The Kinks | The Essential Kinks & Muswell Hillbillies (Legacy Edition) – CD Review
Now that Legacy Recordings has retained licensing rights to the Kinks catalog in the States for recordings made for RCA Records and Arista from 1971 to 1985, they have...
Steve Perry | Traces – CD Review
Sporting one of the most recognizable voices in modern pop rock music, and being out of the music business for over two decades, former Journey singer Steve Perry ‘returns’...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | October 2, 2010 | Verizon Amphitheater | Irvine,...
Review by Shawn Perry
Sitting here at the Verizon Amphitheater in Irvine, amongst a gathering of some 20,000, I reminded of two friends, two Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fans....
John Lennon | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – The Ultimate Collection – Box Set...
Hot on the heels of 2020’s Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes., which celebrated John Lennon’s 80th birthday, is another installment in the ‘Ultimate Collection’ series that marks the...
Adrian Belew Power Trio | May 12, 2017 | Swyer Theatre – The Egg...
Review by David Gardiner
Photos by Stan Johnson
It was all about the fun with Adrian Belew at the Egg. Before he came out to play, one of his roadies did...
The Go-Go’s | August 30, 2016 | Greek Theatre | Los Angeles, CA –...
Review & Photos by Alex Kluft
For what's likely to be their final appearance in Los Angeles, the Go-Go’s walked out at 9:25, welcomed the audience and went right into...
Paul Simon | 2011 Reissues – CD Review
It wasn’t surprising that Paul Simon went through the 70s with a string of solo hits. Splitting with his partner Art Garfunkel, the main songwriter of the team went...
Billy Joel | The Hits – CD Review
The 40th anniversary of Billy Joel’s first solo album, the often maligned, sometimes forgotten and supposedly terribly mixed Cold Spring Harbor comes around 2011. For now, the wonderfully stripped...
Creedence Clearwater Revival | The Singles Collection – CD Review
The smoke has cleared for Fantasy Records to get creative with their most coveted property — the catalog of Creedence Clearwater Revival. The reissues from 2008 were just the...
Dhani Harrison | November 28, 2017 | The Observatory | Santa Ana, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry & Ron Lyon
Concert Photos by Ron Lyon
Following a festive Thanksgiving, The Observatory hosted an evening of eclectic music featuring Dhani Harrison, Summer Moon and Mereki....
