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...
Steve Hackett | The Night Siren – CD Review
The Night Siren, the 25th solo album from former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, is a thing of sublime beauty. Featuring a global cast of musicians, the album features...
Bryan Ferry | Dylanesque – CD Review
I have been a Bryan Ferry fan going back to the Roxy Music days. “Love
Is The Drug” being one of those great all-time songs, Ferry’s impact
on that era goes...
Saga | Sagacity (Special Edition) – CD Review
A Special Edition of Saga's 2014 studio album Sagacity boasts two CDs - the studio album and nine songs from the band's show at SWR1 Rock Arena in 2013....
Sammy Hagar & The Circle | Space Between – CD Review
During a brief exchange on the red carpet in 2014, I asked Sammy Hagar about making albums, and he said in today’s music industry, it’s not about “spending a...
Deep Purple | SPLAT! – New Studio Release Review
So much for long goodbyes. Deep Purple have set themselves up for the long haul instead. If they’re going to keep making albums like SPLAT!, no one can stop...
Flying Colors | Flying Colors – CD Review
Supergroups come in various shades and — ahem — colors these days. One of the brighter entries is Flying Colors, described as a “virtuoso prog/pop/metal rock band” with the...
Scorpions | Rock Believer – New Studio Release Review
It was a bit of a long slog for one of Germany’s greatest musical exports to achieve chart dominance in the states back in the day. Yet ever since...
Eric Clapton & Friends | The Breeze: An Appreciation Of JJ Cale – CD...
"Call Me The Breeze" is the appropriate opener for Eric Clapton & Friends' The Breeze: An Appreciation Of JJ Cale. It's pure MOR Clapton with a clear-as-a-bell-vocal and quick...
Uriah Heep | Outsider – CD Review
A swirling organ and straight ahead double snapping snare open the pulsing "Speed Of Sound" from Uriah Heep's 2014 release Outsider. It's an organ-up-front, bass-thumping tune that showcases the...
