classic rock

Legendary rocker Elvis Costello's most recent tour will be spotlighted in a soon to be released concert film, Detour Live At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, which will be released on both DVD and Blu-Ray on February 12 via Eagle Rock Productions.

In a fascinating article, Walt Hickey did a TON of research, attempting to ask (and answer) what people perceive to be "classic rock."

This video names these songs as the top 10 classic rock guitar riffs: Sunshine of Your Love - Cream Rebel Rebel - David Bowie Money for Nothing - Dire Straits Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy La Grange - ZZ Top Day Tripper - The Beatles Layla - Derek & the Dominoes Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd You Really Got Me - The Kinks (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

The above video features an installation at the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts where Zebra Finches get to play instruments.  The installation was done by a French artist with a musical background.  The Boston Globe reports that all the guitars are tuned a certain way so that they sound coherent if played simultaneously...

If this list of 2014 new-music releases is any indication, classic-rock fans are in for a very good year in terms of both new albums and reissues.

Here are the top 10 classic rock songs according to this article from Ultimate Classic Rock.  Do you agree?  If not, what would you add/subtract? Interestingly, the Eagles didn't make it into the top 10. 10. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 9...

First of all, you can't put a list like this together without some controversy. That said, I've been thinking about this for weeks and talking about it with a lot of other people. The "intro" is just the instrumental portion at the beginning of the song. Remember, it's just the intros.