Reviews

Review: Peter Frampton – Live in Detroit DVD Re-Issued

Review: Peter Frampton – Live in Detroit DVD Re-Issued

Posted August 6, 2013 at 8:41 am | No comments

Guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton hits the stage and delivers a set list comprised of his greatest hits and fan favorite deep tracks with Peter Frampton – Live In Detroit . The hailed classic rocker made his debut as a member of the group Humble Pie before branching out on his own as a solo artist, and in the process of doing so created over two dozen records and a plethora of heavily circulated anthems.

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REO Speedwagon Rocks the QuickChek NJ Festival of Ballooning

REO Speedwagon Rocks the QuickChek NJ Festival of Ballooning

Posted August 5, 2013 at 7:01 am | One comment

It was a beautiful sunny day at the Solberg Airport in Readington, N.J., on Saturday, July 27th, for the 2013 QuickChek NJ Festival of Ballooning.

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Bret Michaels Live on Fox and Friends Review

Bret Michaels Live on Fox and Friends Review

Posted July 28, 2013 at 7:12 am | One comment

Bret Michaels and his band rolled into NYC on Friday July 26th to pay tribute to the Men and Woman of the Military and 9/11 First Responders by playing live on the Fox and Friend’s Summer Concert Series.

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Mysterious Boundaries the Hauntingly Beautiful New Album by Tony McManus

Mysterious Boundaries the Hauntingly Beautiful New Album by Tony McManus

Posted July 19, 2013 at 12:23 pm | No comments

On Mysterious Boundaries, Celtic guitarist, Tony McManus, collects a gathering of melodic impressions that quietly move us, sometimes hauntingly. At once technically masterful, emotionally nuanced and evocative, the Scottish-born guitarist’s new album will please his fans and attract a wider audience to his fine playing. And with a surname that’s rooted in the word “great”, Tony lives up to his Irish heritage.

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Sigur Rós – Kveikur Album Review

Sigur Rós – Kveikur Album Review

Posted July 3, 2013 at 3:56 am | No comments

If there was ever a time to discover, or rediscover, Iceland’s post-rock ambassadors, Sigur Rós, it is now, with the recent release of their album Kveikur. The band’s seventh album, it is marked by the departure of keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson, who had been on since before the group’s second album, the groundbreaking Ágætis Byrjun.

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Billy Idol Punches in With Heat at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center

Billy Idol Punches in With Heat at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center

Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:26 am | One comment

Just when the evening began to chill, Billy Idol and his hard-hitting band punched in with some heat at the Filene Center, Vienna Virginia, on June 20th.

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Zakk Wylde Live at the Iridium Jazz Club NYC

Zakk Wylde Live at the Iridium Jazz Club NYC

Posted June 19, 2013 at 9:47 am | One comment

Tuesday night, June 11th, the legendary Iridium Jazz Club in New York played host to guitarist, Zakk Wylde, for his Book Tour of Doom. It was the second of three sold out nights!

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Book Review – Rush: The Illustrated History

Book Review – Rush: The Illustrated History

Posted June 17, 2013 at 8:01 am | No comments

Clocking in at 190 pages, Rush: The Illustrated History from Martin Popoff is a worthy addition to the Voyageur Press line of illustrated books [previous installments have paid tribute to Zeppelin, Queen, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, and others].

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Dan Phillips Recent Release of Jazz Guitar Basics and Beyond

Dan Phillips Recent Release of Jazz Guitar Basics and Beyond

Posted June 7, 2013 at 6:28 am | No comments

Dan Phillips is a graduate of Berklee College of Music. He represented the college at the Montreal Jazz festival in his senior year of undergraduate school. He has been a bandleader in Chicago, New York, Tokyo and now in Bangkok. He is a composer and educator who currently is Lecturer of Guitar and Jazz Studies at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Styx Doubles Up with The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight CDs

Styx Doubles Up with The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight CDs

Posted May 31, 2013 at 4:50 am | No comments

One of the quintessential classic rock bands, Styx has been playing the music scene for over three decades with their signature combination of distortion guitars, dominative synthesizer playing, and some of the best harmonious group vocals in the genre.

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