Led Zeppelin

Blues Fusion Hard Rock Instrumental jazz Remembrance Rock 

Jeff Beck: The Guitarist’s Guitarist

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment Blow By Blow, Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, guitar, Guitarist, Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Led Zeppelin, RIP, Rod Stewart, The Jeff Beck Group, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Wired

Remembering the life and career of England’s greatest axe man

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Rock Zep 

Jimmy Page: His 5 Most Epic Riffs

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 Ron Hart 3 Comments 79th Birthday, Death Wish II, Jake Holmes, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, The Firm, The Yardbirds, Willie Dixon

Assessing the cream of the Led Zeppelin guitarist’s guitar oeuvre

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Music Journalism Radio Retail Rock 

Pop Top 40: Top [Album Rock] Tracks for the Week Ending December 25, 1982

December 29, 2022December 30, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 4 Comments ” Golden Earring, Adam Ant, AOR, Billboard, Dexys Midnight Runners, Duran Duran, Hall and Oates, J. Geils Band, Led Zeppelin, Men At Work, Night Ranger, Pat Benatar, Phil Collins, Pop Top 40, Rush, Saga, Sammy Hagar, Supertramp, The Fixx, The Pretenders, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

On the cusp of ‘83, AOR grapples with New Wave in real time

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Blues Hard Rock Rock Zep 

We’re Gonna Groove: Led Zeppelin’s Coda Turns 40

November 19, 2022November 19, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, Coda, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Poor Tom, Robert Plant, Walter's Walk, We're Gonna Groove, Wearing and Tearing

In retrospect, Zep’s final collection of studio recordings provides an intriguing addendum

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Blues Folk Rock Zep 

Robert Plant’s Renewed Reality: Dreamland at 20

July 25, 2022August 4, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 2002, 20th Anniversary, Alison Krauss, Dreamland, Led Zeppelin, Mercury Records, Robert Plant

The former Led Zeppelin frontman’s 2002 return as a solo act found him honoring his musical heroes

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Hard Rock Rock Seattle 

Nobody Knows Your Melancholy Mind: Heart’s Little Queen At 45

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, Ann Wilson, Barracuda, Crazy on You, Epic Records, Heart, Led Zeppelin, Little Queen, Mushroom Records, Nancy Wilson, Portrait Records

Looking back on the album that gave the Wilson sisters, and their fans, a true voice

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Music Journalism 

Pigs In Zen: A Tale Of Trademarks and Quality

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment A Pig’s Tale (The Underground Story of the Legendary Bootleg Record Label), Bob Dylan, Genius Music Books, Harold Sherrick, Led Zeppelin, Leon Russell, Neil Young, Ralph Sutherland, Rolling Stones, The Who

A new book uncovers the story of the world’s most notorious bootleg record label

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Art Pop Britpop Glam Heavy Metal 

The Man Who Made Metrobolist

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2020, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Cream, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Metrobolist, Mick Ronson, Parlophone, Reissues, The Man Who Sold the World, Woody Woodmansey

David Bowie’s classic proto-metal third album gets a new stereo facelift from its original producer

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Zep 

We Are Your Overlords: “Immigrant Song” at 50

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 2 Comments 1970, Atlantic Records, Immigrant Song, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin III, Rhino Records, Robert Plant

Looking back on the Led Zeppelin Ragnarok anthem for the ages

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Blues Rock 

Two Trains Running: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds and the Blues-Rock Explosion of 1965

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy, Led Zeppelin, Link Wray, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Paul Butterfield, Paul Simon, Rick Nelson, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, The Band, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds

The duel between these blues rock classics helped bring 1965 to a landing with a bang

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Music Journalism Remembrance 

All You Need to Know About Van Halen by Someone Who Was an Actual Teenager in the 1970s

October 9, 2020October 19, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Billy Joel, Blondie, Bread, CHEAP TRICK, CSN, James Taylor, Kansas, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Little River Band, Neu!, Styx, The Ramones, Van Halen, Wilko Johnson, Wire

A remembrance of the era that gave us Eddie Van Halen from someone on the ground during their ascension to superstardom

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Progressive Rock 

For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Us: Jethro Tull’s ‘Benefit’ at 50

June 27, 2020June 29, 2020 Jordan Blum 4 Comments 1970, Beardfish, Benefit, Big Big Train, Chrysalis Records, Cream, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Martin Barre, Mick Abrahams, Phideaux Xavier, Rikard Sjöblom

Fifty years later, Benefit remains one of Jethro Tull’s most ageless, individualized and tight records

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Comedy Hard Rock Rock 

Very Heavy, Not Very Humble

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 4 Comments 1970, Atlantic Records, David Lord Sutch, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Lord Sutch, Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends, Nicky Hopkins, Noel Redding

Looking back 50 years at Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends

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Records Rock 

The Pretty Things Take A Final Bow

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Dick Taylor, Frank Holland, John Stax, Jon Povey, Led Zeppelin, Pete Tolson, Records, SF Sorrow, Skip Alan, Swan Song, The Final Bow, The Pretty Things, Vinyl, Wally Waller

Where to start when looking to dive into one of the most rewarding and unsung catalogs in British Rock

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Radio Records 

Music In A Time Of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Achoo, “Another World, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me, “Isolation, “No Sex, “Sick Again, “Sick as a Dog, “Sick Things, “So Alone, “State of Confusion, “The Lonesome DJ, “Too Sick To Pray, “Touch Me, “Ventilator Blues, “You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days, “You Sound Like You’re Sick, ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Antony and the Johnsons, ” Buzzcocks, ” Chic, ” Gilbert O’Sullivan, ” Golden Earring, ” Ramones, Aerosmith, Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Corona, Coronavirus, I’m Sick, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, MUDHONEY, Naturally, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Sparks, The Kinks, The Police, The Specials, Too Much Joy, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

10 songs that speak to the uniqueness of a once-every-hundred-years situation

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