Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band | August 7, 2010 | Greek Theatre...

Review by Shawn Perry If someone had told me 40 years ago I’d be attending a Ringo Starr concert in 2010 to see the 70-year-old Beatle singing his old...

Neil Young | Songs For Judy – CD Review

If you follow Neil Young's career with an ear for history, it seems like the mid 1970s was when the singer, songwriter, guitarist and activist really started to assert...

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...

Small Faces | Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake (Expanded) – Box Set Review

Even as it can be said that the individual members of the Small Faces went on to bigger and better things, the group itself managed to nudge things delightfully...

Rock ‘n Blues Festival | August 2, 2013 | Grove of Anaheim | Anaheim,...

Review by LA Butler Photos by Kimberly Annette New rock factoid: guy rock fans of a certain age (50+) wear polyester Hawaiian print shirts. Yep, rock and roll meet Tommy Bahama....

ZZ Top | August 15, 2010 | Pacific Amphitheatre | Costa Mesa, CA –...

Review by Shawn Perry Photos by Ron Lyon The 2010 concert season at Orange County’s Pacific Amphitheatre ended with a bang (plus a little hell raisin’ and beer drinkin’) when ZZ...

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...

AndersonPonty Band | May 1, 2016 | Grove of Anaheim | Anaheim, CA –...

Review by Shawn Perry In the eight years since he was unceremoniously dismissed from Yes, singer Jon Anderson has bounced back time and time again. He has collaborated on...

Paul Rodgers & Riders On The Storm | August 11, 2007 | Pacific Amphitheatre...

By Shawn Perry There's nothing like driving to the Orange County Fairgrounds in anticipation of eating cotton candy, riding the merry-go-round, petting an elephant and throwing quarters at glass plates....

Last in Line | February 1, 2019 | Whisky a Go Go | Hollywood,...

Review & Photos by Charlie Steffens Hollywood’s Whisky a Go Go was packed with a throng of people who had come in from the rain to see Last in Line....