Buddy Holly w/ The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | True Love Ways – CD Review

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s tragic plane crash (which also took the lives of Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson) True Love Ways presents 12 songs featuring...

Steven Wilson | Transience – LP Review

Transience features a generous slice of Steven Wilson on a double vinyl LP set. Named after a song from Wilson’s 2015 album Hand. Cannot. Erase., the three sides...

Tommy Bolin | Whirlwind – CD Review

Guitarist Tommy Bolin, who died in 1976, is a classic case of the "what if's." Listening to his work with Billy Cobham, James Gang and Deep Purple, as well...

Phenomena | Anthology – CD Review

The Phenomena concept was created by Tom Galley, whose brother Mel Galley played guitar for Trapeze and Whitesnake. Drawing on a theme supernatural phenomena, Tom wrote most of the...

Various Artists | A Life In Yes: The Chris Squire Tribute – CD Review

Surely one misses Yes bassist Chris Squire all the more listening to the dozen songs presented on A Life In Yes: The Chris Squire Tribute. Produced by current Yes...

George Harrison | Early Takes, Vol. 1 – CD Review

Coinciding with the DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Martin Scorsese's George Harrison: Living In The Material World, which premiered on HBO in October 2011, the 10-track CD, Early...

The Who | Then & Now – CD Review

Then And Now 1964-2004 may be the umpteenth compilation from the Who, but there's something special that sets it apart from its predecessors: new material. Pete Townshend has taken...

The Who | The Ultimate Collection – CD Review

Disclaimer: this review was written one night before John Entwistle passed away. I’m not sure if some of my comments would have changed based on the loss of one...

Jimi Hendrix | West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology – Box Set...

After the beefy reissues of the Jimi Hendrix Experience catalog, Legacy and Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. complete the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’s untimely passing, with a brilliant, broad stroke...

Blue Öyster Cult | Cult Classic & Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014 – CD...

The deal Frontiers Music Srl cut with Blue Öyster Cult, who, at press time, are recording their first studio album of new music since 2001, includes the rights to...