Joe Satriani | Surfing With The Alien (Legacy Edition) – Reissue Review

Every now and then there seems to be someone who takes it to another level — in sports, entertainment, politics, whatever. In the world of the rock guitarist, there...

Trio Of Doom | John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius, Tony Williams – CD Review

Over the years, much has been said about power trios. From Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience to ZZ Top and the Police, three-piece bands harbor a delicate, yet...

Bill Bruford | Video Anthology Vol. 2 (DVD) Rock Goes To College (CD)

Bill Bruford is one musician extremely difficult to label. Having tasted success early on as a founding member of Yes — along with a reoccurring role in King Crimson and a...

Heart | Dreamboat Annie Live

Heart has broken musical ground and given rock and roll a strong, healthy pulse for 30 years. Vocalist Ann Wilson and her guitar-slinging sister Nancy shook up the 1970s music scene;...

Chicago | The Best Of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition

In the booklet of the new two-CD set, The Best Of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition, Chicago’s sax/flute player (and original member) Walter Parazaider boasts, “Going back to Glenn Miller days, I...

Refugee | Live In Concert – Newcastle City Hall 1974

So there they were: Lee Jackson and Brian Davison, the rhythm section for the Nice, left for dead on the side of the road without so much as two shillings to...

George Thorogood & The Destroyers | Bad To The Bone (25th Anniversary Edition)

I remember back ‘in the day’ my friend Tom catching George Thorogood & The Destroyers at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey. Thorogood was breezing through town, promoting an album...

Various Artists | Dear Mr. Fantasy: Featuring The Music Of Jim Capaldi & Traffic

Did anybody know that Traffic was planning to regroup and tour!? This fact alone makes the new double CD concert: Dear Mr. Fantasy: Featuring The Music Of Jim Capaldi & Traffic...

Sly & The Family Stone | Greatest Hits

These days, Sly Stone is famous for being eccentric and reclusive. There was a time, however, in the late 60s and early 70s when the lanky, afro-haired musician was everywhere, especially...

Pink Floyd | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Forty years after its release, and a little over a year after the death of Syd Barrett, a primary architect, Pink Floyd’s 1967 debut The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn...