Adrian Belew | August 5, 2022 | City Winery | Boston, MA – Concert...
Review & photos by Ira Kantor
Before the lights dimmed, the ubiquity of powerhouse guitarist Adrian Belew was easily apparent.
From the Zappaphiles, to the David Bowie boosters, to the King...
Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy | Songs For While I’m Away + The Boys...
Thin Lizzy is another one of those 70s bands that should have been bigger. They had the chops, the songs and charismatic frontman Phil Lynott. Maybe it was timing...
Bruce Springsteen | Born To Run – Classic Commentary
Born To Run is the album that put Bruce Springsteen on the cover of both Newsweek and Time. It is a timeless snapshot of Americana — all sweaty, high energy, tuned...
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...
Chicago | Born For This Moment – New Studio Release Review
Chicago comes at us in 2022 with 14 new songs on their 38th studio album, Born For This Moment. With more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, a Rock and Roll...
The Healing Effects Of Music And The Conquest Of Serenity
At a time when it is increasingly difficult to detach oneself from one's passions, from enjoyments, from everything that provokes physical or mental pleasure, many people continue to find...
REO Speedwagon, Styx & Loverboy | July 16, 2022 | FivePoint Amphitheatre | Irvine,...
Review & Photos by Joe Schaeffer
The Live and Unzoomed tour worked its way to Irvine on a toasty July night. It’s been four years since REO Speedwagon and Styx...
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...
Alan Parsons | From The New World – New Studio Release Review
Eleven-time Grammy-nominated, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Alan Parsons presents From The New World, the follow-up to his 2019 The Secret album. Since the end of the 1980s and Alan...
Dio | Holy Diver (Super Deluxe Edition) – Reissue Review
Ronnie James Dio’s success as the lead singer for both Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and Black Sabbath was enough to put him in the driver’s seat for his debut solo...
