Blackfoot | Southern Native – CD Review
While currently wailing away with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackfoot co-founder and guitarist Ricky Medlocke has teamed up with the current lineup of the band -- lead guitarist and vocalist Tim...
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...
Andy Jackson | Signal To Noise – CD Review
The first thing you'll notice about Andy Jackson's Signal To Noise is that it's step into Pink Floydian soundscapes. Which isn't a surprise when you consider that Jackson worked...
The Scorpions | Humanity Hour 1 – CD Review
Unlike the nocturnal arthropod from which they take their name, the Scorpions
are no strangers to the wind of change, so to speak. Throughout their
30-plus-year career, they’ve adapted to the...
John Elefante & Mastedon | Revolution Of Mind – CD Review
Best known for replacing Steve Walsh in Kansas in 1982, John Elefante has a new album with his band Mastedon called Revolution Of Mind and it makes a decent...
Asia | XXX – CD Review
Thirty years after their eponymous debut hit and remained on #1 on the Billboard charts for nine consecutive weeks, the original Asia returns XXX, their third studio album since...
The Last Hombres | Odd Fellows Rest – CD review
A mix of horns, jangly guitars, deceptively complicated backbeats and a fair amount of solid vocal harmonies are at the root of the new The Last Hombres' Odd Fellows...
Mudcrutch | 2 – CD Review
An upfront harmonica and acoustic guitar jangle pushes Randall Marsh's upbeat snare snap of the wry biographical "Trailer," the first tune of 2, the second album by Mudcrutch. With...
Dave Davies | Rippin’ Up Time – CD Review
In 2013, when Dave Davies showed up with I Will Be Me, his first studio album in six years, it would have been reasonable to believe we wouldn’t see...
Saxon | Call To Arms – CD Review
As one of the leaders of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Saxon has managed to survive, despite the countless musical fatalities of that era. Although they never...
