Heart | Beautiful Broken – CD Review

Heart presents something blue, borrowed and new on their 16th studio album, Beautiful Broken. The Wilson sisters actually borrow from themselves as they rework a bunch of tunes from...

Michael Des Barres Band | Carnaby Street

One way or another, you're bound to know Michael Des Barres. As much from his minor role in the famous 60's youth classic To Sir With Love, to fronting...

Procol Harum | Novum – CD Review

It’s been 50 years since Procol Harum turned the music world on its ear with “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” — a tome built on a Bach chord progression...

Peter Frampton | Hummingbird In A Box: Songs For A Ballet – CD Review

Peter Frampton and the ballet, huh? Who would have thought we'd get the world-class guitar hero spinning out a seven- song album inspired by the Cincinnati Ballet. But that's...

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...

Ringo Starr | Look Up – New Studio Release Review

The line between country music and pop rock keeps getting fuzzier. Taylor Swift started out as a country artist. Now she’s one of the biggest pop stars in history....

Styx | Crash Of The Crown – New Studio Release Review

Following 2017’s The Mission, Styx have emerged four years later with a 15-song supersonic cyclone called Crash Of The Crown. Unlike its predecessor, here’s an album peppered with Styx...

U2 | No Line On The Horizon – CD Review

Has it already been four years since U2’s last album? Everywhere you turn, it’s U2 all the time — the Super Bowl, Live 8, the Grammys and President Barrack Obama’s inauguration...

Cactus | Temple of Blues – Influences & Friends – New Studio Release Review

World-renowned drummer Carmine Appice helms the ultimate tribute to his legendary rock band Cactus, with a new, all-star album from that band, add their friends, on Temple Of Blues...

The Trews | Den Of Thieves – CD Review

Den Of Thieves, the new album from the Canadian band the Trews, is a well-pointed effort. The Trews landed a record deal by playing bars and clubs in their native country,...