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Examiner.com is an American news website based in Denver, Colorado, that operates using a network of "pro–am contributors"' for content

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Big Audio Dynamite: The Return of Big Audio Dynamite

Report by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 2 February 2009

IT'S HARD TO believe, but it's been 25 years since I found myself in a grimey club called The World in Alphabet City to see ...

David Bowie: A Reality Tour

Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 26 January 2010

WHERE'S DAVID BOWIE when you need him?  For over thirty years you could count on the quirky chameleon for an album or tour or movie ...

Jimi Hendrix: Valleys of Neptune

Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 24 February 2010

BACK ABOUT 15 years ago, when Pete Townshend was living in New York City putting together the Broadway production of Tommy, I was lucky enough ...

Alejandro Escovedo: City Winery, NYC

Live Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 1 July 2010

FORGET ALL OF the little ones roaming the streets these days looking for open fire hydrants and such.  School was in session last night and ...

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty: Madison Square Garden, New York

Live Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 29 July 2010

July 29, 2010 (New York, NY) – LAST NIGHT Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tore the roof off Madison Sqaure Garden.  For the band it ...

Harry Nilsson: For the love of Harry: Nilsson documentary finally hits the big screen

Report and Interview by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 10 September 2010

I'VE BEEN WAITING for this day for a long time.  Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? opens today at the ...

Erland and the Carnival not just another opening band

Interview by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 18 October 2010

FOR ANY BAND opening for the likes of Paul Weller would be a thrill as well as an opportunity to reach an avid group of ...

Judas Priest's British Steel at 30

Comment by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 21 October 2010

BEATLES FANS will maybe find it hard to stomach that British Steel, the breakout album by metal heroes Judas Priest that just celebrated its 30th ...

Keith Richards' Life or How To (Not) Review a Rock God

Comment by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 24 November 2010

I WAS LOOKING forward to the review of Keith Richards' new book Life in last Sunday's New York Times. ...

Ozzy Osbourne: Madison Square Garden, NYC

Live Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 2 December 2010

I FIRST SAW OZZY in the early 1980s.  I wasn't much of a fan, but I got roped into driving an Oz-obsessed friend and scalped ...

John Lennon: Another December 8th and John Lennon is still dead

Comment by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 8 December 2010

I HAD PLANNED a personal remembrance of John Lennon today, the 30th anniversary of his untimely and tragically violent death.  But I don't have much ...

The Clash: 30 Years Ago Today... Sandinista!

Retrospective by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 13 December 2010

IN ALL THE hoopla over the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's murder another significant 30th anniversary seemed to slip by.  The Clash released Sandinista! 30 ...

Lindsey Buckingham: Town Hall, NYC

Live Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 29 September 2011

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 (New York, NY) – Most of the over-55 rocker set are phoning it in these days, playing it all too safe amidst ...

Paul Weller mines his hot streak

Report by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 30 March 2012

PAUL WELLER has been getting lots of good, but not great, reviews for his latest album, Sonik Kicks. At least Stateside. Ignore them. Sonik Kicks, ...

Ray Wylie Hubbard plays Joe's Pub tonight, talks new album (with a Beatle)

Report and Interview by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 17 May 2012

RAY WYLIE HUBBARD will bring his raw, honest Texas rock'n'roll to Joe's Pub tonight. When I caught up with him the other day he was ...

Willie Nelson's Heroes a great Father's Day pick says his son, Lukas

Report and Interview by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 15 June 2012

"HE'S A GREAT DAD. I'm an incredibly lucky guy to have grown up with him," Lukas Nelson told me of his dad, music legend Willie ...

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Big Moon Ritual

Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 18 June 2012

I REALLY LIKE Big Moon Ritual, the new album from the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. It's not a great album, nor is it really a fun ...

Joe Strummer at 60

Memoir by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 21 August 2012

JOE STRUMMER, the frontman of The Clash and all around "spokesman for a generation", would have been 60 today. He died tragically nearly 10 years ...

The Rolling Stones: Rolling Stones' Crossfire Hurricane doc a worthwhile addition to legacy

Film/DVD/TV Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 16 November 2012

THE ROLLING STONES are still rebels; still the bad boys of rock that Andrew Loog Oldham groomed them to be. ...

Peter Frampton: FCA! 35 Tour – An Evening With Peter Frampton

Film/DVD/TV Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 26 November 2012

I WAS LUCKY to catch Peter Framptonat London's Shepherd's Bush Empire back in 2004. ...

The Beatles, George Martin: Produced by George Martin is a must see, especially on his 87th birthday

Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 3 January 2013

I WAS LUCKY to meet George Martin, who turns 87 today, on two occasions. The first was at the recording session for the original cast ...

Jeff Lynne: A Conversation with Producer and ELO frontman Jeff Lynne

Interview by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 15 February 2013

"HELLO?" ...

Doobie Brothers: The Doobie Brothers: Let The Music Play

Film/DVD/TV Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 23 February 2013

THERE'S NOTHING all that special about Let the Music Play: The Story of the Doobie Brothers, but it's a well-made, thorough documentary of one of ...

Wings: Wings Over America showcases Paul McCartney and Wings at 1970s peak

Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 3 June 2013

IF YOU'RE A FIRST or second generation fan of Paul McCartney, then Wings Over America holds a special place in your record collection. The newly ...

Ian Hunter: When I'm President

Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 17 July 2013

WHILE MOST OF the Old Guard have slipped into the comfort of greatest hits packages and endless reissues, a few of them – Bob Dylan, ...

Lou Reed, Mick Rock and John Varvatos launch Transformer in New York

Report by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 4 October 2013

"THESE ARE amazing images," host John Varvatos said at the opening of the Q&A at the launch party for Transformer, the new deluxe book from ...

The Stone Roses: The Stones Roses' Made Of Stone is a great document of a reunion on the edge

Film/DVD/TV Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 3 December 2013

IT WASN'T EASY to be a US fan of the Stone Roses back in their early days. The band were a truly English phenomenon and ...

Bob Dylan plays to an audience of one in Philly

Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 16 December 2014

ONE OF THE MOST powerful songs at the closing night of Bob Dylan's five-show run at New York City's Beacon Theater earlier this month was ...

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