Heart, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts & Cheap Trick | August 23, 2016 |...
Review by Shawn Perry
Heart Photos by Charlie Steffens/Gnarlyfotos
Joan Jett Photo by Maria Huizinga
Cheap Trick Photos by Don Redondo
The mid to late 70s saw a radical shift in popular music....
Renaissance | October 16, 2009 | South Orange Performing Arts Center | South Orange,...
Review by Ralph Greco, Jr.
So, I have finally been vindicated — it is the 70s again…just as I've been saying all along. Annie Haslam and Michael Dunford led...
The Yardbirds | June 8, 2017 | Don The Beachcomber | Huntington Beach, CA...
Review by Shawn Perry
In 2011, I wrote a piece called 'Why The Yardbirds Will Always Matter,' based on interviews I had done with two of the band's founding members...
Bob Dylan | July 15, 2011 | Pacific Amphitheatre | Costa Mesa, CA
Review by Mateo Carlin
Photos by Jim McCluney
There was an air of excitement in Costa Mesa, not only for the grand opening of the 2011 Orange County Fair, but...
Rival Sons & Mount Holly | February 12, 2016 | The Observatory | Santa...
Review by Junkman
Photos by Ron Lyon
Rarely does a band come along and consistently blow your mind in a live performance. These days it seems to be hit and miss...
California Breed | May 28, 2014 | Whisky A Go-Go | Hollywood, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
In 1976, I stepped into the Whisky A Go-Go and saw Van Halen for the first time. I had serious doubts I would...
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...
Rival Sons |September 19, 2014 | The Observatory | Santa Ana, CA – Concert...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
For the first show behind their fourth album Great Western Valkyrie on home-turf California, Rival Sons let loose with a soulful, hard rockin’...
BEAT | October 6, 2024 | Keswick Theatre | Glenside, PA – Concert Review...
Review & photos by Ira Kantor
I’ll be honest… after witnessing in-person the BEAT quartet of Adrian Belew, Danny Carey, Tony Levin, and Steve Vai tear into tracks from the...
Jeff Lynne’s ELO | September 11, 2016 | Hollywood Bowl | Hollywood, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Mathew Imaging
Jeff Lynne and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are interchangeable, joined at the hip, together forever, you can’t have one without the other. Former...
