Bryan Ferry | Dylanesque – CD Review

I have been a Bryan Ferry fan going back to the Roxy Music days. “Love Is The Drug” being one of those great all-time songs, Ferry’s impact on that era goes...

Steve Hackett | The Circus And The Nightwhale – New Studio Release Review

When he isn’t thrilling audiences the world over, revisiting Genesis classics, Steve Hackett churns out wildly ambitious solo albums — 30 to be exact. For 2024, he’s made it...

Styx | Circling From Above – New Studio Release Review

Perennial rockers Styx recently toured behind their breakthrough album The Grand Illusion, playing the 1977 masterwork in its entirety before adoring fans clamoring for radio staples “Come Sail Away”...

Alice Cooper | Welcome 2 My Nightmare – CD Review

Sequels, as applied to concept albums, never quite match the expectations of those who set about to create such things. Nevertheless, they do happen - albeit far more infrequently...

Richie Onori’s Blues Messenger | In The Name Of Freedom – CD Review

Revolutionary. That was my first impression when I received and heard Richie Onori's Blues Messenger's In The Name Of Freedom. That was the first word that came to mind...

Rush | Snakes & Arrows – CD Review

Another five years between proper Rush studio albums is enough to drive their most diehard fans to the brink of insanity. Of course, Between 2002’s Vapor Trails and their latest CD...

Gary Wright | Connected – CD Review

It warms my cockles (where they happen to be on my body I'm not so sure) when I see and hear guys like Gary Wright putting out new music. His...

Neil Young | Le Noise – CD Review

You match producer Daniel Lanois with Neil Young and you’re gonna get some captivating results, to say the least. The eight-song Le Noise is the fruit of their union. As Lanois...

Judas Priest | Firepower – CD Review

Heavy metal continues to thrive as one of the genre's pioneers recently demonstrated. Firepower, Judas Priest's 18th studio album, debuted at #5 on Billboard’s 200 — their highest charting...

Mick Abrahams | Revived – CD Review

Mick Abrahams is most certainly Revived!, and we are the better for it. Having suffered a heart attack in 2009, Jethro Tull's original guitarist and founder of Blodwyn Pig...