The Keith Emerson Trio – CD Review

Not every unearthed rare recording from the greatest vintage rock guys and gals is always worth listening to. The sound quality from bygone eras or hastily recorded tracks off...

Johnny Winter | The Essential Johnny Winter – CD Review

When you think of the blues and rock 'n roll in a perfect marriage, it's hard not to picture Johnny Winter at the wedding party. While he's too young...

Elvis Presley | Christmas With Elvis And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – CD Review

The holidays wouldn’t be the same without the King, so this season RCA Records and Legacy Recordings decided to spice things up with Christmas With Elvis And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,...

Merry Clayton | The Best Of Merry Clayton – CD Review

Providing call and response backing vocals to Ray Charles, that eerie iconic female "rape…murder" and "oooh's" to "Gimme Shelter," singing background for Carol King, Tom Jones, and even on...

Various Artists | The Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute To The Beatles

On The Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute To The Beatles, German acid rockers Electric Moon kick things off with a spot-on recreation of "Tomorrow Never Knows." It might...

Dio | The Very Beast Of Dio, Volume 2 – CD Review

Ronnie James Dio, the diminutive gentleman of heavy metal with the huge voice, was as much known as the lead singer of Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell...

Tommy Bolin | Definitive Teaser Collector’s Edition

After stints with Zephyr and James Gang, guitarist Tommy Bolin released Teaser, his debut solo album, in 1975. Around the same time, Ritchie Blackmore departed Deep Purple and the...

Johnny Winter | True To The Blues: The Johnny Winter Story – Box Set...

During a brief phone interview in 2013, I asked Johnny Winter if he thought 45 years after playing Woodstock in 1969, he'd still be out playing and touring today....

Jerry Garcia | The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia – CD Review

Jerry Garcia’s activities outside of the Grateful Dead are well documented and all-encompassing. The amount of recording and playing he did as a solo artist, as well as with...

Art Garfunkel | The Singer – CD Review

With “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and Jimmy Webb’s “All I Know” opening Art Garfunkel’s two-disc retrospective, The Singer, we are quickly reminded of how amazing the man’s voice is....