John Wetton | An Extraordinary Life – Box Set Review
Dearly departed John Wetton surely warrants a sprawling solo career retrospective…and he gets it with an eight-CD boxset called An Extraordinary Life. Although the bassist, vocalist, and songwriter played with...
Queen + Béjart: Ballet for Life – Blu-ray Disc Review
With Queen’s popularity registered at an all-time high — due in no small part to the Bohemian Rhapsody movie — it’s no wonder there’s a renewed interest in anything...
Captain Beyond | Lost & Found 1972-1973 – CD Review
Certainly going beyond what any of us ever thought we’d hear from super group Captain Beyond, Lost & Found 1972-1973 features never-heard-before vintage demo tracks, from these self-described “space...
Santana | Supernatural – CD Review
By the end of the 1990s, the music of Carlos Santana was apparently in need of a major overhaul. Actually, many of Santana’s peers were up against the same...
Ann Wilson of Heart | March 12, 2017 | The Wiltern | Los Angeles,...
Review by Shawn Perry
It used to be that when members of bands went solo, it was over issues like bad blood and/or musical differences. That still happens in certain...
Tower of Power | May 28, 2011 | The Greek Theatre | Los Angeles,...
Review by Junkman
Funk. A word that is familiar to most of us, but not necessarily defined correctly. Loosely translated, it can be described as the sweaty, stinky, state of...
Alice Cooper | Billion Dollar Babies – SACD Review
The original Alice Cooper band initially got noticed because of their image and outrageous stage antics. Looking back, it was really the music — driven by catchy, punchy hooks,...
Rush | Grace Under Pressure: Super Deluxe Edition – Box Set Review
After Rush finally broke with 2112, they tended to refine and progress with each new album. When it came to the 1980s, that process had to conform to a...
The Pretenders | Pretenders & Pretenders II – CD Review
Rhino has reissued Pretenders and Pretenders II , the first two albums from the Pretenders, as two-disc sets. The first disc contains a remastered version of the original album,...
ZZ Top & Jeff Beck | August 16, 2014 | The Joint | Las...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Junkman
Talk about a dream team. When it was announced ZZ Top and Jeff Beck were getting together for a summer tour, I knew I...
