Elton John: Never Too Late Movie Review: An Endearing Documentary
By writeonmusic |
Elton John has a hard time saying goodbye. Throughout his storied career he has announced his retirement for all manner ...
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Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus Blu-ray Review: Art is Long, Life is Short
By Steve Geise |
Not to be confused with Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, the 2017 documentary about the Japanese composer’s life and career, Opus is ...
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Megadeth: A Night in Buenos Aires Blu-ray Review: Megadeth at Their Thrashing Best
By Joe Garcia III |
Megadeth! Megadeth! Megadeth! Fronted by singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine, Megadeth is known for being one of the Big Four thrash-metal pioneers ...
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Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977 Review: A Heavy-Hitting, Hard Rock Performance
By Gordon S. Miller |
Frustrated working with the Deep Purple Mark III line-up, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore began recording with members of the band of ...
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England Is Mine Blu-ray Review: The Story of a Young Man With a Shyness That Is Criminal and Vulgar
By Joe Garcia III |
England Is Mine (2017), directed and co-written by Mark Gill, is the story of one Steven Patrick Morrissey, who would ...
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Revival69: The Concert that Rocked the World Movie Review: Deep Dive into a Historic Concert
By Kit O'Toole |
In September 1969, Toronto experienced their own Woodstock: the Toronto Rock ’N Roll Revival Festival, a landmark event featuring music ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Satisfied
By Steve Geise |
Filled with Renée Elise Goldsberry’s self-recorded archival clips, this new documentary traces her meteoric ride on the Hamilton express at ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Luther: Never Too Much
By Steve Geise |
Luther Vandross built a recording career on love songs featuring his unforgettable voice, but director Dawn Porter takes a deep ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Desire: The Carl Craig Story
By Steve Geise |
Widely regarded as one of the key figures and champions of the Detroit EDM scene, Carl Craig is both a ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: They All Came Out to Montreux
By Steve Geise |
How did a tiny Swiss lakeside town become the site of a legendary music festival? Why is it called the ...
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Peter Gabriel: Back to Front 4K UHD Review: Old Dog, New Tricks
By Kent Conrad |
Artists touring old albums has been, since about the mid '00s, seemingly how they make their money. It's hard to ...
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Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg Movie Review: More than the Stones’ Muse
By Jade Blackmore |
Anita Pallenberg is usually referred to as the Rolling Stones’ muse, or as Keith Richards’ longtime partner. That’s how she’s ...
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The Rolling Stones: Live at the Wiltern Blu-ray Review: 20 Licks Up Close and I Like It
By Gordon S. Miller |
To commemorate the band's 40th anniversary in 2002, the Rolling Stones released Forty Licks, notable among the many Stones compilations ...
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Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2010) Blu-ray Review: Tupac and Snoop Back in ‘96
By Joe Garcia III |
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues was recorded in 1996 just months before Tupac was fatally shot and killed. ...
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Anti-Nowhere League: We Are the League DVD Review: Rude and Crude…They Are the League
By Joe Garcia III |
Anti-Nowhere League did this and they did that. Animal did it with a shiny axe. So what? Winston shoved a ...
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Moonage Daydream Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Phantasmagoric Journey Through the Art and Mind of David Bowie
By Gordon S. Miller |
Taking its title from a David Bowie song of the same name originally recorded by his band Arnold Corns then ...
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R.E.M. – Up (25th Anniversary) Deluxe Edition Album Review: And Then There Were Three
By Gordon S. Miller |
R.E.M. Up is being re-released in a deluxe edition to commemorate its 25th anniversary. It's the band's 11th album, but ...
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Robot Monster: 70th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review: A Dream Release for 3-D Fans
By Gordon S. Miller |
Bayview Entertainment celebrates the 70th anniversary of Robot Monster with an impressive release that features a quality restoration by 3-D ...
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Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) Movie Review: Album Art Gods
By Jack Cormack |
Chances are, Hipgnosis—the working name of a pair of English lads, Storm Thorgerson & Audrey ‘Po’ Powell, who revolutionized the ...
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A Night at the Family Dog / Go Ride the Music / West Pole DVD Review: Celebrating San Francisco’s Psychedelic Rock Scene
By Gordon S. Miller |
Mercury Studio repackages A Night at the Family Dog / Go Ride the Music / West Pole into a 2-DVD ...
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Marvin Gaye: Greatest Hits Live In ‘76 Album Review: A Night of Marvin Medleys
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originally released on DVD in 2007, Marvin Gaye: Greatest Hits Live In ‘76 is now available on vinyl and CD ...
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Book Review: Tonechaser – Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey with Edward Van Halen by Steve Rosen
By Jade Blackmore |
While there have been many books chronicling Eddie Van Halen’s life and music, Steve Rosen’s Tonechaser is by the far ...
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Darryl Jones: In the Blood DVD Review: The Man in the Stones’ Shadow
By Gordon S. Miller |
While not a well-known name, Darryl Jones is an integral component of the “Greatest Rock ’n’ Roll Band in the ...
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Let There Be Drums! DVD Review: And There Was Drums and Drummers!
By Gordon S. Miller |
Promotional materials for director Justin Kreutzmann's Let There Be Drums! state “The world’s greatest drummers reflect on the art of ...
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Mercury Studios Presents Marvin Gaye Greatest Hits Live in ‘76 on January 27, 2023
By Cinema Sentries |
The music of Marvin Gaye transcends time in ways that can’t be described. From relatable songs about romance and heartbreak ...
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Phil Lynott Songs For While I’m Away + Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town: Live at the Sydney Opera House October 1978 DVD Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Mercury Studios has paired the 2020 documentary Phil Lynott: Songs For While I’m Away, which aired on BBC Two,with the ...
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Tribeca 2022 Review: The DOC
By Darcy Staniforth |
In the rap and hip hop world, it's one thing to have confidence and ego about being one of the ...
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The Beatles and India: An Enduring Love Affair Blu-ray Review
By Shawn Bourdo |
This new feature-length documentary directed by Ajoy Bose was released June 21, 2022 by MVD Visual on DVD and Blu-ray. ...
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The Police: Around the World (Restored & Expanded) Review: An Entertaining Scrapbook from the Band’s Early Days
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originally available on VHS and Laserdisc, The Police: Around The World (Restored & Expanded) is now available on DVD and ...
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How They Got Over: Gospel Quartets and the Road to Rock & Roll DVD Review
By Kit O'Toole |
Rock & roll’s roots draw from numerous genres—blues, country, and rhythm and blues, to name a few. However, gospel remains ...
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SXSW 2022 Review: In the Court of the Crimson King
By Kent Conrad |
I've seen King Crimson once in concert. It was at the Greek in Los Angeles in 2017, and I went ...
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SXSW 2022 Review: This Much I Know to Be True
By Darcy Staniforth |
Months ahead of its cinematic release in theaters, the SXSW audience had the opportunity to view the new music documentary ...
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The Legend of the Stardust Brothers DVD Review: ’80s Japanese Manic Musical
By Kent Conrad |
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers is overlong, amateurishly acted, and schizophrenically directed. It has several scenes that make no ...
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Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché Movie Review: Her Trailblazing Music Career Is Only Part of the Story
By Jade Blackmore |
“I wasn’t ready to be the caretaker of Poly Styrene’s legacy. I just lost my Mum,” Celeste Bell says at ...
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ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All DVD Review: This New Documentary Is Unsatisfying
By Rons Reviews |
The TV movie/documentary which hit U.S. television in August of 2019, and now DVD, chronicles the History of ABBA, currently ...
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David Byrne’s American Utopia Movie Review: Beautifully Filmed but Imperfect Concert
By Kent Conrad |
David Byrne is one of those typical outsider becoming insider American stories. He set out to make oddball music, and ...
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The Soul of The Midnight Special 10-DVD Set Review: As Chic Says, ‘Good Times’
By Joe Garcia III |
The Midnight Special ran a bit before my time, but through Time Life’s The Soul Of The Midnight Special I ...
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From the Couch Hole: Come and Join the Living
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we doubled up on Vaughn and King, and we went lime, chocolate, strawberry, blueberry, and frosted sugar ...
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Bob Marley and The Wailers: The Capitol Session ’73 Review: A Glimpse at the Legend on the Cusp of Fame
By Jade Blackmore |
Bob Marley and The Wailers’ The Capitol Session ’73 was lost to history until researcher Martin Disney unearthed a three-minute clip ...
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Bob Marley & the Wailers: The Capitol Session ’73 Album Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Tuff Gong and Mercury Studios present Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Capitol Session ‘73 (although known as The Wailers ...
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Punk the Capital Blu-ray Review: Building a Sound Movement
By Darcy Staniforth |
If you are a punk or a fan of punk and hardcore, you know the importance of Washington DC in the ...
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From the Couch Hole: Fell in Love by the Soda Machine
By Shawn Bourdo |
Season One, Episode One was well received. We're moving on to Episode Two and I'm starting to get more into ...
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From the Couch Hole: Maybe We Can Stay in Touch
By Shawn Bourdo |
There was once a blog named "Sunday Morning Tuneage". From 2006 - 2013 on MySpace, I wrote a weekly dispatch ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth ’76 DVD Review: A Day the Giants of Southern Rock Held Their Own Against the Stones
By generaljabbo |
On August 21, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd were part of a star-studded lineup at the third annual Knebworth Festival in England. ...
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Austin City Limits: Country (10-Disc Set) Review: A Vital Historical Document of Country Music
By Gordon S. Miller |
Austin City Limits: Country is a music fan's dream. This two-volume set comprised of 10 discs contains 164 live uncut ...
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Sundance 2021 Review: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the summer of 1969, a remarkable music festival was held in New York that featured some of the world's ...
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The Go-Go’s Movie Review: Girls Rock. Duh.
By Elizabeth Periale |
The Go-Go's documentary, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and won two awards, “Best Music Documentary” and “Most Compelling ...
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour was in support of his album Desire, released January 5, 1976 between the two ...
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Greendale Movie Review: Neil Young’s Uplifting Musical Novel
By Gordon S. Miller |
In 2003, Neil Young released Greendale, a concept album, or what he called a "musical novel" that found him backed by ...
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Zappa Movie Review: A Compelling Look at One of History’s Most Intriguing Musicians
By generaljabbo |
From director Alex Winter of Bill and Ted fame comes Zappa, a deep dive into the life and career of ...
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