Mammoth WVH | Mammoth II – New Studio Release Review
Wolfgang Van Halen has released a second album under the moniker Mammoth WVH. The new album, simply entitled Mammoth II, is the follow-up to the 2021, self-titled debut album....
Record Store Day Spring 2023: Pick 6 Previews
Spring is in the air and Record Store Day is once again upon music fans. As usual, there are loads of special RSD releases coming to an independent record...
The Winery Dogs | April 6, 2023 | Brooklyn Bowl | Nashville, TN –...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Clint Searcy
When it comes to hard rock with a shot of rhythm and blues, there are plenty of choices. Add a little funk into...
Bob Weir | Ace (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) – Reissue Review
When a member of a famous band steps out to make a solo record, she or he usually recruits different musicians. Not Bob Weir. Once word got out about...
A+ Albums: The Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics (Vol. I), 1970-1982 | Hotel California...
Just in time for the holiday season of 2022 comes not one, but two new books by yours truly, A+ Albums: The Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics...
The Fee Waybill Interview (2022)
By Ira Kantor
It seems like it was only yesterday, but it was actually December 2019 when I saw my last concert prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Good Ol’ Freda And The Firedogs
Photos courtesy of Bobby Earl Smith
ZZ Top is known as “that little ol’ band from Texas.” Yet in the early 1970s, that honor could easily have been bestowed on a...
Day By Day: The Timothy B. Schmit Interview
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
Timothy B. Schmit’s 2022 solo album, Day By Day, his seventh and the third in a row where he penned all the tunes, is quite an...
Edgar Winter | Brother Johnny – New Studio Release Review
When Johnny Winter died on July 16, 2014, many people wanted his brother Edgar to record a tribute album. But Edgar claimed he was simply too devastated at the...
Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull: Scaling ‘The Zealot Gene’
By Shawn Perry
There is no question that Jethro Tull has weathered any number of trends, trials, tribulations and testaments over the course of 50 plus years. This is because...
