Classics Du Jour

Progressive rock stalwarts Yes have been putting out albums and playing shows for all good people around the globe for well over 50 years. Though band members have come and gone, and others sadly passed away, the resiliency on display by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2017 unit has endured despite … Continue reading An Affair to Remember: Yes to Release Live Set The Royal Affair Tour, Live From Las Vegas →

Blue Öyster Cult is back with the New York-based band’s first new studio album in nearly two decades. The Symbol Remains contains 14 current Cult classics, all of which were written and recorded over a multi-year span, starting in 2019. Augmenting the classic BOC lineup anchored by Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser and Eric Bloom are … Continue reading R.U. Ready: Blue Oyster Cult is Back with New LP ‘The Symbol Remains’ →

For roughly three decades, Liberty DeVitto was the quite literal driving force behind Billy Joel’s biggest hits and countless concerts. But the toll that level of success and excess eventually took on the New York-bred drummer was high – again literally and figuratively. As the touring miles and recording sessions piled up, so did the … Continue reading Keeping the Beat: Longtime Drummer Liberty DeVitto Pens Memoir, Preps Album Release →

The omnipresence of Kansas on the musical landscape is hitting the half-century mark. While so many of the Midwest born-and-bred band’s peers have ended up on the dustbin of has-bins and countless “whatever happened to…” lists, Kansas continues to produce pertinent, sonically powerful and lyrically thought-provoking tracks that pack as much punch as a Kansas … Continue reading Point of No Regrets: Kansas Carry On With New Album ‘The Absence of Presence’ →

“Everything takes time. Some people are able to through deep meditation or a deep understanding of nature go create and have fun with the dimensional world that surrounds us. I just had one of those experiences, so I’d be happy to have them every other day, please.” Time and words appear to be in abundance … Continue reading All Hands on Deck: Yes Frontman Jon Anderson Shares Wondrous Stories on Solo Album ‘1000 Hands’ →

“All my music has hidden meanings to me that I don’t tell anybody – and I’m not about to start now (laughs)! But basically, in the songs – and in the messages in those songs – there are defining moments.” Defining moments have certainly defined the long and extraordinarily illustrious career of guitarist Steve Howe. … Continue reading (No) Words & Music: Yes Guitarist Steve Howe Shares Solo Set ‘Love Is’ →

classicsdujour · Michael McDermott on his new album 'What In The World…' “In much of my meditation now and my sobriety, it’s just being present. It’s one day at a time. And I guess that’s maybe the greatest gift I’ve gotten from recovery. It’s just, man, tomorrow is not promised to anyone. So, that’s kinda … Continue reading New World Disorder: Michael McDermott Pulls No Punches on New Album ‘What In the World…’ →

“And I’m saying this with this new album: people want to blow it up to some lofty, arty-fartsy kind of a thing. I’m just a guy who’s searching for some good chords, to put some notes on there, and then stick lyrics on those notes to give you my personal point of view of my … Continue reading Forever (De)Young: Ex-Styx Vox Dennis DeYoung Delivers Sixth Solo Studio Set ’26 East: Volume 1′ →

“Do I listen more to music that I grew up with when I’m on my own? Is my iTunes full of 70s and 80s stuff more than it is 90s and onwards? Absolutely!” Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott and his side project band Down ‘n’ Outz are out with their third studio album, the aptly … Continue reading Up to the Task: Joe Elliott’s Down ‘N’ Outz Deliver ‘This Is How We Roll’ →

“The best reward is looking out there and seeing people who obviously had maybe death and illness and all those bad things happen in their lives, you know, and you really get that feeling back from the audience. That’s part of the whole thrill of the whole thing.” Foreigner founding member Mick Jones has his … Continue reading 20/20 Vision: Foreigner Celebrates 40th Anniversary of ‘Double Vision’ →

“We have 12 distinctly, separate, different musical experiences on Celestial. All of these tracks have got their own legs.” Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford and his heavy metal mates are synonymous with figuratively wrecking halls worldwide with their particular brand of face-melting hard rock. Known as the Metal God, Halford has sold millions of albums … Continue reading Merry Metal Xmas: Rob Halford Unwraps Holiday Album Celestial →

“For me, rock and roll is all about freedom. It’s about the freedom to express your feelings very loudly in public. And that goes for the band singing it loud and causing everybody else to get into that feeling, and then all the fans just screaming.” Preeminent rock and roll photographer Bon Gruen’s shots of … Continue reading Longview: Rock Photographer Bob Gruen Shares Shots of Green Day →