Gong | 2032 – New Studio Release Review
Gong, the progressive band born during the 1968 Paris student riots, has released some wild jazz fusion space funk over the years, but 2009 marks the band’s 40th anniversary...
David Gilmour | Luck And Strange – New Studio Release Review
If you look at David Gilmour’s first two post-Pink Floyd solo efforts — 2006’s On An Island and 2016’s Rattle That Lock — there is this sense that the...
Nad Sylvan | The Bride Said No – CD Review
Nad Sylvan is a towering presence in progressive music these days — both literally and musically. For a proper glimpse of his talents, just listen/watch him alongside guitar maestro...
Artimus Pyle | Artimus Venomus – CD Review
Artimas Pyle! Artimas ‘Freaking Pyle! Do you recall the daze when Lynyrd
Skynyrd was Lynyrd Skynyrd, not the mix-and-match band of new additions and
younger family members, semi-right winger flag-wavers they...
Tedeschi Trucks Band | Future Soul – New Studio Release Review
In a recent interview, guitarist Derek Trucks suggested Tedeschi Trucks Band, the band he co-leads with wife, singer, and guitarist Susan Tedeschi, is in a position where they can...
Bruce Springsteen | Devils & Dust – CD Review
Baffled by the mass devotion he continually conjurs up, I contend that Bruce Springsteen is better served when he strips things down, pulls up a stool, strums an acoustic,...
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours
Whimsical strings open the America western musical sounding “Second Hand News,” the first stood-on-its-head number on The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. This is the famous orchestra...
Richie Havens | Nobody Left To Crown – CD Review
If you caught I’m Not There, the 2007 Todd Haynes film that
explores six sides of Bob Dylan with — what else — six different
actors, you may have recognized one...
The Michael Schenker Group | In The Midst Of Beauty – CD Review
Guitar worshippers rejoice; The Michael Schenker Group is back! It’s
been a long tome since we heard from Schenker, he of UFO/Scorpions fame; he
of the blistering guitar lead; he of...
Meat Loaf | Braver Than We Are – CD Review
I am a huge Meat Loaf fan. Bat Out Of Hell is not just a seminal album from the 70s, it is one of my favorites of all time....
