Rival Sons | Great Western Valkyrie – CD Review

There's a popular notion that "Classic Rock" is defined by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and other artists of the 1960s and 1970s. These bands...

Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks | Tangled Tales – CD Review

Tom Waits once said, “Dan Hicks is fly, sly, wily and dry!” Elvis Costello remarked, “Dan Hicks is an American Treasure.” And Bette Midler praised him with: “Dan Hicks is lightning...

The Derek Trucks Band | Already Free – CD Review

Derek Trucks has come a long way in his short and spectacular career. An old school sensibility, a loyal base of friends and family members who helped him get there, and...

Robin Trower | No More Worlds To Conquer – New Studio Release Review

Tasty, tight, and pretty much terrific guitar playing is what we have come to expect from an elder statesman like Robin Tower, and this is what we get across...

Flying Colors | Second Nature – CD Review

When you look at the members of Flying Colors — guitarist Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, ex-Kansas), drummer Mike Portnoy (Transatlantic, Winery Dogs, ex-Dream Theater), Neal Morse (Transatlantic,...

Boz Scaggs | Speak Low – CD Review

If you’re looking to curl up in front of a fire with your significant other, I can’t think of a better CD to play then Boz Scagg’s sultry silky new one,...

Clifford / Wright | For All The Money In The World – New Studio...

As the drummer of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Doug “Cosmo” Clifford saw the group release over two dozen hit singles, seven studio albums, and tour the world as headliners, including...

Blackmore’s Night | The Village Lanterne – CD Review

For listeners unfamiliar with Blackmore’s Night, The Village Lanterne is more mist-around-the-castle than “Smoke on the Water.” The CD is an eclectic tapestry of medieval music embellished with contemporary...

The Rolling Stones | Blue & Lonesome – CD Review

No retirement announcements, no farewell tours, their fabled 50th anniversary come and gone — the Stones, gathering no moss, just keep on rolling. And now, right out of the...

Nad Sylvan | Monumentata – New Studio Release Review

Gaining worldwide recognition as the vocalist for Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited tours, vocalist and songwriter Nad Sylvan has also marked a solo path with a bunch of his own...