Live

Dean Regan’s album Give My Regards to Broadway is filled to the brim with cover versions of Broadway classics from shows like Man of La Mancha and heartwarming ballads that show off Regan’s varied vocal range. If you’re a fan of Broadway, the feel and tone of this album is right up your alley.

How is it that two extremely well known and loved bands can make such a terrible error?

On July 29, the two bands decided that they would play together at Nikon Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York. As in, completely share the stage while taking turns singing songs. At first, this doesn't sound like such a bad idea. But after hearing what the audience had to say, I beg to differ.

It can be easy to mock progressive rock. With its bloated song lengths, obscure lyrics and labyrinthine soundscapes, the genre is a favorite target for advocates of leaner, meaner styles like punk and alt-rock.

However, it's hard to argue with a live album that demonstrates a highly skilled band's musical mastery and its power on stage that never wears out its welcome. This is presented by Emerson, Lake and Palmer's excellent "Greatest Hits Live," a spectacular live outing, which, despite the title, is anything but a regurgitation of studio tracks in a live setting.

Queens of the Stone Age front man Josh Homme is a big man. This is indisputable: At six-foot-five, sporting a shock of flame-red hair and with a muscular build, he looks like a cross between post-rehab Trent Reznor and comedian Carrot Top. Homme's dynamic presence and powerful appearance makes him one of modern rock's most formidable personalities onstage or off.