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Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Oh Doctors!

Photos courtesy of Jeff Severson For a brief shining moment within the new wave era, one group hailing out of Washington, D.C. came, saw, conquered, and went completely overlooked. Yet a listen...

Slayer | November 29, 2019 | The Forum | Los Angeles, CA – Concert...

Review by Junkman Photos by Charlie Steffens On a chilly evening (for Los Angeles anyway), the metal masses gathered to bid a fond farewell to their heavyweight champions, the all-mighty Slayer, for...

Toto | 40 Tours Around The Sun – Blu-ray Disc Review

Celebrating 40 years, Toto spent much of 2018 and 2019 touring Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, even Indonesia. To document the milestone, Eagle Rock has released the...

Pink Floyd | The Wall – Classic Commentary

Pink Floyd's The Wall was bound for greatness despite the financial woes and internal friction brewing between the band's principals — Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Rick Wright, and Nick...

Various Artists | A Prog Rock Christmas – CD Review

A Prog Rock Christmas features members of Yes, Renaissance, Deep Purple,Utopia, Focus, Curved Air, Hawkwind, and a special guest performance by actor Malcolm McDowell. This collection runs around some holiday classics in...

Jimi Hendrix | Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts – Box Set...

The Jimi Hendrix vault continually draws from what appears to be an infinite amount of unreleased recordings. For 2019, the keepers of the flame went deep to bring together...

Best Of Rock: 10 Rock N’ Roll Literary Connections

By Ralph Greco, Jr. As often as they are accused of being sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll layabouts, many are wise beyond their years. Queen’s Brian May and Dean...

Foreigner | Double Vision: Then And Now – Blu-ray Disc Review

There are a few bands that have managed to turn around original lineups and remain successful. Foreigner with only one original — guitarist Mick Jones — is one of...

Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy | November 13, 2019 | Musikfest Café | Bethlehem, PA...

Review by Ralph Greco, Jr. Photos by Joe Swarctz Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy rolled into the dinner theater space of the Musikfest Café of PA’s Arts Quest Center at Steel Stacks. On...

The Fee Waybill Interview (2019)

By Ira Kantor From their earliest days, art-rock collective the Tubes set about creating a musical experience that seemed to borrow the best elements of Alice Cooper, Let’s Make a...