dvd Archive
09 Sep 2022
DVD Review: Waiting – The Van Duren Story
In recent years, a remarkably personal style of documentary has come into vogue. Whereas in a traditional documentary, the narrator is both invisible and omniscient, and this new (or newly […]
25 Jun 2022
Album Review: Robert Berry’s 3.2 — Alive at Progstock
Most music fans know of Keith Emerson for his work with Emerson Lake and Palmer. The progressive supergroup scored a succession of hits and well-regarded albums through the 1970s. Sure, […]
20 Jun 2022
Album Review: Allan Holdsworth — Jarasum International Jazz Festival 2014
“In the moment.” That’s one of the phrases bassist Jimmy Haslip employs in his brief liner note essay for this, the latest in the ongoing series of archival live Allan […]
13 May 2022
DVD Review: SVT – The Price of Sex
SVT is one of the coolest bands you’ve likely never heard of. Led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Brian Marnell, this San Francisco-based band had talent to burn, combining musical […]
25 Nov 2021
Album+Blu-Ray Review: Lynyrd Skynyrd – Live at Knebworth ‘76
Released in September 1976, the double LP One More from the Road has stood the test of time as the definitive (and for many years only) recorded document of Lynyrd […]
30 Sep 2021
Album Review: Nektar – …Sounds Like Swiss
Nektar was one of those bands that got lost in a sea of great music. Though they were British, being based in Germany certainly didn’t help gain them exposure in […]
18 Oct 2020
Album Review: Circuline — Circulive: New View
For whatever reason, my own tastes with regard to progressive rock lean heavily toward music coming out of the UK. Given the choice between, say, Genesis and Kansas, I’ll always […]
29 Sep 2020
DVD Review: Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash
The history of rock music is littered with tragic tales of disaster and death. Chief among those is the 1977 plane crash that killed two members of Lynyrd Skynyrd as […]
29 Aug 2020
DVD Review: Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones
Sometimes I cringe a bit when learning that there’s been made a new film purporting to explore a notorious scandal or controversy of the past. There’s a very high likelihood […]
17 Jun 2020
DVD Review: Krautrock: Romantic Warriors IV Part 1
The term krautrock may just be one of those labels that is meaningful only to those who exist inside a kind of bubble. The person on the street, so to […]