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...
Ann Wilson | #1 – CD Review
Save for one memorable duet with Loverboy’s Mike Reno on “Almost
Paradise,” Ann Wilson has pretty stayed the course with Heart and
sister Nancy. Perhaps because she’s a hall of famer,...
Chuck Wright’s Sheltering Sky – New Studio Release Review
Chuck Wright is a prolific bassist who’s played with everyone from Alice Cooper to Gregg Allman. He’s been in more bands than you can imagine — Giuffria, Impellitteri, Heaven...
Andy Timmons | Plays Sgt. Pepper – CD Review
On June 1, 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to the masses. It has since been hailed as one of the greatest albums in rock...
Europe | Secret Society – CD Review
The 80s were definitely not Europe’s final countdown. The band is still
blasting off — this time into worlds of brash, pile-driving guitars that
have sent synthesizers running for their lives....
The Who | Endless Wire – CD Review
OK, I admit it: I truly believed not so long ago that the Who were a creatively spent entity. Twenty-four years is just way too long between albums, especially...
Quiet Riot | Road Rage – CD Review
Quiet Riot has come back stronger than ever with their 2017 studio album Road Rage. Steered by drummer Frankie Banali, who has worked overtime to bring this band back...
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....
Operation Mindcrime | The Key – CD Review
If you haven’t figured it out yet, Geoff Tate has evolved into a
progressive rock practitioner with a yen for odd time signatures and heady
concepts on the scale of Roger...
Pink Floyd | The Endless River – CD Review
Just when you thought we'd heard the last of Pink Floyd, they show up with a "new" album. Certainly not "new" in the sense that the surviving members gathered...
