Kansas | April 6, 2019 | Orpheum Theatre | Los Angeles, CA – Concert...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Stevo Rood
Celebrating 40 years of Point Of Know Return, Kansas delivered two-and-a-half hours of their Midwestern-flavored, user-friendly progressive rock to an adoring houseful of...
Stray Cats | August 28, 2019 | Greek Theatre | Los Angeles, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
Live Photos by Suzie Kaplan
I used to know one of these music snobs who thumbed his nose at the Stray Cats, citing a lack of musical...
Vintage Feature: Leslie West Retraces His Steps Up The Mountain
By Shawn Perry
This piece originally appeared on the Classic Rock channel of About.com in 2003. At the time, Columbia/Legacy had reissued the first two Mountain albums — Climbing! And...
2012 NAMM Show: Products Off The Beaten Path
The 2012 NAMM Show is now in the record books as one of the biggest and baddest of its kind. Anyone who attended was stunned, entertained and thoroughly impressed...
David Gilmour | March 24, 25 & 27, 2016 | Hollywood Bowl & The...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
It’s becoming ever more apparent that many of our musical heroes are aging and fading into the scenery (or as 2016 has proven,...
(Literary) Voyage Of The Acolyte: The Steve Hackett Interview (2020)
By Ira Kantor
Despite being forced to end his most recent tour abruptly per the COVID-19 pandemic, guitar legend Steve Hackett remains as busy as ever.
After 50 years in 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...
Robby Steinhardt | Not In Kansas Anymore – New Studio Release Review
Storm effects, wild riffing bass, guitar, and organ provide the bed to the opener “Tempest” off Robby Steinhardt’s first-ever solo album, Not In Kansas Anymore. Enlisting an impressive who’s-who of guests...
Brian Tarquin Project | Vegas Blue – CD Review
None of us will forget the tragedy that occurred at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017. From his room in the hotel, a deranged...
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....
