Paul McCartney | Memory Almost Full (Limited Edition) – CD Review

I rarely bother with reissues of new records, even if they include DVDs. And I especially won't go out of my way for a reissue of an album I...

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...

Robert Plant Presents The Sensational Space Shifters | Grace Potter & The Nocturnals |...

Review by Shawn Perry Photos by Spud Johnson Until tonight, I hadn’t seen Robert Plant since 2002 when he toured behind Dreamland, an incredibly dense, diverse album that helped pave...

Creedence Clearwater Revival | Reissues – CD Review

The bitter relations between Fantasy Records and its star attraction, Creedence Clearwater Revival, or more directly John Fogerty, began to thaw when Fogerty rejoined the label (now owned by...

Yes | Fragile (Super Deluxe Edition) – Box Set Review

When guitarist Steve Howe came aboard the good ship Yes in 1970, the wind caught the sails just right and a chemistry began to coalesce. Together, they recorded and...

Concert Review: Leo Kottke | 2/28/12 | City Winery | New York, NY

Review by Ralph Greco, Jr. I double-dog dare you to find a better guitarist than Leo Kottke — go ahead and look for one … I’ll wait. You’d be hard-pressed to...

Small Faces | The Decca Years – Box Set Review

Before Rod Stewart and Ron Wood came along, the Faces were Small and lead by future Humble Pie screamer Steve Marriott. Their four year career is typically split in...

Jeff Beck | Live+ – CD Review

On stage, Jeff Beck keeps the music moving and evolving, even as he steps back to revisit his roots. But that isn't even safe from the guitarist's appetite to...

The Beatles | Love – CD Review

There is little doubt in anyone’s mind that the music of Beatles is one of the most treasured archives in existence. Legendary court battles, bidding wars, copyright infringements —...

Yes | Progeny: Seven Shows From Seventy-Two – Box Set Review

When it comes to the golden age of progressive rock, 1972 is arguably one of its most poignant and evolutionary years. There was Jethro Tull pushing the conceptual boundaries...