I pride myself on my musical taste, and I always will. Throughout my adolescence, I avoided conforming to what was cool at the time, and…
Mick Fleetwood is not a good drummer. By his own admission, that is. Nobody agrees with him. Mick has a signature drumming style, such that…
Anyone who doubted Tom Petty’s writing talent, or Miley Cyrus’s singing talent, gets a double whammy in this wonderful live performance. It shows we’re in…
On this date 43 years ago, the British progressive rock group King Crimson released “Red,” their seventh studio album. They had just broken up or,…
Miley is back, and this time, she’s wearing clothes. Miley Cyrus is well known for her extreme and wacky music, not to mention her behaviour…
Erica Stoltz has been a fixture of the New York City music scene since approximately forever. The only time when this wasn’t true was when…
The passing of Tom Petty is a huge blow, not just to his millions of diehard fans, but also to people who just keep the…
Hard rock stalwarts Led Zeppelin have managed a neat trick. They are simultaneously one of the most overrated bands in history, and one of the…
Martin Bisi is a musician and record producer best known for his work with some of the most important underground artists of the past few…
I’m usually pretty unaffected by celebrity deaths. Who are they to me? Or perhaps more importantly, who was I to them? Maybe someone who watched…
Tom Petty, the man behind such hits as “Free Fallin’,” “Refugee,” “You Don’t Know How It Feels,” “I Won’t Back Down” and countless others, is…
In my humble opinion, Mark Lanegan has never made a bad album in his entire life. I wasn’t 100% crazy about the Screaming Trees, but…
I have listened to Pink Floyd and Roger Waters since my early teens. We were a little too young, just a little, so those of…
Right off the bat, I’ve got to say, Brian and Michael D’Addario of The Lemon Twigs are both brilliant musicians and songwriters. Their potential is…
When Madonna first burst on the scene, I was a horny zygote in need of release. She provided that and then some. Don’t get me…
In the 1970s, there was no insult you could hurl a band’s way worse than, “Oh, they’re a singles band.” After “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts…
The Z Review is full of old people who fear the outside world and all current trends. At the same time, they’re aware of the…
LaFrae Sci is a session drummer who’s been part of the New York City music scene for decades. But there’s more to her than just…
We’re experimenting with YouTube playlists. Here is our first, with a small selection of really strong live sax-centric tunes.
The Who’s 1973 concept album “Quadrophenia” has been hailed as a classic since its release, both as a part of the group’s catalog and as…