Greta Van Fleet | The Battle At Garden’s Gate – New Studio Release Review
An artist’s second album is often a make-it-or-break-it situation. It either validates longevity or demonstrates the success of the first album was a fluke, based on years of development....
The Last Hombres | Odd Fellows Rest – CD review
A mix of horns, jangly guitars, deceptively complicated backbeats and a fair amount of solid vocal harmonies are at the root of the new The Last Hombres' Odd Fellows...
Ricky Byrd | Lifer – CD Review
With the great 50s-influenced "Rock 'N' Roll Boys," Ricky Byrd opens his first-ever album, Lifer. This autobiographical little ditty sets the stage perfectly for what turns out to be...
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,...
Heaven & Earth | Dig – CD Review
Heaven and Earth, put together by ex-Sweet guitarist Stuart Smith in 1996, have a third outing, Dig, for 2013. The band's style of music is a pleasant mixing pot...
Bruce Springsteen | Western Stars – CD Review
Opening with droplet-like acoustic, accented vocal, and sweeping strings, Bruce Springsteen picks up his listener on “Hitch Hikin’” and delivers us into Western Stars, his 19th album. The Boss’...
Roadcase Royale | First Things First – CD Review
Something familiar, something new, a little rock and a little blues. If that seems like something you might hear with regard to a marriage, well, you’re not far off....
David Crosby | For Free – New Studio Release Review
I guess we all now know what David Crosby has been doing in the time he hasn’t spent cutting his hair. The ex-CSN(Y) and Byrds man has delivered five...
Venice | Jacaranda Street – CD Review
Southern California band Venice return in 2019 with their 21st release Jacaranda Street. Just like the comfortable feeling you get when you see an old friend or a favorite...
Foghat | Last Train Home – CD Review
When does a band stop being the band it was and become something totally new?
If a group has seen too many personal changes, deaths, or splits, is it still
the...
