Richie Kotzen - 50 For 50 - A First Reaction Richie Kotzen just turned 50 and celebrated the milestone by releasing a mammoth 50 song album called 50 For 50, featuring 50 new tracks on 3 CDs. Notice a theme? My initial thought upon hearing about this album was, "There must be a bunch of short little filler songs. No way could he write, record and produce 50 songs since his last release in 2017 (Salting Earth)." Not so. This is the real deal. As if this wasn't impressive enough, Richie is also the only musician on the album. I'm stoked 02/05/2020
Richie Kotzen just turned 50 and celebrated the milestone by releasing a mammoth 50 song album called 50 For 50, featuring 50 new tracks on 3 CDs. Notice a theme? My initial thought upon hearing about this album was, "There must be a bunch of short little filler songs. No way could he write, record and produce 50 songs since his last release in 2017 (Salting Earth)." Not so. This is the real deal. As if this wasn't impressive enough, Richie is also the only musician on the album. I'm stoked
Let's Rock Chats With Julie Slick Julie Slick has accomplished more in twelve years than most musicians have in a career. From her bio: She has collaborated/appeared on stage with: the Crimson ProjeKct (featuring Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto), Les Claypool, Danny Carey, Victor Wooten, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Robert Fripp, Stewart Copeland, Alice Cooper, Ann Wilson, Jon Anderson, Mike Keneally, Marco Minnemann, Petra Haden, Kris Myers, and more. A virtuoso player with an uncanny ability to infuse technology with 01/19/2020
Julie Slick has accomplished more in twelve years than most musicians have in a career. From her bio: She has collaborated/appeared on stage with: the Crimson ProjeKct (featuring Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto), Les Claypool, Danny Carey, Victor Wooten, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Robert Fripp, Stewart Copeland, Alice Cooper, Ann Wilson, Jon Anderson, Mike Keneally, Marco Minnemann, Petra Haden, Kris Myers, and more. A virtuoso player with an uncanny ability to infuse technology with
Sons Of Apollo - MMXX - A First Reaction Merry MMXX-Mas!! Sons Of Apollo is back! Did they ever go away? Since the release of their debut album, Psychotic Symphony, in 2017, the five members of SOA have been involved in countless projects: -If I recall correctly, drummer Mike Portnoy has released about 36 albums. -Bassist Billy Sheehan has toured the world with Mr. Big and Winery Dogs. -Guitarist Ron Thal has amazed guitarists around the world with solo performances (with an absolutely epic one-man version of Rush’s La Villa Strangiato 01/11/2020
Merry MMXX-Mas!! Sons Of Apollo is back! Did they ever go away? Since the release of their debut album, Psychotic Symphony, in 2017, the five members of SOA have been involved in countless projects: -If I recall correctly, drummer Mike Portnoy has released about 36 albums. -Bassist Billy Sheehan has toured the world with Mr. Big and Winery Dogs. -Guitarist Ron Thal has amazed guitarists around the world with solo performances (with an absolutely epic one-man version of Rush’s La Villa Strangiato
20 Questions with Vinnie Moore Vinnie Moore is synonymous with instrumental rock guitar. Since his debut album, Mind's Eye, in 1987, he has carved a name for himself among the great axe masters of the past 30-plus years. Aside from his boatload of solo releases, he has also recorded 6 albums and toured the world with classic rock mainstay UFO since 2003. Let's Rock is a little late to the party, as his most recent album, Soul Shifter, was released on October 9, but Vinnie was kind enough to sit down and answer our 20 12/02/2019
Vinnie Moore is synonymous with instrumental rock guitar. Since his debut album, Mind's Eye, in 1987, he has carved a name for himself among the great axe masters of the past 30-plus years. Aside from his boatload of solo releases, he has also recorded 6 albums and toured the world with classic rock mainstay UFO since 2003. Let's Rock is a little late to the party, as his most recent album, Soul Shifter, was released on October 9, but Vinnie was kind enough to sit down and answer our 20
Doctor Pheabes - Army Of The Sun - A First Reaction Let's Rock has featured artists from Canada, the US, Sweden, England, Korea, Australia and now we head on down to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Doctor Pheabes (Eduardo Parrillo (vocals), Fernando Parrillo (guitar), Fabio Ressio (bass) and Paulo Ressio (drums)) have recently released their 3rd album, Army of the Sun. These dudes have opened for the Stones, GnR and Black Sabbath in Brazil and the band is looking to make a splash in North America The first thing that jumped out to me was the sound. 11/24/2019
Let's Rock has featured artists from Canada, the US, Sweden, England, Korea, Australia and now we head on down to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Doctor Pheabes (Eduardo Parrillo (vocals), Fernando Parrillo (guitar), Fabio Ressio (bass) and Paulo Ressio (drums)) have recently released their 3rd album, Army of the Sun. These dudes have opened for the Stones, GnR and Black Sabbath in Brazil and the band is looking to make a splash in North America The first thing that jumped out to me was the sound.
Let's Rock Chats With Tobias Forge of Ghost On Friday, October 18, 2019, Ottawa was fortunate enough to witness their first Ghost concert. It was a slick, well produced, wonderfully sounding (Kudos to the sound tech) extravaganza. The Nameless Ghouls, all 7 of them, were in fine form and Cardinal Copia had the small but loud crowd in the palm of his hand from the incredible opening song, Rats to the powerful closer, Square Hammer. I was lucky enough to meet Tobias Forge (Cardinal Copia) in the band's warm-up room in the bowels of the 10/24/2019
On Friday, October 18, 2019, Ottawa was fortunate enough to witness their first Ghost concert. It was a slick, well produced, wonderfully sounding (Kudos to the sound tech) extravaganza. The Nameless Ghouls, all 7 of them, were in fine form and Cardinal Copia had the small but loud crowd in the palm of his hand from the incredible opening song, Rats to the powerful closer, Square Hammer. I was lucky enough to meet Tobias Forge (Cardinal Copia) in the band's warm-up room in the bowels of the
Let's Rock Chats With Brandon Yeagley of Crobot Here we go again. Another relatively new band. Another mind blowing album. God, I love this job. Brandon Yeagley is the lead singer of Pennsylvania-based Crobot, who have recently released a smashing new album called Motherbrain. Brandon was kind enough to give Let's Rock HQ a call to discuss the origin of the band and name, touring with legends, Steel Panther and even a nice little chat about Judas Priest for some reason. Crobot (Brandon Yeagley [lead vocals, harmonica], Chris Bishop 10/12/2019
Here we go again. Another relatively new band. Another mind blowing album. God, I love this job. Brandon Yeagley is the lead singer of Pennsylvania-based Crobot, who have recently released a smashing new album called Motherbrain. Brandon was kind enough to give Let's Rock HQ a call to discuss the origin of the band and name, touring with legends, Steel Panther and even a nice little chat about Judas Priest for some reason. Crobot (Brandon Yeagley [lead vocals, harmonica], Chris Bishop
Let's Rock Chats With Janet Feder Janet Feder is a Colorado-based guitarist and composer. Classically trained, her music is a unique blend of music ranging from folk to avante-garde. She plays a 'prepared guitar' on which tools or devices are fastened to the strings to add various colours to the sound. As she describes the process, "I put things on strings". Her music is best described as hypnotic and the sounds will absorb you and draw you in. She came to the attention of Let's Rock through Bryan Beller (check out his Let's 10/06/2019
Janet Feder is a Colorado-based guitarist and composer. Classically trained, her music is a unique blend of music ranging from folk to avante-garde. She plays a 'prepared guitar' on which tools or devices are fastened to the strings to add various colours to the sound. As she describes the process, "I put things on strings". Her music is best described as hypnotic and the sounds will absorb you and draw you in. She came to the attention of Let's Rock through Bryan Beller (check out his Let's
Bryan Beller - Scenes From The Flood - A Review By Paul Eastwood I had the pleasure of seeing the Aristocrats in concert a few weeks ago and jumped at the chance to review Bryan Beller's double CD Scenes From the Flood. This is an enormous project with twenty-eight musicians on eighteen tracks which are primarily instrumental. Upon my initial run-through, I was struck by the flow of the album. The variation of textures, an almost episodic transition from track to track, is achieved through different instruments and the character of the 08/23/2019
By Paul Eastwood I had the pleasure of seeing the Aristocrats in concert a few weeks ago and jumped at the chance to review Bryan Beller's double CD Scenes From the Flood. This is an enormous project with twenty-eight musicians on eighteen tracks which are primarily instrumental. Upon my initial run-through, I was struck by the flow of the album. The variation of textures, an almost episodic transition from track to track, is achieved through different instruments and the character of the
Sons Of Apollo - Live with The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony - A Review By Paul Eastwood In September of 2017 an astonishing prog supergroup released their debut cd, Psychotic Symphony. The band toured through South and North America (I was fortunate to have seen the stop in Montreal) and Europe. Fast forward to August, 2019 and the imminent arrival of the Sons Of Apollo with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony. This is a special occasion, with SOA joined onstage by an orchestra and choir. Plovdiv is an ancient city in Southern Bulgaria, and the venue is the Roman-era 08/19/2019
By Paul Eastwood In September of 2017 an astonishing prog supergroup released their debut cd, Psychotic Symphony. The band toured through South and North America (I was fortunate to have seen the stop in Montreal) and Europe. Fast forward to August, 2019 and the imminent arrival of the Sons Of Apollo with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony. This is a special occasion, with SOA joined onstage by an orchestra and choir. Plovdiv is an ancient city in Southern Bulgaria, and the venue is the Roman-era
Dysfonction érectile Richie Kotzen - 50 For 50 - A First Reaction Richie Kotzen just turned 50 and celebrated the milestone by releasing a mammoth 50 song album called 50 For 50, featuring 50 new tracks on 3 CDs. Notice a theme? My initial thought upon hearing about this album was, "There must be a bunch of short little filler songs. No way could he write, record and produce 50 songs since his last release in 2017 (Salting Earth)." Not so. This is the real deal. As if this wasn't impressive enough, Richie is also the only musician on the album. I'm stoked 02/05/2020
Richie Kotzen just turned 50 and celebrated the milestone by releasing a mammoth 50 song album called 50 For 50, featuring 50 new tracks on 3 CDs. Notice a theme? My initial thought upon hearing about this album was, "There must be a bunch of short little filler songs. No way could he write, record and produce 50 songs since his last release in 2017 (Salting Earth)." Not so. This is the real deal. As if this wasn't impressive enough, Richie is also the only musician on the album. I'm stoked
