With iconic special guests including Steven Tyler, Buddy Guy, and ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons, Jeff Beck's 'Live at the Hollywood Bowl' is an essential collector's item for longtime fans. Period.
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Music DVD Review: ‘Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris’
'Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris' is an outstanding 102-minute main performance with bonuses totaling 137 minutes, making it a premiere music concert experience!
Read More »Music Review: Tinsley Ellis – ‘Winning Hand’
Great bluesman that he is, Ellis can speak volumes in a few well-placed notes. The songs span Chicago blues, rock, and soul with ease, delivering a dose of just about everything electric blues can offer.
Read More »Concert Review: The Lumineers Serenade Sacramento Fans at Radio 94.7’s Electric Christmas 2017
The Lumineers, Portugal. The Man, and Walk the Moon headlined Radio 94.7's fifth annual Electric Christmas concert event at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on December 7, 2017.
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The Lumineers, Walk the Moon, and Portugal. The Man headline this year's Radio 94.7 Electric Christmas Concert on December 7, 2017.
Read More »Music Review: Grayson Capps – ‘Scarlett Roses’
Grayson Capps' 'Scarlett Roses' is one of the best albums I've heard to come out of North America this year.
Read More »Music Review: Bill Toms & Hard Rain – ‘Good for My Soul’
Bill Toms' blue-collar, blue-eyed soul rattles and glides like the great horn-driven soul music of days of old.
Read More »Music CD/DVD Review: Richard Thompson Band – ‘Live at Rockpalast’ Box Set
These 1983-84 concerts feature a mix of uptempo originals, dark ballads and slow rockers, and traditional folk numbers. Taken together, they showcase Thompson's brilliant songwriting and aggressive, sometimes psychedelic guitar wizardry.
Read More »Music DVD Review: Black Sabbath – ‘The End’
Other than The Beatles, Black Sabbath is perhaps the most influential band in rock history. February 4, 2017 is forever marked as the final date of their last ever tour. It was a one of a kind celebration of their enduring legacy. And the Angelic Sessions is a bonus treat.
Read More »Music Review: ARJUN – ‘Gravity’
ARJUN displays the potency of a power trio on 'Gravity,' the last in a planned trilogy of album releases.
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