | Live+ – CD Review

On stage, Jeff Beck keeps the music moving and evolving, even as he steps back to revisit his roots. But that isn't even safe from the guitarist's appetite to...

Grateful Dead | Fillmore West 1969 – Live Releases Review

In the nonstop cavalcade of live releases from the Grateful Dead camp, Fillmore West 1969 is a stand-out collection. Taken from the same four-night run comprising the legendary Live...

KISS Destroys Anaheim ‘76 – Live Release Review

Like so many impressionable teenagers of my generation, I got caught up in the hype around KISS in the mid-1970s. After hearing their debut at a friend’s, I picked...

Freedom: Jimi Hendrix Experience Atlanta Pop Festival – CD Review

Even with the challenges of putting on a rock festival in the Deep South, the apparent success of the 1969 Atlanta Pop Festival prompted promoter Alex Cooley to stage...

B.B. King | In France: Live At The 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival –...

B.B. King’s In France: Live At The 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival was recorded at the third bi-annual Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival in Nancy, France. The set sees the...

Steve Hunter | Tone Poems Live – CD Review

Steve Hunter’s slightly distorted lead guitar cuts over a solid beat from drummer Alvino Bennett, low down moments from bassist Tony Levin and a subtle Phil Aaberg organ slippin’...

Dirty Honey | Mayhem & Revelry Live – Live Release Review

“When this fuckin’ riff kicks in, I want to see everybody in this fuckin’ house jumpin’, ” shouts Dirty Honey singer Marc LaBelle right before the opening riff to...

Elvis Presley | Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (The Legacy Edition) – CD Review

I recall being at a party at my aunt’s house in April 1973. Two of my aunts were scrambling in front of the TV to watch Elvis Presley’s satellite...

John Fogerty | 50 Year Trip: Live At Red Rocks – DVD/CD Review

John Fogerty is in fine form celebrating his half-century in music on 50 Year Trip: Live At Red Rocks, available on CD, vinyl and DVD. Filmed and recorded on...