Tag "classic rock"
Foo Fighters Cancel Remaining European Tour Dates
Due to the broken leg Dave Grohl sustained after falling off a stage in Gothenburg, Sweden (and then finishing the show after being treated by medics; see our initial report here), the Foo Fighters have cancelled their remaining four European
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Tom Petty Blends New & Old on Two Upcoming Albums
Rock music’s dedicated standard bearer will follow up last year’s Hypnotic Eye album with The Heartbreakers by mining his archives to augment his 1994 triple platinum Wildflowers solo album with a second disc of outtakes. And he intends to cut
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New Rod Stewart Album Coming This Fall
Rod Stewart’s latest studio LP, Another Country, arrives on October 23rd
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‘Satisfaction’ Golden Reissue Marks First Rolling Stones U.S. #1
Fifty years after “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” finally scored a chart-topping hit in America for The Rolling Stones, the song returns to celebrate the occasion on July 10 as a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl single from ABKCO Records. Remastered from
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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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