Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | July 25, 2013 | Pacific Amphitheatre | Costa...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Kimberly Annette
If you’re coming to see Joan Jett, then you’re coming to hear short, catchy songs with tons of depth and intensity. That’s why...
Deep Purple & Foghat | August 12, 2015 | Pacific Amphitheatre | Costa Mesa,...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
Who’d have thought that in 2015, you could see Foghat and Deep Purple together on the same bill. At the fair, no less....
Dead & Company | July 16, 2022 | Citi Field | New York, NY...
Review by Shawn Perry
After experiencing the Grateful Dead, JGB, Phil & Friends, Ratdog, the Dead, Further, and the Fare Thee Well gigs in Santa Clara, I finally made it...
Journey, Pat Benatar & Loverboy | July 21, 2012 | San Manuel Amphitheater |...
Review by Annette Higby
Photos by Brian Tierney
A triple-bill featuring some of the 80s’ finest at the sacred ground of the US Festival — what more could you ask for?...
Rival Sons | August 11, 2023 | House of Blues | Las Vegas, NV...
Review & photos by Joe Schaeffer
Rival Sons, in the midst of a tour with The Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots and Interpol, took the opportunity to perform a headline...
Heaven & Earth | September 21, 2013 | Canyon Club | Agoura Hills, CA...
Review by Marianne Heath
Photos by Kimberly Annette
On a typical end-of-summer warm evening in the San Fernando Valley, I went to check out a band I’d never seen before, playing...
Rush | June 20, 2011 | The Gibson Amphitheatre | Los Angeles, CA...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
with additional photos by Allan Tellias
Without a “new” studio album to promote, some musical artists have to get wildly creative when they hit...
Deep Purple | January 29, 1998 | House of Blues | Hollywood, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
Deep Purple is a dinosaur that refuses to die. That's the only way I can assess their continued existence. Unlike other bands who have stuck it...
ZZ Top | November 24, 2021 | Opry House | Nashville, TN – Concert...
Review by Shawn Perry
Like everyone else, ZZ Top’s touring schedule was derailed in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was supposed to be a celebration of the group’s...
The Marshall Tucker Band | March 5, 2020 | The Historic State Theatre |...
Review & Photos by Kimberly Annette
When we think of the rock sound of the 70s and all the immense talent that went into creating a genre that still lives...

















