Shaw/Blades | November 9, 2007 | The Coach House | San Juan Capistrano, CA

by Junkman Again As a musician, I love a good jam session. I’ve spent many nights in a fellow musician’s living room banging on a box or phone book (I’m...

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...

Graham Nash | October 9, 2016 | Troy Savings Bank Music Hall | Troy,...

Review by David Gardiner Photos by Stan Johnson New York is now home to legendary singer and songwriter Graham Nash, so he stayed local with a trip to one of the...

Van Morrison | The Authorized Bang Collection – CD Review

The Authorized Bang Collection, a sprawling three CD set, presents a library of Van Morrison’s early songs when he was recording for Bang Records, founded by American producer and...

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...

Rival Sons & Mount Holly | February 12, 2016 | The Observatory | Santa...

Review by Junkman Photos by Ron Lyon Rarely does a band come along and consistently blow your mind in a live performance. These days it seems to be hit and miss...

The Flock | Heaven Bound – The Lost Album – CD Review

The Flock were one of the many bands of the 60s and 70s like Chicago or Blood Sweat & Tears caught somewhere between jazz and rock, their one distinguishing...

George Harrison | Living In The Material World – CD Review

Arriving almost three years after All Things Must Pass, George Harrison’s Living In The Material World would establish a stylistic precedent that would take root for the next 30...

Todd Rundgren | An Evening With Todd Rundgren – Live At The Ridgefield –...

Todd Rundgren’s An Evening With Todd Rundgren – Live At The Ridgefield is a multimedia live extravaganza that showcases the singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and producer’s diverse catalog. For...

Merry Clayton | The Best Of Merry Clayton – CD Review

Providing call and response backing vocals to Ray Charles, that eerie iconic female "rape…murder" and "oooh's" to "Gimme Shelter," singing background for Carol King, Tom Jones, and even on...