Aerosmith | Music From Another Dimension! – New Studio Release Review
It’s with more than a little trepidation that I crack open Aerosmith’s Music from Another Dimension!. Based on the first tune, “LUV XXX,” I have hope. Though a rather...
SiX By SiX – New Studio Release Review
SiX By SiX is a new three-piece featuring guitarist Ian Crichton, a founding member of Saga, along with drummer Nigel Glockler from Saxon and bassist and vocalist Robert Berry,...
Paul McCartney | Chaos And Creation In The Backyard – CD Review
Why does Paul McCartney continue to record new albums? Here’s a guy who’s pretty much done it all – dozens of hit singles, best-selling, trend-setting albums, stadium tours, movies...
Michael Olivieri Band | M.O.B. – CD Review
Rare is the opportunity of reinvention realized for any musician trying to keep his or her head above the torrential tides of trends, tastes and commercial afterthoughts. Still, pet...
Focus | Focus 11 – CD Review
The 2018 lineup of Focus -— sole original member, leader keyboardist, vocalist, and flautist Thijs van Leer, longtime drummer Pierre van der Linden, guitarist Menno Gootjes, and bassist Udo...
Sixx: A.M. | Modern Vintage – CD Review
I intended to review the Sixx: A.M. album Modern Vintage without bringing up Motley Crüe. But I find it necessary to make comparisons to both bands since Sixx is...
Jeremy Spencer | Coventry Blues – CD Review
He began as Peter Green’s slide guitar foil in Fleetwood Mac in the 60s, only to drop out of the music scene for nearly two decades. Then he returned...
UFO | A Conspiracy Of Stars – CD Review
UFO's Strangers In The Night, an amazing live album from 1978, was one of those releases that almost never left my turntable. The heavy dynamics, with melodic density, really...
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...
Ian Anderson | Jethro Tull: The String Quartets
Those still out for blood nearly 30 years after Jethro Tull trumped Metallica for the Best Hard Rock/Metal Grammy are sure to be in an uproar over The String...
