With the holidays soon upon us, I wanted to have a little fun and find out what music is on your want and wish lists this year? If someone put $250 into your hands and said you could spend it on any – but only – CDs or records, what would you buy? To make [...]
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British metal stalwarts, Saxon have been around in one incarnation or another for more than 33 years. They began as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal alongside better-known acts such as Def Leppard and Iron Maiden and have certainly shifted gears throughout the changing styles of the decades. One element (aside from [...]
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Drums and drummers are the backbone of rock music, heavy metal, jazz, blues, big band and many other music genres. A rock show wouldn’t be a rock show without a drum solo, although it may be 10 minutes shorter! Rock singers and guitarists will always get the lion’s share of the fame, but take away [...]
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I’ve always thought the best way to judge a rock music album is to hear the songs played live. Most bands, however, are hesitant to play a new record in its entirety, as some fans want to hear the established Top 40 hits and nothing more. Well, The Black Crowes haven’t really had a radio [...]
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Roger Dean is one of rock music’s most original and respected cover artists. He’s best known for the artwork that graced the covers of so many great Yes albums in the 1970s. But if you know his work only from Fragile or Tales From Topographic Oceans, read on. Here are 10 of my favorite Dean [...]
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