The Magpie Salute | High Water II – CD Review
Amidst all the hearsay and speculative swirl about a Black Crowes reunion, spin-off group the Magpie Salute unveils their second album, High Water II. The sophomore sequel recorded at...
Little River Band | Cuts Like A Diamond – CD Review
Little River Band are back with their 18th studio release (and first with all original songs since 2003’s Test Of Time), Cuts Like A Diamond. Stand-out tracks include “You...
Deep Purple | NOW What?! – New Studio Release Review
Nestled comfortably on the never-ending touring circuit, Deep Purple has not, for many years, felt the tugging obligation to record albums filled with new songs. These days, economic realities...
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...
Blackmore’s Night | Winter Carols – CD Review
I’m one of those guys who is gonna take Ritchie Blackmore anyway I can
get him. From his days in the big bad Deep Purple, up through Rainbow (their
Long Live...
Black Country Communion | IV – CD Review
When Black Country Communion came out with their self-titled debut in 2010, it was just the blast of fresh blood rock and roll needed. You had vocalist and bassist...
Michael Olivieri Band | M.O.B. – CD Review
Rare is the opportunity of reinvention realized for any musician trying to keep his or her head above the torrential tides of trends, tastes and commercial afterthoughts. Still, pet...
Ronnie Montrose | 10×10 – CD Review
When I interviewed Ronnie Montrose in 2011, one comment he made resonated to my core: “I realized that early on that your muse is very important to follow.” Even...
Van Morrison | Magic Time – CD Review
U2 isn’t Ireland’s only musical icon. Forty years ago, Van Morrison
and his band Them blasted out of Belfast with a rough and dirty R&B edge
that rivaled the Stones and...
Ringo Starr | Give More Love – CD Review
Ringo Starr’s 2017 studio album Give More Love is an upbeat, 10-song collection featuring guest stars (or is that Starrs?) very few artists can pull into a project. “On...
