Ken Kessler

This month we review: The J Geils Band, Jeff Beck, Eleanor Mcevoy, and KT Tunstall.

The loudspeaker firm, famed for its late-1950s amps, makes a late-1990s return to tube electronics with two new integrateds. Ken Kessler listens

When the grapevine alerted the world's tube crazies to the return of Rogers amplification, visions of two-tone faceplates danced before our eyes. A nice Cadet III [HFN May '13], or maybe an HG88 visually unchanged but suitably modernised. The collector in me rejoiced. But the Rogers beancounters felt that an all-new product was a more sensible proposition, which is why the E-20a and E-40a all-valve integrated amps have nothing whatsoever to do with the preceding models. Indeed, they have little to do with Rogers.

This month we review: The Thelonious Monk Quartet, Jackson Browne, The Runaways, and Whitesnake.

This month, we review: Elvis Presley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Thelonious Monk Quartet and Dave Valentin.