Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band | Harpo’s Detroit Dec. 11, 1980 – CD...
In the early 70s, I first experienced Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, and their own interpretation of music, thanks to a couple of albums my brother owned. In...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Greg Lake King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live...
From the King Biscuit Flower Hour come two newly remastered reissues from the ELP camp. The Greatest Hits Live set from Emerson, Lake and Palmer is taken from two...
Mountain Jam X: A Family Affair – Concert Report + Photos
Hunter Mountain, NY
Story & Photos by Stanley Johnson
Hunter Mountain in the Catskills of New York has hosted Mountain Jam for the past decade. This year’s four-day festival’s highlight was...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | September 30, 1997 | Humphrey’s By The Sea |...
Review by Shawn Perry
Pretentious. Overbearing. Pompous. These adjectives and many more like them have been used to describe Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) -- the progressive power trio whose...
Allman Brothers Band & Doobie Brothers | May 19, 2009 | Greek Theatre |...
Review by Shawn Perry
Few stages get as much talent on one evening as L.A.’s Greek Theatre did on the first of a two-night run featuring the Allman Brothers...
Blue Öyster Cult | The Essential Blue Öyster Cult – CD Review
I know great fans of a particular band will argue over what exactly would be that band's essential songs, so I usually err on the side of caution when...
Keith Emerson | Various Reissues – CD Review
Keith Emerson, despite a series of misfortunes and miscalculated career moves, is still considered a legendary virtuoso of the keyboards. The Nice and ELP fading in his rear-view mirror,...
AC/DC | November 13, 2008 | Madison Square Garden | New York, NY –...
Concert Review by Ralph Greco, Jr.
The best surprise is no surprise. Through the kindness and contacts of my superfragilistic brother-in-law, I happened to score a pair of the hottest...
Various Artists | Come Together: A Night For John Lennon’s Words & Music –...
Recorded a month after the 9/11 tragedy, Come Together: A Night For John Lennon’s Words And Music is an interesting amalgamation of music, archival Lennon video and audio and...
Furthur Festival | July 25, 1998 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, CA –...
By Shawn Perry
When Jerry Garcia passed away in 1995, the Grateful Dead's 30-year musical odyssey of magic and mischief came to an abrupt end. As legions of Deadheads bade...
