America | Here And Now – CD Review
As is the case when many ‘older’ musical acts release new material
these days, the 2-CD set Here And Now features a cast of ‘newer’
artists playing, writing, and producing the...
Deep Purple | NOW What?! – New Studio Release Review
Nestled comfortably on the never-ending touring circuit, Deep Purple has not, for many years, felt the tugging obligation to record albums filled with new songs. These days, economic realities...
Prog Collective | Epilogue – CD Review
Billy Sherwood has amassed a bunch of killer players for a second Prog Collective album. Epilogue features star turns on each of the nine songs, with Sherwood providing instrumentation...
Paul McCartney | Egypt Station – CD Review
The sounds of a train station flow into forty seconds or so of chorus voices on “Opening Station,” the kick off track of Paul McCartney’s 17th solo album, Egypt...
Venice | Jacaranda Street – CD Review
Southern California band Venice return in 2019 with their 21st release Jacaranda Street. Just like the comfortable feeling you get when you see an old friend or a favorite...
Whitesnake | Good To Be Bad – CD Review
What comes around…Here it is 2008 and all of a sudden it’s like 1988 all over again. It’s true, if you wait 20 years, what was once hip will...
Bob Dylan | Tempest – CD Review
And so the seemingly never-ending merriment of Bob Dylan continues. Fifty years since his debut and 35 studio albums later, the 71-year-old bard bestows us with Tempest, replete with...
Sky King | Morose Tales From The Left Coast – CD Review
Where have I heard this before? It sounds familiar, yet at the same time it is new. Sky King's Morose Tales From The Left Coast is not one of...
Bob Seger | Face The Promise – CD Review
Not conscious in time to hear a new Bob Seger album, my appreciation for one
of the few living American legends has been limited to bars and radio, downloaded
CDs, and...
Styx | The Mission – New Studio Release Review
It’s been nearly a decade and a half since we had an all-new studio album from Styx. The Mission, an honest-to-goodness ‘concept’ album, is their sixteenth. Recorded over a...
