Rush | May 11, 2008 | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre | Irvine, CA – Concert...

Concert Review by Junkman I’m a guy that likes to go to live events. Rock concerts in particular. I’ve seen many good ones, many not so good. A few years...

Richie Kotzen | September 21, 2024 | Count’s Vamp’d | Las Vegas, NV –...

Review & photos by Joe Schaeffer Count’s Vamp’d Rock Bar & Grill provided an intimate setting that perfectly suited Kotzen’s stripped-back vibe. The venue was packed with enthusiastic fans, creating...

Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy | November 13, 2019 | Musikfest Café | Bethlehem, PA...

Review by Ralph Greco, Jr. Photos by Joe Swarctz Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy rolled into the dinner theater space of the Musikfest Café of PA’s Arts Quest Center at Steel Stacks. On...

Shaw/Blades | November 9, 2007 | The Coach House | San Juan Capistrano, CA

by Junkman Again As a musician, I love a good jam session. I’ve spent many nights in a fellow musician’s living room banging on a box or phone book (I’m...

Roger Hodgson | September 16, 2012 | Taste of Newport | Newport Beach, CA...

Review by Shawn Perry Photos by Ron Lyon When you go to see someone like Roger Hodgson perform, you realize how powerful and resounding certain songs can be. Certainly, “Dreamer,”...

The Mark Stein Project | January 30, 2018 | B.B. King Blues Club...

Review by Anne Leighton Rock and roll history almost missed Mark Stein. Thankfully he decided to create his own Matrix, and called it The Mark Stein Project featuring talented musicians...

Steven Wilson | June 12, 2015 | City National Grove of Anaheim | Anaheim,...

Review by Shawn Perry On the road behind his 2015 release Hand. Cannot. Erase., Steven Wilson and his band gave Anaheim over two hours of visceral, cerebral modern-day ‘prog’ delivered...

Steven Wilson | May 10, 2013 | Club Nokia | Los Angeles, CA –...

Review by Shawn Perry Photos by Ron Lyon You have to respect someone like Steven Wilson. He took the concept of Porcupine Tree and molded it into a formidable progressive...

Grateful Dead | May 19-21, 1995 | Las Vegas, NV – Concert Review

Review by Shawn Perry This review originally appeared in Whatzup Magazine, June 1995 The Grateful Dead have made the Las Vegas trek an annual event that usually falls on a week-end...

The Magpie Salute | September 13, 2017 | Fonda Theatre | Hollywood, CA –...

Review by Shawn Perry Photos by Kimberly Annette Let the naysayers declare that rock is dead. As long as a few old-school practitioners with the right chops keep it real, rock...