Not only is Shannon from Phunkville, but he’s also on the welcoming committee. This former cab driver takes you around, showing you all that there is to offer. In the end, this 70-minute blues showcase covers a gamut of emotions and makes you glad to be alive. The album opens …

Things keep getting better and better in 2005 for jam band Umphrey’s McGee as they continue to get recognition for their hard work. The Chicago Music Awards named them the “Best Rock Entertainer of the Year.” Also, the Jammys, an award that recognizes the best in live music performance, has …

Legacy is a great name for this album because that’s what this musical summit is about. Jimmy Smith, legendary Hammond organ player, passes on the torch to current impresario Joey DeFrancesco. Their paths have crossed many times over the years. Jimmy sat in a on couple of medleys during Joey’s …

The title pretty much says it all. This DVD set contains the first season of The Bob Newhart Show, which aired from 9/16/72 to 3/10/73. The 24 episodes cover both sides of three discs; a little caution is required in their handling. This dual-side method does cuts down on the …

Recorded at the Bimhuis Jazz Club in Amsterdam, those lucky Dutch, on March 30, 2002, the Branford Marsalis Quartet performed an outstanding rendition of A Love Supreme that was so good it would have made John Coltrane proud. This talented quartet, Marsalis on sax, Joey Calderazzo on piano, Eric Revis …

Danzig House of Blues, Anaheim, CA 3/15/05 What a wonderful incongruity I was lucky enough to witness this evening. Smack in the center of Downtown Disney, an outdoor mall that offers shops and restaurants adjacent to the Magic Kingdom, is the concert venue House of Blues Anaheim. Interspersed through the …

Danzig returns with a new album entitled Circle of Snakes, breaking from the tradition of numbered albums. His work always has had both a serious and fun exploration of dark horror themes and here the band’s sound returns to its goth-rock roots, getting away from the industrial sound of the …

Directed by Stephen Chow Written by Tsang Kan Cheong, Stephen Chow, Xin Huo and Chan Man Keung Set during pre-revolutionary China, Sing, played by Chow, and his sidekick, known as Sing’s sidekick, are a couple of losers who try to make something out of themselves by pretending they are in …

Dust to Glory is an amazing odyssey through the deserts of Baja California from Ensenada to La Paz. It’s a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat documentary that puts the viewer smack in the middle of the Baja 1000, the longest non-stop off-road race, and quite possibly the most difficult and most dangerous race …

In Frank Miller's award-winning, graphic novel series Sin City everything is black and white with a rare splash of color. That's the way the books are drawn. That's the way the film is shot. That's the way life is in Sin City. Black and white. Good guys and bad guys. …