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A collection of engaging interviews culled from the personal archives of Canadian radio host Shane Christopher Neal, the recently released After the Encore: Intimate Conversations with Music Legends is a page-turner for classic rock-crazed enthusiasts.
Xtra Cherries (Cleopatra Records). Review by Christopher Long.
This week, Christopher Long visits a Florida rummage sale where he comes across a well-cared-for vinyl copy of Smash Hits, the 1969 compilation LP from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, for just two bucks, and he soon rediscovers why the guitar-slashing icon remains “the whole package.”
Journey’s latest album Freedom unsurprisingly debuts at #1 on a music chart. From Ink 19 News.
Yacht Rock Revue sailed smoothly into Orlando, and Michelle Wilson climbed aboard for a light rock extravaganza.
Modern-day metal stalwart, In This Moment returned to Orlando, headlining an impressive, mind-melting, four-band affair.
“No instruments. Just voices” – the New Jersey-based, RockNRoll Chorus, celebrated a milestone this summer, with a special 10th Anniversary U.S. concert tour.
Once upon a time, long ago, KISS was a rock band. This story recounts how four unlikely guys from New York first came together during the early 1970s and literally changed the face of rock and roll.
Raga Bop Trio (Abstract Logix). Review by Shelton Hull.
Reimaginator. Review by Joe Frietze.
Tragically, The Knack’s career has come to a close with the passing of frontman/ songwriter/ guitarist Doug Fieger on Valentine’s Day 2010. Steve Stav remembers the man, resurrecting this interview conducted for Ink 19 a few days after Fieger’s 53rd birthday in 2005.
Y Not (Hip-O/UMe Records). Review by Matt Parish.
Glory Bound (Pirates Press). Review by Jen Cray.
As the Killswitch Engage/Dragonforce tour sped into Orlando for a sold-out night of metal mayhem, Jen Cray geared up for a night of epic headbangin’.
With the release of their new album, Teetering on the Edge, New Jersey’s the Medium chatted with Brittany Sturges about their first show, the Battle of the Bands, Prince and – oh yea, their favorite fruit.
I On U (Favoured Nations). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Our normally cheerful editor, James Mann , is cranky on the subject of public noise pollution masquerading as nostalgia.
World Play (Soul SirkUS Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.
Just how do you get to a VANS Warped Tour stage if you’re an unsigned band? Gail Worley talks with 2 Cents’ drummer/vocalist Adam O’Rourke to find out.
Supared (Sanctuary Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.
