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TIME FADES AWAY Released as a document of the ill-starred 1973 tour with the Stray Gators, this is a very nervous record. I like it a ...

Rush has a fantastic new disc out called Clockwork Angels. Being over a week late to the party, I have only just picked it up and taken it f...

He's been a Beatle, an MBE, he's been dead, high, a solo artist, a Wing commander, a father, a widower, prisoner, humanitarian cr...

Packing more flash on stage than Neil Diamond's jacket, Rush have long been respected for their instrumental prowess. Heading toward t...

Meet Blade of Grass! Breaking through the cracks of a drab, artificial musical landscape to remind us of what is real, Blade of Grass wil...

The always brilliant duo return from exile with their new disc, Rize of the Fenix. Here's a taster from those dirty descendants of Simon...

Another great talent has passed on too soon. Robin Gibb, 62, was an integral part of the international success of the Bee Gees, writing and ...

May 22nd will see the re-release of RAM, a deluxe package of the second McCartney solo disc. “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is an album from ...

Very sad to hear of the passing of Duck Dunn, four string soul brother who anchored the rhythm section of Booker T and the MGs since the e...

DREAMING IN BRILLIANT COLOR One of the great surprises in listening to contemporary music is finding bands/artists that don't fall pr...

RED Straddling a line between beguiling creations ("Fallen Angel", "One More Red Nightmare") and noodling that stray...

As a postscript to my review of last week's Van Halen show here in Ottawa, I wanted to share the work of a very talented photographer, M...

Van Halen Scotiabank Place March 21, 2012 Prologue Last time that Van Halen and I were in the same building was the Toronto stop on t...

Way back in the mists of childhood, I received an LED (light emitting diode) watch as a Christmas gift. Futuristic mid-70's technology...

Another rock soldier, guitarist Ronnie Montrose, passed away yesterday after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He was underrated, thou...

Another reminder of the transitory nature of life comes with the passing of actor/singer Davy Jones. At the height of his fame in the mid-s...

GONE THOUGH NOT FORGOTTEN Ranker.com ranks influential musicians by the order of how great their music was at the time of their death. ...

A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH Doorbells...three of them...oddly harmonizing...have been uploaded to my cerebellum...flown in telepathically.....

III SIDES TO EVERY STORY Nearly 20 years have passed since the release of the third Extreme disc. Muscular playing, tight arrangements an...

Great cover of the Syd Barrett song "Opel" by Joseph Bridge. He is ably assisted by Keith Scott (Bryan Adams' guitarist) whose...