MANHATTAN, NY—It was an evening of guitar slinging at the first of a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden for Eric Clapton’s fourth installment of his Crossroads Guitar Festival to benefit the drug rehab center he founded in Antigua. Clapton put his Crossroads Centre drug rehabilitation clinic on the…

MANHATTAN, NY—Leonard Cohen held the crowd in the palm of his hand during a performance that was a mind-bending trip into the Twilight Zone as his songs transcended folk, rock, jazzy bop, gypsy and world beats into one. Standing straight and tall while kneeling every so often, he belted…

BROOKLYN, NY—When The Who put out Quadrophenia in 1973 following the blockbusters Tommy and Who’s Next, many considered it the zenith of the band’s output, and many still do. At the Barclays Center, original Who members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey belted out and blasted through the double-album and…

NEW YORK, NY—Park Slope, Brooklyn native David Gahr was finally given his just due at the Morrison Hotel Gallery and Apple Store in SoHo, where friends and family all gathered in homage to a man whose iconic shots of rock, folk, jazz and blues captured an era from its…

MANHATTAN, NY—The Les Paul Trio took on James Gang/Eagles lead guitarist Joe Walsh at The Iridium that started out ever so sweetly and turned into a raucous blowout of loud guitars and booze-soaked psychedelia as the Montclair native added his wah-wah, talk box and demented genius to the night’s…

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY—Ex-Eagles guitarist Don Felder put on a blistering performance at An Evening At The Hotel California that showcased his output behind the band that he served in from 1974-2001, as well as his latest effort, Road To Forever, with a bang-up of guitar leads, riffs, crescendos and…

MANHATTAN, NY—Barrie Wentzell’s photos of Hendrix, Kinks, Beatles, Stones, Syd Barrett and Elton John look like they were taken by a friend. Warts and all, they show rock and roll royalty at ease and at play from Jimmy Page reclining on a coach in plaid colored pants and pasty…

MANHATTAN, NY—In his introduction, Paul Holdengräber, Director Of Public Programs at the New York Public Library, asked Pete Townshend to describe himself in seven words before he took to the stage at NYPL Live. Townshend followed that up with, “music is for people, words for me.” What followed for…

MANHATTAN, NY—“The Global Poverty Project is an educational and campaigning organization that activates citizens to be a part of the global movement to end extreme poverty.”

Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, Black Keys, John Legend and Band Of Horses combined forces on a gorgeous September night in…

“We have to convince kids that the real future of America is to rebel, to be a farmer.
It’s a mission from God.”
—Neil Young

HERSHEY, PA—It was a day of saying grace at the 27th annual Farm Aid as Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews…