Bruce Springsteen | Devils & Dust – CD Review

Baffled by the mass devotion he continually conjurs up, I contend that Bruce Springsteen is better served when he strips things down, pulls up a stool, strums an acoustic,...

Aerosmith | Music From Another Dimension! – New Studio Release Review

It’s with more than a little trepidation that I crack open Aerosmith’s Music from Another Dimension!. Based on the first tune, “LUV XXX,” I have hope. Though a rather...

Sam Moore | Overnight Sensation – CD Review

Let me say from the outset I am not a big R&B fan. It’s just not my cup of tea. I appreciate it, love a lot of the artists in...

Night Ranger | High Road – CD Review

The chink-a-chink of muted guitars mixed with synth strings precede the big snare-led verses of the first tune and title track of Night Ranger's 2014 studio release, High Road....

Robby Krieger | Singularity – CD Review

When it comes to the Doors, you pretty much get your fill of Jim Morrison. For the surviving other members of the Doors, however, rising up in the shadow of their...

Sky King | Morose Tales From The Left Coast – CD Review

Where have I heard this before? It sounds familiar, yet at the same time it is new. Sky King's Morose Tales From The Left Coast is not one of...

Paul Simon | In The Blue Light – CD Review

Paul Simon will never be one to rest on his laurels as a songwriter. If something in his canon needs retooling — even if it’s for the umpteenth time...

Ace Frehley | Origins, Vol. 2 – CD Review

Ace Frehley, KISS co-founder and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, continues with his love for covers on Origins, Vol. 2. The previous Origins, Vol. 1, released in...

Alan Parsons | From The New World – New Studio Release Review

Eleven-time Grammy-nominated, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Alan Parsons presents From The New World, the follow-up to his 2019 The Secret album. Since the end of the 1980s and Alan...

Elvis Costello | Secret, Profane And Sugarcane – CD Review

Elvis Costello an American icon. Actually, he’s from England, but you wouldn’t know it with Secret, Profane And Sugarcane . Costello again explores the roots of country and rock. Listening to...