Results for "The Who"

Article: Live Review

Todd Rundgren at the NYCB Theatre

by Mike Perciaccante
August 31, 2013

Todd Rundgren NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY August 11, 2013Todd Rundgren has forged an enviable and lengthy career on the pop and rock landscape. The multi-instrumentalist's career with Nazz, Utopia and as a solo artist is as diverse as they come. Rundgren's influences can be very easily heard and identified ...

Article: Film Review

The Who: Live in Texas '75

by Doug Collette
August 18, 2013

The WhoLive in Texas '75Eagle Rock2012In their performing prime, between 1969 and 1971, The Who were the most thrilling performers rock had ever known (and may remain so). The original quartet remained exciting through 1975 when The Who: Live in Texas '75 was filmed, though in the flood ...

Article: Profile

Graham Bond: Wading in Murky Waters

by Duncan Heining
July 18, 2013

Organist and saxophonist Graham Bond was the most important and influential musical pioneer to emerge from British jazz in the 1960s. High praise indeed, but in his case it is warranted. His legacy might be defined less by the music he recorded and more by the impact he had on subsequent generations of musicians. However, that ...

Article: Live Review

The Who: Denver, Colorado, February 12, 2013

by Geoff Anderson
March 9, 2013

The WhoPepsi CenterDenver, ColoradoFebruary 12, 2013The Who Pepsi Center, Denver, CO February 12, 2013One of the greatest moments on record from the Classic Rock era is the stunning contrast between the first two songs on the Who's Quadrophenia (MCA, 1973). The first cut, “I Am the Sea" is dominated ...

Article: Book Review

Pete Townshend: Who I Am

by Doug Collette
January 12, 2013

Who I AmPete Townshend544 pagesISBN: 978-0062127242Harper2012Guitarist Pete Townshend's autobiography is an engrossing, memorable read, due to the rigorous discipline Townshend applies to his writing, comparable to that which he devoted to his greatest music.Nevertheless, anyone looking for the comprehensive story of this ...

Album

Quadrophenia

By The Who

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2012
Track listing: CD1:  I Am The Sea ; The Real Me ; Quadrophenia ; Cut My Hair ; The Punk And The Godfather ; I’m One ; The Dirty Jobs ; Helpless Dancer ; Is It In My Head ; I’ve Had Enough ; 515 ; Sea And Sand ; Drowned. CD2: Bell Boy; Doctor Jimmy ; The Rock ; Love Reign O’er Me ; The Real Me (Demo) ; Cut My Hair (Demo) ; Punk (Demo) ; Dirty Jobs (Demo; Is It In My Head (Demo) ; Anymore (Demo) ; I’ve Had Enough (Demo) ; Drowned (Demo) ; Is It Me (Demo) ; Doctor Jimmy (Demo); Love Reign O’er Me (Demo).

Article: Album Review

Wave Mechanics Union: Further To Fly

Read "Further To Fly" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 12, 2012

Rock music has been mined to the nth degree by jazz prospectors. Trumpeter Miles Davis was doing Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper a quarter century back; pianist Brad Mehldau has made Radiohead his own; jazz legend Herbie Hancock spoke of new standards by Peter Gabriel and Nirvana; and organ guru Dr. Lonnie Smith has delivered a ...

Article: Album Review

Bio Ritmo: La Verdad

Read "La Verdad" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
May 31, 2012

In September 2011, Bio Ritmo, the ten-piece salsa band from Richmond (Virginia), celebrated twenty years together, no small accomplishment for a band originally formed (says its official company bio) “as a percussion ensemble brought together by two misplaced Puerto Ricans who met at art school, combined with a local punk rock drummer."Communally led by ...

Article: From the Inside Out

Missives from Distant Fronts

by Chris M. Slawecki
May 25, 2012

Bio RitmoLa Verdad Electric Cowbell Records2011 In September 2011, Bio Ritmo, the ten-piece salsa band from Richmond (Virginia), celebrated twenty years together, no small accomplishment for a band originally formed (says its official company bio) “as a percussion ensemble brought together by two misplaced Puerto Ricans who met ...

Article: Live Review

Greg Lake: Westbury, NY, April 22, 2012

by Mike Perciaccante
May 13, 2012

Greg Lake: The Songs of A Lifetime NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, New York April 22, 2012 Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Ringo Starr, Percy Sledge, Robert Fripp and The Who...what they all have in common is Greg Lake. Lake is the voice behind the original King Crimson (which he ...