Steely Dan | Everything Must Go – Lost Gem
Steely Dan's Everything Must Go is their second studio album of the 21st century century. It's also the last album to feature guitarist Walter Becker. The overwhelming reception to...
Extreme & Living Colour | August 24, 2023 | House of Blues | Anaheim,...
Review by JoJo Anthony
Photos by Joe Schaeffer
There’s something special about a great double bill featuring two fantastic bands. That’s what I experienced seeing Extreme and Living Colour together at...
Sherinian/Phillips Live – Live Release Review
Sherinian/Phillips is the musical alliance of keyboard wizard Derek Sherinian and drummer extraordinaire Simon Philips. Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, Black Country Communion, Sons of Apollo) and...
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter | August 23, 2023 | Coach House | San Juan Capistrano,...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Robert Steshetz
If you were surrounded by dignitaries, celebrities, and other so-called VIPs, and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter walked up, he’d likely be the most interesting...
Foreigner | August 21, 2023 | FivePoint Amphitheatre | Irvine, CA – Photo Gallery
Photos by Ron Lyon
Foreigner brought their Historic Farewell tour to Irvine, just a day after the equally historic tropical storm Hilary pounced Southern California. Nevertheless, the show went on...
Peter Frampton | August 18, 2023 | Pearl Theater | Las Vegas, NV –...
Review & photos by Joe Schaeffer
To set the stage for this event, we know that Peter Frampton has inclusion body myositis (IBM), an autoimmune disease that affects his muscles....
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...
Supertramp | Crisis? What Crisis? – Lost Gem
Supertramp's Crisis? What Crisis? rates right up there for me with their mega 1979 hit Breakfast In America. I know that comparison might not be so very logical — sorry —...
Ghost Hounds: On The Loose & Haunting The Charts
By Shawn Perry
This isn’t Ghost Hounds’ first rodeo, but it might just be their best showing. I can sense that as I enter the inner sanctum of Gibson’s 10th...
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....















