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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Richie Kotzen: An American Journeyman at Mid-Century

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Kelley Simms 0 Comments 50 for 50, Billy Sheehan, Mike Portnoy, Poison, Richie Kotzen, The Winery Dogs

The legendary guitar wiz celebrates his 50th birthday with a 50-song album

Electronic Hard Rock Progressive Rock

Never Fading Out: The Bends Turns 25

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1995, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, My Iron Lung, Pablo Honey, Phil Selway, Radiohead, The Bends, Thom Yorke

With their dynamic second LP, Yorke, Selway, O’Brien and the Greenwood boys carve their own path to iconoclasm

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

‘Tis the Season: Above at 25

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, MARK LANEGAN, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Most groups were one-offs; but Mad Season could have been more than that

Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

Cream’s Longest Goodbye

March 17, 2020March 24, 2020 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1968, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Goodbye Cream, Goodbye Tour Live 1968, Jack Bruce, Polydor, Spoonful, Sunshine of Your Love, Toad, White Room

A new four-disc box set revisits the trio’s 1968 farewell tour in the band’s first release since the death of Ginger Baker

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock

LISTEN: Above by Mad Season Turns 25

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Revisit the Seattle supergroup’s very first performance

Blues Folk Hard Rock jazz World

LISTEN: Physical Graffiti @ 45: A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1975, 45th Anniversary, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Kashmir, Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti, Robert Plant

We dance and sing in celebration for Led Zeppelin’s greatest album by jumbling it all up

Hard Rock Rock

Coloured Lights Can Hypnotize: American Woman at 50

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1970, American Woman, Burton Cummings, Canned Wheat, No Time, Randy Bachman, RCA, Richard Nixon, The Guess Who

Bolstered by its era-defining title track, The Guess Who’s sixth studio album confirmed the band’s legacy amongst the cream of Canadian rock

Hard Rock

Pearl Jam Announce First New Studio Album in Seven Years

January 14, 2020January 17, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dance of the Clairvoyants, Eddie Vedder, Gigaton, IDLES, Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Mike McCready, Monkeywrench Records, Paul Nicklen, Pearl Jam, pearljam.com, Pixies, Produced by Josh Evans, Stone Gossard, White Reaper

Gigaton, the band’s 11th LP, arrives March 27 amidst a world tour

Classical Hard Rock

Presto: Deep Purple’s ‘Concerto for Group and Orchestra’ at 50

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1969, Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Deep Purple, EMI, Harvest Records, Ian Gillen, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Royal Albert Hall

At the end of 1969, the hard rock icons took their sound to a new level on their largely overlooked experiment with orchestra

Hard Rock Pop

Rise To It: Hot In The Shade by Kiss Turns 30

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 1989, Bruce Kulick, Eric Carr, Gene Simmons, Hot In The Shade, Kiss, Michael Bolton, Paul Stanley

An exclusive interview with former guitarist Bruce Kulick about the most polarizing LP of the Non-Makeup Era

Hard Rock

ALBUMS: Slash Is Living The Dream!

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2019, Eagle Rock Entertainment, Guns 'N' Roses, Living The Dream Tour, Living The Dream Tour (Live), Myles Kennedy, Slash, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators

The Guns N’ Roses guitarist once again proves his solo prowess on powerful new live LP

Blues Hard Rock

Rich Robinson Has Birds On The Brain

November 15, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Black Crowes reunion, High Water I, High Water II, Rich Robinson, Shake Your Moneymaker, The Black Crowes, The Magpie Salute

From The Black Crowes to The Magpie Salute, Rich Robinson was determined to erase doubt about his abilities as a songwriter

Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics Punk

Neil Young is Here to Stay: ‘Live Rust’ at 40

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1979, Live Rust, Neil Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Reprise Records, Rust Never Sleeps

In 1979, Uncle Neil continued to showcase the ragged glory of Crazy Horse with second live LP of the year

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal

He’s Got A Voice, A Wretched Voice Indeed: The Melvins’ Stoner Witch Turns 25

October 31, 2019November 22, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1994, Atlantic Records, Dale Crover, Houdini, King Buzzo, Kurt Cobain, Stoner Witch, The Melvins, The Melvins at Rhythm and Brews 1994

It’s only right to celebrate the silver anniversary of the legendary doom rockers’ second Atlantic LP on Hallowe’en

Hard Rock Psychedelics

A Devilishly Good Time With Coven

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Blood on the Snow, Coven, Halloween, Real Gone Music, Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls

Why waste your time on candy corn and Ben Cooper costumes when you can celebrate Halloween with an actual Black mass?

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