Hard to believe that last week Journey’s Infinity had become thirty-six years old; I can still remember how fresh and exciting the album sounded when I first heard it. You May Also Like: Journey, “Where Did I Lose Your Love” from Revelation (2008): One Track Mind Steve Perry on howRead More

Gregg Rolie went from fronting Journey to a secondary role in the space of two albums. Credit, and he says some blame, goes to the arrival of Steve Perry.

The debate over whether this is the greatest All-Starr Band that Ringo Starr has ever assembled can be put off for another time. There is no question, however, that it’s one of the most closely knit You May Also Like: Ringo Starr – Postcards from Paradise (2015)

Fans of Journey’s best-known lineups — Gregg Rolie’s free-form 1970s version, and Steve Perry’s arena-ballad 1980s edition — have little hope of seeing any meaningful reunion of these wildly divergent camps. After all, Rolie split back in 1980, and the similarly departed Perry hasn’t even put out a solo albumRead More

“I haven’t heard this in 35 years,” Gregg Rolie allows, as he and guitarist Alan Haynes launch into a searching version of the title track from Journey’s 1976 album Look Into the Future. It’s never sounded better. You May Also Like: At first, Gregg Rolie wasn’t so sure about aRead More

Neal Schon has his own opinions about how a planned reunion of the early 1970s lineup of Santana should unfold. He wants to return to the loose, improvisational feel of their classic collaboration Santana III. You May Also Like: At first, Gregg Rolie wasn’t so sure about a classic SantanaRead More

Five songs plucked from before 1981, as Journey polished up a seminal fusion-y prog-rock sound and then went supernova.

Gregg Rolie begins with a simmering piano signature, then slowly settles into a greasy groove — setting the stage for some of his first new music since a 2011 solo EP. Before that, Rolie last issued a full-band studio effort in 2001, with Roots. You May Also Like: At first,Read More

Don’t let the goofball demeanor fool you: Ringo Starr is the model of consistency these days, as solid and professional a frontman as there is — and maestro of one of the last decades’ most reliably entertaining guest-packed tours. You May Also Like: At first, Gregg Rolie wasn’t so sureRead More

Just back from another well-received round of shows with the All-Starr Band, Gregg Rolie continues working on a new solo release — the Santana/Journey co-founder’s first since 2011. You May Also Like: At first, Gregg Rolie wasn’t so sure about a classic Santana song: ‘What the hell do I doRead More