Steven Wilson | May 10, 2013 | Club Nokia | Los Angeles, CA –...

Review by Shawn Perry Photos by Ron Lyon You have to respect someone like Steven Wilson. He took the concept of Porcupine Tree and molded it into a formidable progressive...

Deep Purple/Blue Öyster Cult/Edgar Winter | August 12, 2007 | Pacific Amphitheatre | Costa...

By Shawn Perry In the last few years, I've had some incredible close encounters with Deep Purple. There was the Blockbuster Pavilion show in San Bernardino, a simmering 100 degrees,...

The Big 4 | April 23, 2011 | Empire Polo Club | Indio, CA...

Review and photos by Junkman It seems like, for a long time now, people in the heavy metal community have been talking about the next big thing to happen. There...

Lita Ford | January 11, 2014 | M15 Concert, Bar & Grill | Corona,...

Review by Shawn Perry Photos by Jeff Serpa Protocol used to dictate that a woman past the mid-century mark who still wants to rock needs to reevaluate her priorities. Fortunately, Lita...

Greg Lake | Welcome Backstage – CD/DVD Review

No longer tied to a band, Greg Lake still possesses the talent and fortitude to keep his musical palette salivated and slippery. Like his former bandmates, he relies heavily...

Tom Jones | September 29, 2016 | Wellmont Theater | Montclair, NJ – Concert...

Review by Ralph Greco, Jr. I hate to be such an obvious punster, but it’s ‘not unusual’ for Tom Jones to present a near-perfect two-hour concert. The iconic singer might...

Allman Brothers Band | The Fox Box – Boxset Review

With The Allman Brothers Band calling it day in 2014, and Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks put to rest in 2017, all that's left of the fabled kings of...

Loverboy | Rock ‘N Roll Revival – CD Review

With 10 million albums sold and their nearly patented red leather pants and bandanas, what band was more synonymous with MTV videos and big rockin' radio hits of the...

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...

John Wetton | Akustika: Live In Amerika / Akustika II: Return To Amerika –...

As a singer, bassist and songwriter who played with Asia, UK, King Crimson, Uriah Heep and Roxy Music, John Wetton was a giant on the prog music scene. The...