The Who | August 16, 2000 | Verizon Amphitheater | Irvine, CA – Concert...
Review by Shawn Perry
Some 30 years ago, the strength and magic behind The Who was their raw and primal approach to making music. This was never more apparent then...
Ian Gillan | Gillan’s Inn (Deluxe Tour Edition) – CD Review
Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan, a true Renaissance man and proprietor of British hard rock, knows how to build on a good thing. In this case, he’s added another...
Van Halen & Kenny Wayne Shepherd | July 14, 2015 | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre...
Review & Photos by Charlie Steffens
Since playing backyard parties in their native Pasadena, and the clubs along Hollywood’s Sunset Strip in the 70s, Van Halen has maintained a loyal following....
The Tubes | Mondo Pulp: Live In Europe 2016 – CD Review
The Tubes have released their Mondo Pulp: Live In Europe 2016 to remind us all what we will be getting if we go see the quintet live these days....
Roadcase Royale | May 31, 2017 | Coach House | San Juan Capistrano, CA...
Review & Photos by Mimi Franco
Things got loud at the Coach House for a Wednesday night as Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson...
Bob Dylan | The Witmark Demos – CD Review
When Bob Dylan first started, the music business was a completely different game from what it is today. Songwriters wrote the songs and different singers sang those songs. At...
Eddie Vedder | July 6, 2011 | Terrace Theater | Long Beach, CA
Review by Ron Lyon & Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
“Hello Long Beach…”
Three words Eddie Vedder apparently thought he’d never put together. But as someone who spent his formative...
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...
Jethro Tull | The Best Of Acoustic – CD Review
They may be lumped in with the mallet heads because of “Aqualung” and “Locomotive Breath,” but Jethro Tull and their gift for tendering a song with the proper aural...
Heart & Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience | August 22, 2013 | Greek...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Maria Younghans
On December 2, 2012, Heart and Jason Bonham teamed up to play “Stairway To Heaven” at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C....
