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April 2008

Carnival of Rock and Roll - May 2008

Submitted by D.A.N. on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 23:00
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Time for another Carnival of Rock 'n' Roll. This month there was a major flood of articles and submissions for the carnival. Unfortunately a lot had to be filtered out, but there were still plenty of great entries... all interesting to read and worth checking out.

Jimmy Shelter brings us 10 great Dutch underground bands (I've already checked out a few and am looking forward to hearing the rest) in: 10 great Dutch underground bands

The Uplifting Magic of Santana Live: A Concert Review

Submitted by D.A.N. on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 23:00
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There is always something extra special about going to a concert that cannot be found in other music formats. Albums, even live albums, just don't seem to be able to capture all of the energy and atmosphere in the room when a band is on stage performing. That isn't to say that the albums aren't any good as usually they're very good at capturing the energy of a specific musical moment, but it is a different experience than a concert. Concert have just more magic, and a more palpable energy.

The Hook Plays the Blues Live: The Mastery of John Lee Hooker

Submitted by D.A.N. on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 23:00
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I don't think anyone can really debate that blues is where rock and roll all began. Which artists had the most impact on early rock and especially classic rock can be debated to the ends of the earth with supporters of various artists all having valid points and defending their idols to the death. I tend to stay out of these kinds of discussions, but if I was going to pick a blues artist who impact is most felt in rock and roll, John Lee Hooker would certainly be in the running.

Happy Earth Day from the Soul of Rock and Roll

Submitted by D.A.N. on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 23:00
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Today is Earth Day so I thought I'd take a minute to put environmental thoughts into everyone's head.

Zappa Plays Zappa: A DVD Review

Submitted by D.A.N. on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 23:00
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There's been a number of amazing concert tours in the past few years... many of which I was lucky enough to attend. Certainly up near the top of the ones I wish I could have seen is the Zappa Plays Zappa tour. Critically acclaimed, this project was the brain child of one Dweezil Zappa, who put together an amazing band, complete with a few special guests, to tour performing the music of his late father, Frank Zappa. Having not been able to see Frank when he was still performing, I thought this was a really cool idea and was looking forward to catching a show.

Zappa Plays Zappa: DVD Giveaway

Submitted by D.A.N. on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 23:00
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I was lucky to be offered the opportunity to do something with the Soul of Rock 'n' Roll I have not done before. It's a special event to give something back to the readers... a contest giveaway.

Partnering with Big Honcho Media, the Soul of Rock 'n' Roll is going to be giving away a number of copies of the new Zappa Plays Zappa DVD set. I'm pretty interested in this DVD release myself as I heard that the ZPZ tour was just incredible, critically acclaimed and a lots of fun, so I thought that being able to give away a few copies to some lucky Zappa fans would be pretty cool.

Digital Beatles Fan Remasters Released Online

Submitted by D.A.N. on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 23:00
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This is easily one of the coolest stories I've heard about in a long time. Beatles fans have only been waiting for someone to come along, remaster the original albums and release them in updated CD (or other format) versions. It's not that the original CD releases are of a horrible quality, but they are from back when the format was first starting out and with new production techniques and the ability to preserve audio quality digitally it just seems like new remastered versions would be far superior.

Foxboro Hot Tubs Revealed to Actually be Green Day

Submitted by D.A.N. on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 23:00
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So for the past couple of months or so there's been this band floating around on the Internet called Foxboro Hot Tubs that has a striking similarity (at least in some aspects) to a very famous band called Green Day. Speculations was that they were actually the same band just trying out a little side project with a different sound and a new name. The debate raged on and far too many news stories were written about the topic. Now we can finally put all that to rest because it has been revealed that they are indeed the same band.

Guitarist Series: Being Inspired to Practice

Submitted by D.A.N. on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 23:00
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Playing any instrument is really a love/hate relationship. We all want to be able to play fantastically powerful/expressive/advanced/compelling music, but rarely want to practice to reach such a goal. There are exceptions, but I think the majority of us would rather "play" our instruments than "practice" them. Why shouldn't we? Playing as the name implies, is fun, while practice, is work. Of course there are some definite benefits to practicing like, increasing our repertoire, advancing our skills or learning new things, but that isn't always enough motivation to inspire us to practice.

The Clash: London Calling Live from Japan

Submitted by D.A.N. on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 23:00
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Sometimes when I look through the posts I've written over the past year or so, I find that bands I've meant to write about over and over again, have somehow slipped through the cracks and I just never got around to putting some sort of tribute of any kind out there. I had just such a moment in the past day or so when I turned on a certain infamous punk album and couldn't believe that I hadn't written more... anything really... about one of my all time favorite bands: the Clash.

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