Their star shot blindingly across the blues-rock landscape during the early-1990s, but by 1993 the Arc Angels had burned out in a blaze of battling egos, substance abuse, and (admittedly...
Despite the director's horrendous choices, the brilliance of the music shines through.
Following in the tradition of genre-blending summits that paired Jimmie Rodgers and Louis Armstrong, and Bob Wills and Charlie Parker, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis played two nights of the blues at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room against the backdrop of the city at night. An album of the music was released in July 2008 to rave...
2008 proves to be another fruitful year for great concert DVDs.
There were plenty of great concert DVDs released in 2008, and many of them I just haven't had a chance to review yet. David Gilmour's Live At Gdansk is missing from my list since it is essentially the same show that I reviewed on last year's Remember That Night DVD, which made the top of my 2007 list. Wondering where the Rolling...
Two blues bands pass through Anaheim.
I had heard the name Gov’t Mule and of its leader, guitarist Warren Haynes, bandied about in jam-band circles, but didn’t know their music. At one point, I downloaded a bootleg a portion of their 2007 Halloween show where they covered Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy in its entirety. They sounded very good, but I knew there had...
