The Alan Parsons Project | Reissues – CD Review
Beginning as a ‘tea-runner’ at Abbey Road studios, Alan Parsons graduated to engineering albums like the Beatles' Let It Be and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon....
Tommy Bolin | Whirlwind – CD Review
Guitarist Tommy Bolin, who died in 1976, is a classic case of the "what if's." Listening to his work with Billy Cobham, James Gang and Deep Purple, as well...
Styx & Surprise Guest Don Felder | January 17, 2017 | Grove of Anaheim...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Maria Huizinga
If you read my reviews with any regularity, you probably assume I attend a lot of concerts. And your assumption would be correct....
George Harrison | Living In The Material World – CD Review
Arriving almost three years after All Things Must Pass, George Harrison’s Living In The Material World would establish a stylistic precedent that would take root for the next 30...
Harry Nilsson | The RCA Albums Collection – Box Set Review
With 17 discs, there is a lot of music on Harry Nilsson’s The RCA Albums Collection box set from Legacy. It includes all of the singer-songwriter’s RCA albums, some...
Foreigner, Cheap Trick & Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience | September 1, 2017 |...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
There’s nothing quite like catching three bands at a beautiful venue in the middle of nowhere. Which isn’t to say Wheatland is nowhere,...
Deep Purple | 2011 Reissues – CD Review
Before the lineups that made “Smoke On The Water” and “Burn,” the original Deep Purple recorded three glorious albums, setting the foundation for what the band would eventually blossom...
Asia | May 5, 2011 | Mayo Performing Arts Center | Morristown, NJ –...
Review by Ralph Greco, Jr.
In the last few years, I have had the occasion to catch a lot of the old guard at work — Styx, Kansas, Rush, even...
The Alan Parsons Project | The Turn Of A Friendly Card – Box Set...
The Turn Of A Friendly Card is the fifth album from The Alan Parsons Project, the “band” spearheaded by celebrated producer and engineer Alan Parsons, and composer, musician, and...
Steve Hackett – Genesis Extended Tour | November 14, 2014 | The Town Hall...
Review by Ralph Greco, Jr.
Photos courtesy of IconPhoto
A passionate precision in all things — that’s what I felt after seeing Steve Hackett. Whether as lead guitarist of Genesis or...
