Friday, August 12, 2022

Book Review: Pete Frame’s Even More Rock Family Trees (2012)

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Music Journalist Pete Frame has enjoyed the sort of career that any music fan would give his or her eye teeth to experience. Frame was the ...

Archive Review: Steve Vai’s The Infinite Steve Vai (2003)

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A long overdue anthology of superstar guitarist Steve Vai ’s work for Epic Records, The Infinite Steve Vai is a steal of a deal for the uni...
Saturday, August 6, 2022

Bandcamp Download of the Month: Old Town Crier's You

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“Rock is dead!” is the tortured cry of dopey pundits and clueless label executives, proffered as an excuse for their own tone deafness, disr...
Friday, August 5, 2022

Archive Review: Katrina & the Waves’ The Original Recordings 1983-1984 (2003)

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Back in the day, around 1984 or so I’d say, my fellow rock ‘n’ roll fanatic Andy Anderson turned me onto a little British pop/rock outf...
Friday, July 29, 2022

Archive Review: The Zombies’ Recorded Live In Concert At Metropolis Studios, London (2012)

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The Zombies offer up a textbook example of the magic of rock ‘n’ roll to create legend out of obscurity. Formed in the U.K. in 1961 by...

Archive Review: Todd Rundgren's Todd Live (2012)

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Save for a loyal but rapidly-graying audience, Todd Rundgren is in danger of being lost amidst a sea of cookie-cutter indie-rockers th...
Friday, July 22, 2022

Archive Review: Robin Trower’s Farther On Up the Road: The Chrysalis Years 1977-1983 (2012)

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Guitarist Robin Trower came to prominence during the 1960s as a member of British rockers Procol Harum. While Trower’s textured six-st...
Friday, July 15, 2022

Short Rounds: Shemekia Copeland, Jade Warrior, Gwil Owen, Prince & the Revolution, Sour Ops, Supersonic Blues Machine & 'Heroes and Villains' (July 2022)

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New album releases in 200 words or less... Shemekia Copeland – Done Come Too Far ( Alligator Records ) One of today’s finest singer...

Archive Review: Walter Trout’s Blues For the Modern Daze (2012)

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Guitarist Walter Trout has always been a working bluesman, a journeyman musician that dutifully put in his time with bands like Canned...