Pearl Jam | Ten – CD Review
There’s a music message board I frequent where competitive threads abound, pitting one artist, song, album or genre against another. Decades is a popular topic — you know the...
Van Morrison | Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Hardly a hit when it was released in 1968, Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks is considered a classic in the world of popular music and a shining light in a rather...
Grateful Dead | To Terrapin: Hartford 77 – CD Review
By all accounts, 1977 was a pivotal year for the Grateful Dead. The
Grateful Dead Movie (clever title and direction courtesy of
one Jerry Garcia) hit the big screen for a...
Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry (25th Anniversary Edition) – Reissue Review
Leave it to Rhino to roll out a 25th anniversary edition of Twisted Sister’s infamous album Stay Hungry. Remembering the cartoon-like videos for “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and...
Nektar | Fortyfied
You’re not gonna find a more progressive cult band than Nektar. Never
having seen this German-based band back in the day (they formed in 1969 and
played throughout the 70s), my...
The Jayhawks | Music From The North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology
OK, sit back because we got a lot of ground to cover. Music From The
North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology is the first-ever career-spanning
collection from the Jayhawks, a Minneapolis band...
John Mellencamp | Life Death Live And Freedom
Playing new material before live audience before it’s been released
is a dicey proposition. In most cases, it’s either because the song isn’t
ready to be played before an audience or...
The Woodstock Experience – CD Review
Everyone’s piling on the the 40th anniversary of Woodstock bandwagon. Added and unreleased audio and video is out or on its way; films like Academy Award-winning Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock,...
Various Artists | Funny People Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Just when you thought Wes Anderson had a lock on the classic rock soundtrack,
along comes Judd Apatow, the man behind The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked
Up and Superbad, with a soundtrack...
Rory Gallagher | Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher
According to Rolling Stone, the late Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher
brought up the rear end of the first wave of blues revivalists from the British
Isles. Eric Clapton even said Gallagher...
