Alice Cooper | The Revenge Of Alice Cooper – New Studio Release Review
Low bass growling into a plodding flumpy beat with whammy bar guitar flips, and a spoken intro of “Black Mamba” open The Revenge Of Alice Cooper, an Alice Cooper...
JJ Cale | Roll On – CD Review
What is it with these old guys? Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling
Stones… Didn’t they get the memo that you can’t make good
music after 40? That popular music acts...
The Trews | Den Of Thieves – CD Review
Den Of Thieves, the new album from the Canadian band the
Trews, is a well-pointed effort. The Trews landed a record deal by playing bars
and clubs in their native country,...
Pat Travers Band | Can Do – CD Review
Through sheer perseverance and longevity, Pat Travers has maintained a rock-solid role of respected musician with his share of hits and misses (it comes with the profession). Most are...
Downes Braide Association | Suburban Ghosts – CD Review
Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes and singer Chris Braide (who worked with former Yes vocalist Trevor Horn in The Producers) have returned with their follow-up to 2012's Pictures Of You....
Rick Wakeman | Piano Portraits – CD Review
Rick Wakeman takes the listening on an amazing 15-song journey of solo piano pieces on his 2017 release, Piano Portraits. The record was prompted by the overwhelming reaction Wakeman...
Blue Öyster Cult | The Symbol Remains – CD Review
When I spoke to Blue Öyster Cult singer and guitarist Eric Bloom in 2007, I asked him if the band had any plans to cut a new album. At...
The Bangles | Sweetheart Of The Sun – CD Review
The Bangles’ Sweetheart Of The Sun is far from any 80s pop revival that one might be expecting when the name of this all-girl ensemble is mentioned. Sweetheart Of...
Def Leppard | Yeah! – CD Review
Def Leppard’s Yeah! is no mere cover album. The entire
CD is an unabashedly punch-drunk love letter to the bands whose music bewitched
the adolescent Leps into strumming tennis racquets, banging...
John Fogerty | The Blue Ridge Rangers Ride Again – CD Review
With so many rockers going the country bluegrass route these days, it was a
given someone like John Fogerty would jump on the horse buggy for a spin into
the wild...
