Paul McCartney & Wings | Venus & Mars & At The Speed of Sound...
As Paul McCartney, the Energizer Bunny of rock, continues to play stadiums and issue new music, the archives have been shedding some sweet goodies. The reissues of Wings albums...
The Beatles | The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 – Boxset Review
I admit I was a slightly disconcerted in 1987 when the Beatles rolled out their precious catalog on compact disc, and they decided to release the British versions instead...
Johnny Winter | July 26, 2013 | Coach House | San Juan Capistrano, CA...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Robert Govier
When I heard Johnny Winter, the legendary blues-rock guitarist from Texas, was coming back to the Coach House, I was bound and determined...
2011 Sunset Strip Music Festival Review
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Alex Kluft
The Sunset Strip Music Festival keeps expanding and diversifying and stretching itself out over three blocks of the immortal boulevard, an area...
The Moody Blues | January 19, 2005 | Pechanga Resort & Casino | Temecula,...
Review by Shawn Perry
There aren’t enough superlatives to describe the magical allure of the Moody Blues. If you throw aside the flash, gimmicks and clothing lines, there are...
Toto | 40 Trips Around The Sun – CD Review
Toto is one of those great musical collectives that people (hopefully unintentionally) tend to define by two hits from their most successful album — “Rosanna” and “Africa.” I’m putting...
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...
The Who | Then & Now – CD Review
Then And Now 1964-2004 may be the umpteenth compilation from the Who, but there's something special that sets it apart from its predecessors: new material. Pete Townshend has taken...
Eric Johnson | Europe Live – CD Review
It is a fairly safe bet, when listening to a CD by a "guitar virtuoso” you won’t be disappointed by the musicianship. The skill level is all but guaranteed...
Jethro Tull | November 28, 2007 | New Jersey Performing Arts Center | Newark,...
by Ralph Greco, Jr.
Joking that his and guitarist Martin Barre’s combined ages add up to 121 years, Ian Anderson led the latest incarnation of Jethro Tull through two...
