Book Review: Music on Film: Purple Rain by John Kenneth Muir
By Kit O'Toole |
To this day, Prince remains an enigma. He grants few interviews, once changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol, and ...
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Strange Fruit: The Beatles’ Apple Records DVD Review: Gets to the Core of the Company
By Kit O'Toole |
On May 11, 1968, John Lennon and Paul McCartney arrived in New York to announce a new business venture. Three ...
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Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004 Blu-ray Review: Nice Overview of His Long Solo Career
By generaljabbo |
As Phil Collins embarked on his “First Final Farewell Tour” in 2004 and 2005, it occurred to him that he ...
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The B-52’s: With the Wild Crowd!: Live in Athens, GA Blu-ray Review: The Emphasis is on Fun
By generaljabbo |
For more than 30 years, the B-52’s have delivered their own quirky brand of retro-influenced new wave. From the bee-hive ...
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SXSW 2012 Review: Paul Williams Still Alive
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Leo Sopicki “We usually save this surprise for after the movie”, explained director Stephen Kessler. Kessler, who was ...
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The Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin’: The Making of L.A. Woman DVD Review: The Story of a Truly Great Album and Band
By Greg Barbrick |
The final album The Doors recorded with Jim Morrison was L.A. Woman in 1970. It may well be their finest ...
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Public Image Limited: Live at Rockpalast DVD Review: A Must for PiL Fans
By Greg Barbrick |
When John Lydon formed Public Image Ltd. in 1978, nobody knew what to make of it at first. With the ...
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Santana: Greatest Hits Live At Montreux 2011 DVD Review: An Artist Still on Top of His Game
By generaljabbo |
In 1970, Carlos Santana and his band, Santana, made their first appearance at the famed Montreux Jazz Festival. Nearly 42 ...
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Talking Heads: Chronology DVD Review: More Videos About Buildings and Food
By Kit O'Toole |
Since the mid-’70s, Talking Heads have defied easy categorization. Are they rock? Punk? Avant-garde? The band raised themselves above labels ...
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The Richard Thompson Band: Live At Celtic Connections Blu-ray Review: Something for Everyone
By generaljabbo |
Richard Thompson’s most recent studio album, Dream Attic, was recorded live in front of a series of American audiences before ...
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Styx: The Grand Illusion • Pieces of Eight Live Blu-ray Review: Music to Soothe an Angry Young Man
By generaljabbo |
The trend for classic rock acts over the last decade or so is to revisit a classic album in its ...
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The Rolling Stones: Some Girls: Live In Texas ’78 Blu-ray Review: It’s Live Rock ‘n’ Roll and I Like It
By Gordon S. Miller |
I am not sure the reasoning behind The Rolling Stones’ recent decision to go through their vaults and unleash some ...
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Queen: Days of Our Lives Blu-ray Review: A Definitive Look at the Legendary Band
By generaljabbo |
Before Queen released their first album in 1973, the late Freddie Mercury already had lofty ambitions for his musical career, ...
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Queen: Days of Our Lives DVD Review: They Made the Rockin’ World Go Round
By Greg Barbrick |
As good a documentary as Queen: Days Of Our Lives is, it is also a bit of a strange beast. ...
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The Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin’: The Story of L.A. Woman DVD Review: A Look at One of Their Most Enduring Works
By generaljabbo |
By the end of 1970, The Doors were done as a live act. Jim Morrison still had the legal ramifications ...
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From Straight to Bizarre: Zappa, Beefheart, Alice Cooper, and LA’s Lunatic Fringe DVD Review: A Must for Zappa-philes
By Greg Barbrick |
They called Frank Zappa “The King of the L.A. Freak Scene,” and it was definitely a title he enjoyed. After ...
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Glee: The Concert Blu-ray Review: Fun Performances, Lame Interludes
By Steve Geise |
The Glee concert film captures a moment in time of a pop-culture phenomenon that had already started its slow march ...
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Peter Gabriel: New Blood – Live in London Blu-ray Review: The Power of the Orchestra
By Gordon S. Miller |
In 2009, Peter Gabriel came up with a very intriguing concept where he would cover an artist’s song with the ...
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Some Kind of Monster DVD Review: A Fearless Portrait of Metallica
By Gordon S. Miller |
What started out as promotional piece detailing the recording of Metallica’s next album ended up becoming not only a fearless ...
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The Love We Make DVD Review: Paul McCartney Leads the Charge to Heal a City and a Nation
By generaljabbo |
When the tragedy of 9/11 occurred, Paul McCartney was sitting in an airplane on the tarmac at JFK airport. He ...
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Deep Purple with Orchestra: Live In Montreux 2011 DVD Review: They All Came out to Montreux Again
By Greg Barbrick |
It certainly makes sense for Deep Purple to record a concert live at Montreux, Switzerland. After all, the opening line ...
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God Bless Ozzy Osbourne DVD Review: Pulling Back the Persona to Reveal the Man
By generaljabbo |
Ozzy Osbourne has become something of a cartoon character in recent years. The reality show, The Osbournes, portrayed him as ...
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God Bless Ozzy Osbourne DVD Review: A Side of Ozzy We Have Never Seen Before
By Greg Barbrick |
It has been nearly a decade since The Osbournes debuted on MTV, and since that time the first family of ...
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Ray Charles: Live in France 1961 DVD Review: The Genius in His Prime
By generaljabbo |
In 1961, it’s safe to say Ray Charles was at the peak of his powers. His albums and tours were ...
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Cream: Live at Royal Albert Hall London 2005 Blu-ray Review: I’m So Glad This Was Recorded
By Gordon S. Miller |
Cream is a legendary rock trio from the late ’60s featuring bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger ...
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Book Review: Music on Film: A Hard Day’s Night by Ray Morton
By Kit O'Toole |
Back in 2000, Miramax Films reissued the classic A Hard Day’s Night in movie theaters. Since I was unable to ...
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Electric Daisy Carnival Experience Movie Review: Experience It…If You Can Find It
By Steve Geise |
America’s largest dance music festival has been under fire for the last year after massive fallout from the 2010 edition ...
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AC/DC: Let There Be Rock Limited Edition Blu-ray Review: Bon Scott’s Last Tour
By Gordon S. Miller |
AC/DC’s 1980 concert film Let There Be Rock captured the Bon Scott-led version of the band at what would unknowingly ...
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The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
One of the many integral parts to the creation and success of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is the music ...
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The Cure: Trilogy Blu-ray Review: A Wonderfully Draining Experience, Musically and Emotionally
By Gordon S. Miller |
Recorded live on November 11th and 12th in 2002 at the Tempodrom Berlin, The Cure played a concert that had ...
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U2 3D Movie Review: Almost Better Than the Real Thing
By Gordon S. Miller |
U2 3D raised the bar for concert films to a whole new level. Captured during U2’s Vertigo tour of 2005/’06 ...
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The Who: Live at The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 DVD Review: Absolutely Brilliant
By Gordon S. Miller |
Throughout the ages, humanity has struggled to find the answers to great philosophical questions in the hopes of making sense ...
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Ladies & Gentlemen…The Rolling Stones DVD Review: A Great Introduction to the Band
By generaljabbo |
The year 1972 was a pivotal one for The Rolling Stones. They spent the summer as tax exiles in France, ...
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Elvis on Tour DVD Review: Presley Goes out on a High Note in his Final Film
By generaljabbo |
In 1972, Elvis Presley was still riding high from the commercial and critical rebirth that started with the ’68 Comeback ...
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Elvis: That’s The Way It Is (Special Edition) DVD Review: It’s Good to be the King
By generaljabbo |
Elvis Presley was riding a major wave of success in 1970. Free of his movie obligations of the 1960s, Presley ...
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Shine a Light DVD Review: The Rolling Stones and Martin Scorsese Deliver Satisfaction
By Gordon S. Miller |
Longevity in the arts can be a double-edge sword. Artists no doubt appreciate having long careers in the endeavors they ...
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Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music (Director’s Cut) Blu-ray Review: The Beginning of the End of the ’60s
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Woodstock Festival of 1969 was much more than a concert, unintentionally becoming the symbol of the decade’s youth/hippie movement ...
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The Complete Monterey Pop Festival Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Marvelous Time Capsule
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the Summer of Love, the weekend of June 16-18, 1967 to be specific, the Monterey International Pop Music Festival ...
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The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow the Green Grass (Legacy Edition) Albums Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the '90s as country music was getting a pop polish and alternative rock was becoming mainstream, the Jayhawks were ...
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Sucker Punch Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Review
By Steve Geise |
Zach Snyder’s latest directorial effort has had a heavy marketing effort touting its impressive visuals in advance of its theatrical ...
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The Complete Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Recordings Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the mid-1970s, singer Tony Bennett and jazz pianist Bill Evans, two legends in their respective fields, joined together for ...
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Tony Bennett Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook Album Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Tony Bennett is a national treasure whose brilliant talents have been on display since he first started recording in the ...
Read More The Doors 40th Anniversary Celebration: Live from the Sunset Strip, 2006
By Gordon S. Miller |
In November 2006, The Doors began celebrating their 40th anniversary with a yearlong celebration that included new products to take ...
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Various Artists: The Best Of Bond… James Bond Music Review
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Smits James Bond films are among my favorites. I consider myself more than a casual fan but ...
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ZZ Top: Double Down Live DVD Review: Two Shows, One Band
By Gordon S. Miller |
While not listed as an official commemoration of their 40th anniversary, Double Down Live celebrates ZZ Top and makes clear ...
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ZZ Top: Live From Texas DVD Review: Keeping the Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Happy
By Gordon S. Miller |
Heading in to their 40th year, that little ol' band from Texas, ZZ Top continues to rock the house with ...
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Pearl Jam: Live on Ten Legs Album Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Pearl Jam begins the celebration of their 20th anniversary with the compilation album Live on Ten Legs, the title playing ...
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