Tag "classic rock"
Jeff Lynne’s ELO: A Triumphant Night Out
A new DVD, Jeff Lynne’s ELO Live In Hyde Park, is a great precursor to a worldwide tour thanks to Lynne’s recent announcement that he’s resurrecting the Electric Light Orchestra
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Mick Fleetwood’s ‘Play On’ Book: All About the Love
The Mac leader’s bio a very touching love story about his deep and abiding affection for music, drumming, his band and its current and past players
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Wilco Brings Back (Some of) the Fun
Rather than making an album with the implied stature of “masterpiece” etched into its grooves, Wilco keeps it short, snappy and fun on its ninth studio LP, yet without forsaking the experinentalism that has been the band’s hallmark since Yankee Foxtrot Hotel.
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Neil Young Rocks The Message
Making music the message and being a bit less polemical on The Monsanto Years might have yielded Neil Young & POTR one of his finest albums in years
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Roger Daltrey, Wilko Johnson’s ‘Riveting’ Album
The former Dr. Feelgood guitarist collaborated with the Who frontman and a scrappy band for a 2014 album that got expanded to 2-CDs
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Vanilla Fudge Returns With Songs From 1967
On Spirit of ’67, three members of the original band return with great versions of some of the biggest songs from that year like “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and “Whiter Shade of Pale”
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Resurrected Blues Magoos Mix Old & New
One of the great bands of the psychedelic music and garage rock eras have reunited and issued a new LP with old favorites and new tunes
Read MorePink Floyd’s Final Notes
Pink Floyd goes out “with more a whisper than a bang for a last album” that is “not quite for fans only and not quite an album.”
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Dylan Continues to Reign Supreme
The pop standards album Shadows in the Night, the release of The Basement Tapes Complete & the T-Bone Burnett-helmed New Basement Tapes add new wrinkles to the Dylan legacy.
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Larry ‘The Mole’ Taylor, Canned Heat Bassist, Dead at 77
In addition to playing in the classic lineup of the blues-rock band, he worked with John Mayall, Tom Waits and many others.
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