Steve Winwood | Nine Lives – CD Review
Steve Winwood has signed on with Columbia Records and returned back to the
high life with Nine Lives. Not that he ever left because his
previous album, 2003’s About Time, released...
Ken Hensley & Live Fire | Faster – CD Review
Far from re-retiring, multi-instrumentalist (but known for his keyboard work) Ken Hensley aims to bring back that band feeling, ala Uriah Heep and Blackfoot, with Norway's Live Fire for...
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...
New York Dolls | Cause I Sez So – New Studio Release Review
The reunion of the New York Dolls has been one of moderate success and speculation. It’s perfectly legitimate for David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, the band’s two remaining original...
David Gilmour | Rattle That Lock – CD Review
David Gilmour's first studio release since 2006's On An Island, Rattle That Lock contains 10 tracks composed by the guitarist — five with lyrics by writer (and wife) Polly...
Van Morrison | Magic Time – CD Review
U2 isn’t Ireland’s only musical icon. Forty years ago, Van Morrison
and his band Them blasted out of Belfast with a rough and dirty R&B edge
that rivaled the Stones and...
David Bowie | The Next Day – CD Review
So, guess who has a new album out in 2013? David Bowie…yes that David Bowie! Bowie and his very best producer, Tony Visconti, worked in secret over two years...
The Struts | Pretty Vicious – New Studio Release Review
British rockers The Struts’ fourth full length studio album Pretty Vicious is the band’s first album since their previous effort Strange Days, released in 2020. Unlike the previous album...
Ian Anderson | Thick As A Brick 2 – New Studio Release Review
Back in high school, I used to get in arguments about rock and roll all the time. When it came to what was going on in rock and roll,...
Ringo Starr | Give More Love – CD Review
Ringo Starr’s 2017 studio album Give More Love is an upbeat, 10-song collection featuring guest stars (or is that Starrs?) very few artists can pull into a project. “On...
