Recent Music DVD Reviews

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Friday, June 19 2009

Iron Maiden: Flight 666

By Adrien Begrand

Only Iron Maiden could pull a world tour like this off. The ecstatic reactions from India, to Australia, to Japan, to Central and South America, to Canada are all essentially the same the world over.

Tuesday, June 9 2009

Bruce Springsteen Road Trip: 40 Years of the Boss

By Stephen Snart

The second disc is a keeper; the first, flick it out an open window and watch it fly.

Sunday, May 31 2009

Depeche Mode: The Dark Progression Unauthorized

By David Ray Carter

A reverent and academic investigation of the band’s music, their rise to fame, and their lasting influence on the music world.

Monday, May 18 2009

Charles Mingus: Epitaph

By Chadwick Jenkins

If you enjoy great composition, then this is for you.

Wednesday, April 22 2009

Morrissey: From Where He Came to Where He Went

By J.M. Suarez

Unfortunately, this set is an unauthorized account of Morrissey’s career and it shows.

Sunday, April 19 2009

NOFX: Backstage Passport

By Dan Heaton

The eight installments offer childish mayhem but reveal surprising heart amid the chaos.

Thursday, April 9 2009

Soundstage: Foreigner - Live

By Terrence Butcher

Many longtime Foreigner fans may have fretted that the group gave up the ghost, but judging by their recent appearance on this showcase, such concerns are for naught.

Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City

By Will Layman

The video record of the January 2007 concerts combining Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson is simply beautiful.

Tuesday, April 7 2009

Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in ‘65 & ‘68

By Will Layman

In his mid and late-30s, Sony Rollins was playing with the intelligence of age but the still blazing heat of youth.

Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson’s Incredible Journey

By Guy Crucianelli

If, as Kris Kristofferson said of Bob Dylan, "The guy's got so many sides he's round", this new DVD release shows what it's like to be in Dylan's orbit.

Sunday, April 5 2009

Jeff Beck: Performing This Week…Live at Ronnie Scott’s

By Christel Loar

Jeff Beck is joined by guests Joss Stone, Imogen Heap and Eric Clapton for some truly incredible performances during a week-long residency at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.

Thursday, April 2 2009

The Sex Pistols: There’ll Always Be an England

By Kirby Fields

Temple first provides the background out of which the boys and indeed, the whole punk movement emerged, before going on to debunk some of the myths and to substantiate some others.

Tuesday, March 31 2009

Rory Gallagher Live in Cork

By Christel Loar

This fiery set showcases virtuoso guitarist Rory Gallagher at his peak. The performance is an incendiary surge of energy and electrifying songs.

Thursday, March 26 2009

Little Richard Live at the Toronto Peace Festival, 1969

By Stuart Henderson

This brief documentary by legendary rock ’n’ roll verité artist D.A. Pennebaker provides a glimpse of a '50s firebrand’s re-emergence as a novelty act amid the final days of a decade he helped to create, but in which he had played almost no role.

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