52 Rock Moments from 52 Years, Part 1
Earlier in 2020, we started this new feature called The Full Deck, in part because this is the year that both our founders reach that age of 52. Well today, July 10th, is … Read more…
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The Beatles in India
In early 1968, all four members of The Beatles traveled to northern India to attend a Transcendental Meditation training course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. While George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo … Read more…
Top 9 Springtime Rock Songs
As Spring arrives, we look at some of the great rock songs that explicitly mention or implicitly conjure images of Springtime. We countdown this subjective list from #9 to #1. 9. “Even in … Read more…
Top 9 Original Christmas Rock Songs
River of Rock gets in the Christmas spirit by curating a list of select, original songs with rock and Christmas elements. In full disclosure, we did borrow some from The Twelve Songs of … Read more…
Top 9 Album Closing Songs
We’ve put together a list of the perfect album closers throughout the classic rock album era. These are not simply great tunes on their own, but acted as a final seal to close … Read more…
Give the Gift of Music
New or old, loud or soft, simple or complex, from the great American genres of old to the great classic rock of the late 20th century to the innovative independent music of today, … Read more…
Top 9 Songs of Autumn
In conjunction with our previous lists which have looked at the Top 9 Rock Songs of Springtime and the Top 9 Rock Songs of Summer, we have moved into the Fall Season with … Read more…
The Autumn Moon Lights My Way
A Tribute to Led Zeppelin Classic Rock Review has launched the first of many artist-centric pages with a tribute page to Led Zeppelin. This page connects to our extensive reviews of Zeppelin’s albums … Read more…
39 Years
39 years ago today, on August 16, 1977, Elvis “left the building” for the final time. The death of the “king of rock n’ roll” came as a shock to most people and … Read more…
#1 “Summertime Blues”
“Summertime Blues” is our #1 song of summertime because of its versatility and the way it grew up right alongside the rock genre itself as it was frequently re-interpreted through the years. Originally … Read more…
