Friday, September 9 2011
Rory Gallagher: Rory Gallagher / Deuce / Live! in Europe / Blueprint
A consummate performer live or in the studio, these re-releases serve as a bold reminder of the weight of the Rory Gallagher legacy.
Tuesday, August 16 2011
Rory Gallagher: Notes From San Francisco
Gallagher fans would do well to come for the esoterica of the unreleased studio sessions, but stay for the raging live set that brings the songs truly alive.
Monday, April 18 2011
Rocking Chair Blues: Howlin’ Wolf – “Spoonful”
“Spoonful” is one of the best-known and most recorded songs in the history of the blues, and there's something mysterious about it. What exactly is in that spoonful?
Wednesday, February 16 2011
Santana and Various Artists: Guitar Heaven
Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time comes off as a celebrity version of American Idol.
Tuesday, September 18 2007
All My Loving
Tony Palmer's 1968 made-for-BBC "masterpiece" looks decidedly more suspect today.
Wednesday, January 10 2007
Cream: Cream: Classic Artists [DVD]
Dreary and unedifying career overview of '60s blues trio marred by its lack of live footage.
Wednesday, February 22 2006
Cream: Royal Albert Hall, London, May 2-3-5-6, 2005 [DVD]
After a long absence, God... err, Eric Clapton has returned, and along with Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, has resurrected the deity known as Cream.
Friday, November 11 2005
Cream
I've previously written that Brian Wilson's SMiLE stop was undoubtedly the BEST concert of 2005. Oops...
Cream
Which of the greatest bands from the '60s recently took the stage for a long-anticipated, live performance with all of its original members?
Wednesday, June 1 2005
Cream: The World’s First Supergroup by Dave Thompson
Think of you and about 15 or 20 of your friends from high school... now imagine the lot of you irrevocably and inarguably change the course of music history. That's what happened in the era covered in this book.
