Led Zeppelin. Monday, December 10, 2007. London’s O2 Arena. I went to be critical. I’m just that way. I don’t enjoy live gigs as a rule, much preferring the sound of records, so I came with arms folded across my chest, just the type of audience musicians hate. But, Led Zeppelin lived up to the hype. They are still the world’s greatest rock act.
Take Five: Session IV casts a net over five DVDs that were on my book shelf, waiting around for me to give them another look. Take Five reviews offer you a quick glimpse at some of the stuff we’ve got hanging around the shop here. Session IV focuses on five DVDs
Tuesday, November 20, 2007, marked the release date of The Song Remains the Same 2-disc DVD package from Warner Home Video, an upgraded and updated version of the 1976 Led Zeppelin movie centered on Zeppelin concerts which took place at Madison Square Garden on July 27, 28 and 29, 1973.
The legendary Jeff Beck traces out the full spectrum of guitar on Jeff Beck Live! And if you’re a guitarist, this new album is a lesson plan on how guitar should be played.
Review of Sharon Lawrence’s book Jimi Hendrix: The Intimate Story of a Betrayed Musical Legend.
A look into the life and music of prolific guitarist, performer, composer and film scorer Trevor Rabin.
Cry Tough is the latest DVD release by Nils Lofgren and is a collection of performances he did for the famous Rockpalast TV series. This DVD features live full length performances which span three different phases in this illustrious and dynamic career.
It’s always a welcome event, when the very musically gifted and multi-talented sisters, Ann and Nancy Wilson, better known as Heart, release new music, and what a sparkling album this is. So much so, that one feels like rolling out a red velvet carpet, for these First Ladies and Goddesses of Rock.
No other band is so closely identified with a single musical genre as Yes is with progressive rock. Beloved and belittled, admired and abhorred, Yes has been everything that music listeners love and music critics hate.
Steve Howe and Chris Squire sit in a glass-walled room high about New York’s Times Square, looking down on the spire that is home in the infamous New Year’s Eve hall. It is a fitting place to talk about the once and future Yes as the band contemplates 1997 in the wake of the release of Keys to Ascension. It is also a bit disconcerting to have them in the same room: Squire and Howe have not recorded together since Drama, which was released more than 15 years ago.
