The Classic West | July 15 & 16, 2017 | Dodger Stadium | Los...

Review by Shawn Perry If you had brought the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Journey, the Doobie Brothers and Earth, Wind & Fire together for a festival in the 1970s,...

Sandy West Memorial Tribute Concert | December 9, 2006 | The Knitting Factory |...

Concert Review by Junkman Sandy West, the beloved drummer for the all female 70s band the Runaways, passed away on October 21, 2006. She inspired many young girls to pick...

The Alan Parsons Project | The Sicilian Defence – CD Review

The Alan Parsons Project’s The Sicilian Defence is finally seeing the light of day after being lost in contractual negotiations with Arista Records in 1981. The 10-track disc applies...

Jethro Tull | A Passion Play: An Extended Performance & WarChild: The 40th Anniversary...

There is no question that 2014 will go down as a banner year for Jethro Tull fans. Aside from Ian Anderson’s continued forays into the solo realm with Homo...

Led Zeppelin | I, II, III Deluxe Editions – CD Review

Diehard fans of Led Zeppelin knew that at some point the lid would be blown off, and Jimmy Page would finally cough up the goods nice and proper —...

Pink Floyd | The Wall (Experience & Immersion Editions) – CD Review

The Experience and Immersion editions of Pink Floyd's The Wall are, supposedly, the last bricks to fill in the Why Pink Floyd? reissue campaign. Following expanded versions of The...

Pink Floyd | The Later Years – Box Set Review

Pink Floyd has gone to great lengths to preserve their legacy with numerous box sets, compilations, and DVDs/Blu-ray Discs. In 2016, they put out the monolithic, 33-disc The Early...

Grateful Dead | May 19-21, 1995 | Las Vegas, NV – Concert Review

Review by Shawn Perry This review originally appeared in Whatzup Magazine, June 1995 The Grateful Dead have made the Las Vegas trek an annual event that usually falls on a week-end...

The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set – Box Set Review

The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set is a definitive collection of alternate outtakes and vintage live recordings. Spanning a career that exploded in 1966 and never let up for...

50 Years of Jeff Beck | August 10, 2016 | Hollywood Bowl | Hollywood,...

Review by Shawn Perry How do you celebrate 50 years as one of the world’s most revered guitarists? If you’re Jeff Beck, you make a new, edgy record, put out...