2020 NAMM Show: Gibson Live At The Grove | January 16, 2020 | Grove...
Photos by Joe Schaeffer
For the second year in a row, Gibson hosted a NAMM Jam at the Grove of Anaheim, and once again, the stars came out to celebrate...
2020 NAMM Show: Five From Media Preview Day
By Shawn Perry
Photos by Erin Scott
While everything at the NAMM Show seems to get bigger, the space allotted for Media Preview Day gets smaller. That didn’t stop a handful...
RIP Neil Peart: Rock’s New-World Man
By Ira Kantor
Neil Peart made rock and roll stoicism its own kind of virtuosity.
If we were to look at the Rush drummer compared to other legendary luminaries like Keith...
Cat Stevens | Back To Earth – Lost Gem
By the end of the 1970s, Cat Stevens (born Steven Georgiou) had run through teen idol success, songwriting fame, survived tuberculosis, mega-stardom with his more ‘adult’ tunes, a near...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Follow Me ~ The Musical Majesty Of Demis Roussos
Photos courtesy of Rosmarie Kaiser
One of the greatest singers to ever grace the planet never had a Top 40 hit in America.
While you’re likely to be more familiar with his...
Top 5 Studio Albums From 2019
While studio albums become less prominent to the masses, it's nice to know you can still get your hands on new music from treasured vintage rock artists. Here's five...
Top 11 Concert Photos From 2019
Photos by Joe Schaeffer
It was another fantastic year for concerts, and here in Los Angeles, you can bet Joe Schaeffer was there, in front and taking hundreds of photos....
Big Star | #1 Record & Radio City – Classic Commentary
Big Star was a wondrous anomaly in the heavy-duty early 70s. All the proggy, acid-fueled, blues-based dirge couldn’t diminish the group’s pop sensibilities, despite the infighting and distribution hassles....
Pink Floyd | The Later Years – Box Set Review
Pink Floyd has gone to great lengths to preserve their legacy with numerous box sets, compilations, and DVDs/Blu-ray Discs. In 2016, they put out the monolithic, 33-disc The Early...
The Who | WHO – CD Review
In a day and age when “albums” have lost their impact and value, you have to wonder why certain older artists still feel the need to make them. It’s...
