12 Dec 2012
Album Review: Mitch Ryder – Live at Rockpalast 1979 + 2004
Mitch Ryder is a tricky figure to pin down. Though he enjoyed a brief string of hits in the mid 60s (first with the Detroit Wheels and then as an […]
04 Apr 2012
DVD Review: Public Image Ltd. – Live at Rockpalast 1983
Time really does change things. It was Halloween night 1983 when Public Image Ltd. took the stage at WDR’s television studios for a concert. But now, shy of three decades […]
07 Sep 2011
CD/DVD Review: Johnny Winter – Live at Rockpalast
With apologies to Firesign Theatre, file this pair of releases in the Department of Redundancy Department. Not that the music and performances on Live at Rockpalast aren’t ace — they […]
21 Dec 2021
Hundred-word Reviews for December 2021: Archival Releases
This has been a good year for archival and reissue releases. It’s been quite a while since I’ve done a roundup of those, so here’s one to help bring the […]
15 May 2015
Hundred Word Reviews for May 2015, Part 10
Over the last nine business days, I’ve surveyed 45 albums of new, reissued, and/or archival music from a wide array of artists in jazz, prog, soul, rock and other genres. […]
17 Jul 2014
In Memoriam: Johnny Winter, 1944-2014
According to his publicist, legendary guitarist John Dawson Winter III died on July 15 in his Zurich, Switzerland hotel room. I count myself lucky to have interviewed Johnny Winter twice […]
21 May 2013
Album Review: Blue Cheer – Rocks Europe
They didn’t call it garage when ? And the Mysterians were playing “96 Tears.” They didn’t label it punk when The Stooges sang about “No Fun.” And they didn’t use […]
10 Jan 2013
Capsule Reviews: January 2013, Part One
Here’s another installment in my occasional series of capsule reviews, this time covering new reissues and compilations. My self-imposed limit for this particular exercise is 150 words on each album. […]
31 May 2009
DVD Review: Johnny Winter — Live Through the 70s
The DVD kicks off with a true oddity, a performance that is bizarre in any number of ways. This excellent-quality Danish TV clip from 1970 finds Winter playing with his […]