Trio Of Doom | John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius, Tony Williams – CD Review
Over the years, much has been said about power trios. From Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience to ZZ Top and the Police, three-piece bands harbor a delicate, yet...
Bill Bruford | Video Anthology Vol. 2 (DVD) Rock Goes To College (CD)
Bill Bruford is one musician extremely difficult to label. Having tasted success
early on as a founding member of Yes — along with a reoccurring role in
King Crimson and a...
Heart | Dreamboat Annie Live
Heart has broken musical ground and given rock and roll a strong, healthy pulse
for 30 years. Vocalist Ann Wilson and her guitar-slinging sister Nancy shook
up the 1970s music scene;...
Gentle Giant | Live In Santa Monica 1975 – Live Release Review
We listeners and lovers of classic rock are a faithful breed, often derided by ‘other’ music fans for our love of ‘the old stuff’. If you happen to be...
Chicago | The Best Of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition
In the booklet of the new two-CD set, The Best Of Chicago: 40th Anniversary
Edition, Chicago’s sax/flute player (and original member) Walter
Parazaider boasts, “Going back to Glenn Miller days, I...
Refugee | Live In Concert – Newcastle City Hall 1974
So there they were: Lee Jackson and Brian Davison, the rhythm section for
the Nice, left for dead on the side of the road without so much as two shillings
to...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Exile On Easy Street
Photo Courtesy of Exile
In 1978, the Gibb brothers and younger sibling Andy engaged in a six-month-long ping-pong-like domination over the Billboard Hot 100, volleying one iconic hit to fans...
George Thorogood & The Destroyers | Bad To The Bone (25th Anniversary Edition)
I remember back ‘in the day’ my friend Tom catching George Thorogood
& The Destroyers at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey. Thorogood
was breezing through town, promoting an album...
Various Artists | Dear Mr. Fantasy: Featuring The Music Of Jim Capaldi & Traffic
Did anybody know that Traffic was planning to regroup and tour!? This fact
alone makes the new double CD concert: Dear Mr. Fantasy: Featuring The
Music Of Jim Capaldi & Traffic...
Sly & The Family Stone | Greatest Hits
These days, Sly Stone is famous for being eccentric and reclusive. There was
a time, however, in the late 60s and early 70s when the lanky, afro-haired musician
was everywhere, especially...
