Tag "classic rock"
ZZ Top’s Gibbons Rocks the Latin Beat Solo
Sexy, saucy and set to a Latin beat, Billy Gibbons Perfectamundo allows him to shine after waiting some 45 years to go solo.
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Trakin Care of Business: Get Back, Honky Cats
Our new column plays Monday Morning QB on Coldplay at the Super Bowl. Plus the Coen Brothers’ ‘Hail, Caesar,’ Elton’s newest, and more.
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Amy Winehouse Documentary Haunts
The Academy Award-winning documentary is a “dark and painful” tale that sadly shows how she was destined to die young and join music’s “27 Club”
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Bryan Adams ‘Get Up’ Album: A ‘Gem’
Our reviewer called the 2015 release his favorite album of the year, describing it as a “little golden age of classic rock ‘n’ roll”
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Blackmore, Private Guitar Star, Opens Up
The recently released Ritchie Blackmore Story DVD may very well have helped Deep Purple’s selection for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016. “A rock eccentric’s life worth witnessing.”
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Names Class of 2016
Classic rock acts are well represented in the Rock Hall Class of 2016, including several bands that have been long overdue for induction
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Live Album Reissues Proliferate
Classic rock fans who enjoy live LPs and concert films from their favorite acts have a bonanza to choose from these days. Is this a golden age of live albums?
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO Alone In The Studio
The new album credited to Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Alone In The Universe, is really more of a solo effort, writes our reviewer. It’s great to have the old maestro back
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‘Cutting Edge’ Best Dylan Bootleg Yet
A fascinating in-depth look into the creative process as one of rock music’s monumental artists was recording world-changing music
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Don Henley ‘Cass County’: A Sure and Sincere Touch
His solo country album is the sort of mainstream country album Nashville rarely makes anymore, and certainly a paradigm shift away from The Eagles.
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