A city viewed through music: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Music has elevated some cities to the rank of legends. Some achieved it on the strength of its music scene, or the genre it gave birth to. Some others keep…
Concert Review: Dream Theater – Bell Centre, Montreal – March 21st 2014
Prog Metal pioneers Dream Theater stopped by Montreal on the second date of their North American tour last night, and their 3 hour set gave the few thousand fans present…
Here’s a great Irish drinking song for St-Patrick’s Day!
What better way to commemorate St-Patrick’s Day than with an Irish drinking song? Here’s a great track by The Trews. Hello my name is Ishmael forget the one about the…
Is this the worst cover art ever for a rerelease of a classic album?
I found this abomination at a local HMV store. Apart from the fact that 5 bucks is a sweet deal for one of the best rock albums of all time,…
30 years of concerts
Exactly 30 years ago today, on March 12 1984, I saw my first rock concert. At the tender age of 12, I managed to convince my parents to take me…
Bruce Springsteen rocks out to the Bee Gees!
Here’s another great cover from Springsteen’s Australian tour, Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees. (The Gibbs brothers moved to Australia as young boys, and that’s where they started their musical…
Bruce Springsteen rocks out to AC/DC
During Springsteen’s current tour of Australia, the Boss opened his show in Perth ( where AC/DC’s original singer Bon Scott lived after his parents emigrated to Australia) with a version…
Concert Review: Transatlantic – L’Olympia, Montreal, February 6 2014
As with most supergroups, it’s always an event when Transatlantic hits the road. The band, made up of Mike Portnoy (ex Dream Theater and member of a dozen more bands),…
Bruno Mars’s OTHER halftime show
Looks like the Super Bowl wasn’t Bruno Mars’s first half time show. Let’s just say he’s come a long way to get to that stunning performance last Sunday. Anyone else…
Cyril Neville covers Rush’s Working Man
I just found this great cover or Rush’s early hit Working Man by Cyril Neville (from his September 2013 CD Magic Honey). While the original was more of a Zeppelin…