Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | The Rising – CD Review

With all of the hubbub surrounding its arrival, you would think that The Rising, Bruce Springsteen's first studio album with the E Street Band in over 15 years, would...

UFO | The Salentino Cuts – CD Review

UFO offers up their first album of covers with the 12-song The Salentino Cuts. Here the current lineup of vocalist Phil Mogg, drummer Andy Parker, keyboardist and guitarist Paul...

This Is My Voice | Chocolate Watchband – CD Review

You may have caught Chocolate Watchband's uproarious shenanigans in Riot On Sunset Strip and The Love-Ins. Maybe you dug their take of the Kinks' "I'm Not Like Everybody Else,"...

Asia | Omega – CD Review

John Wetton, lead vocalist and bassist of Asia, claims "Asia is an English prog rock band with a pop edge (with) accessible, melodic, anthemic songs." Listening to the band's 2010 release...

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...

Gregg Allman | Southern Blood – CD Review

Gregg Allman’s entire 50-year career was built on grit. Whether he was aching musically or physically, he always sang and played through the pain he felt. The result yielded...

Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Psychedelic Pill – CD Review

When Neil Young picks up the phone and calls guitarist Frank "Poncho" Sampedro, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina, it generally means he's ready to grind it out...

Dirty Honey | Dirty Honey (Five-Song EP) – New Studio Release Review

Consider four-piece hard rock bands of the 1970s — Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, for example. These groups were built around a collective sensibility, sustained by a tight...

Steve Morse Band | Out Standing In Their Field – New Studio Release Review

Although he’s been wielding the ax for Deep Purple for 16 years, Steve Morse has maintained his own instrumental band since 1984. The opportunity to make albums away from...

Killer Bee | Eye In The Sky – CD Review

The name Killer Bee might not roll off your tongue, but this band has been around 25 years, touring, making records and filming videos throughout the UK, Russia, Scandinavia...