Jerry Garcia | The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia – CD Review
Jerry Garcia’s activities outside of the Grateful Dead are well documented and all-encompassing. The amount of recording and playing he did as a solo artist, as well as with...
Ian Anderson | September 18, 2014 | Segerstrom Hall | Costa Mesa, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
It’s taken a little while to sink in, but I think I’ve finally figured out why Ian Anderson has put Jethro Tull — the band not...
Midnight Oil | Essential Oils – CD Review
The aptly named Essential Oils is a double CD compilation that pretty much spans the entire career of Australia's Midnight Oil - beginning with tracks from their 1978 self-titled...
Nektar | Remember The Future (50th Anniversary Edition) – Box Set Review
Released in 1973, Nektar gave the world their two-part concept album Remember The Future. Charting in Germany and reaching number thirteen on the US Billboard charts, the band’s fourth...
Greg Lake | Greg Lake & Manoeuvres – CD Review
On the heels of receiving a honorary degree from the Conservatorio Nicolini in Piacenza, Italy — the very first honorary degree for music the prestigious university has ever awarded...
Concert Review: Leo Kottke | 2/28/12 | City Winery | New York, NY
Review by Ralph Greco, Jr.
I double-dog dare you to find a better guitarist than Leo Kottke — go ahead and look for one … I’ll wait.
You’d be hard-pressed to...
Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience | May 31, 2015 | Greek Theatre | Los...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ronnie Lyon
Now in its fifth year, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience ended its 2015 tour at their favorite venue to a sold-out house. “If...
Chicago | July 28, 2011 | Pacific Amphitheatre | Costa Mesa, CA –...
Review by Sara Escalante
Photos by Ron Lyon
As the sun began to set on a warm summer night at the Orange County fair grounds, groups of crochet bearing baby...
King Crimson | June 28, 1995 | Copley Hall | San Diego, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
To quote Robert Fripp, King Crimson can "rip out of the boundaries and shred wallpaper at three miles..."
And who is more qualified to describe the potency...
Todd Rundgren | April 6, 2012 | Coach House | San Juan Capistrano, CA...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Donald McMullen
You have to wonder why Todd Rundgren keeps coming back to the Coach House. Not that it’s a bad thing necessarily; it’s just...
