Heart | Fanatic – CD Review
Danny and the Juniors once prophesied that rock and roll was here to stay, in what's come to be known as the least rock 'n roll song this writer...
Cactus | Tightrope – New Studio Release Review
Returning with a heavy-hitting album for 2021, Cactus presents Tightrope, featuring new members, longtime members, and one original member — iconic drummer Carmine Appice. This seminal rock band (dubbed...
Peter Frampton | Frampton Forgets The Words – New Studio Release Review
Peter Frampton amassed 10 of his favorite pieces of music for his all-instrumental album for 2021, Frampton Forgets the Words. On this follow-up to 2019’s All Blues — and reminiscent of his...
Styx | Circling From Above – New Studio Release Review
Perennial rockers Styx recently toured behind their breakthrough album The Grand Illusion, playing the 1977 masterwork in its entirety before adoring fans clamoring for radio staples “Come Sail Away”...
Neil Young | Hitchhiker – CD Review
It's hard to say how much time Neil Young spends in recording studios or how many songs come tumbling out when he's there. Suffice to say, it's more than...
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...
Black Oak Arkansas | Underdog Heroes – CD Review
Underdog Heroes is as much the name of the new Black Oak Arkansas’s first full-length new recording in three decades as it describes this rockin’ rollickin’ American Southern rock...
Yes | Fly From Here – CD Review
I wondered why the first few tunes on Yes’ Fly From Here sounded like the Drama era version of the band when Buggles Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replaced...
Steve Hackett | Wolflight – CD Review
When you consider how prolific and experimental guitarist Steve Hackett has been since his time with Genesis, it gives pause as to why Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins get...
Bachman | Heavy Blues – CD Review
Randy Bachman is a man who likes to take risks. He took a big one when he left the Guess Who in 1970. Sidelined by health and personal issues,...
