Rolling Stones’ ‘Beggars Banquet’ Reissue: Review
The album saw them moving back to basics for an album that relied largely on acoustic blues. There’s not a rotten apple in the bunch.
Read MoreJimi Hendrix ‘Electric Ladyland’ 50th Deluxe: Review
Half a century after its arrival, the last album Hendrix released before his death is the subject of a fittingly major anniversary limited edition.
Read MoreThe Ramones’ ‘Road to Ruin’ Deluxe Edition: Review
Today, all four of the group’s original members are dead but the music lives on, and it’s a good deal better than many listeners realized in 1978.
Read MoreEric Clapton Plays 2 at Madison Square Garden
Though he’s no longer touring, Slowhand is still performing. He played a pair of October 2018 shows at MSG with a 7-piece band
Read MoreOct 2, 2018: Beatles Recording Engineer Geoff Emerick Dies
He started working as an assistant recording engineer as a teenager, and went on to become engineer for the Beatles on most of their monumental works
Read MoreRolling Stones Postpone 2020 Tour
The announcement cited the ongoing pandemic. The 15-date stadium tour would have marked their first concerts since last summer’s North American tour
Read MoreBehind Dave Mason’s ‘Alone Together’: Exclusive Book Excerpt
Every Dave Mason record actually looked different from every other one, because the plant manager dropped colored pellets into the boiling plastic.
Read MoreSam Cooke’s Early Years Collected in 5-CD Set: Review
Cooke’s years at Keen found him taking his first steps away from gospel, including the session that would yield his first smash hit, “You Send Me.”
Read MoreAmerica’s Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell: 10 Questions (+ Tour Dates Galore!)
“We’re influenced by the times we live in and the changes we go through growing up. It’s a special thing to be able to reflect those events in a song.”
Read MoreGlyn Johns, Prolific Rock Producer: Book Review
The famed producer/engineer behind some of rock music’s most memorable albums pens a “sensible and down-to-earth” book about his life among the stars
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