Van Morrison | Keep Me Singing – CD Review
On Keep Me Singing, Van Morrison takes it very easy on us. His first studio album since 2012 is quite accessible stuff from the Celtic crooner, mostly Morrison-penned MOR...
Walter Trout | The Blues Came Callin’ – CD Review
"Waistin' Away" with its deep organ opens Walter Trout's 2014 CD, The Blues Came Callin'. This blistering, prophetic tune of mortality is especially poignant as this great electric bluesman...
Kansas | The Absence Of Presence – CD Review
A vintage Kansas sound is certainly present on Kansas' 16th studio album The Absence Of Presence. This is the band's foruth studio album without founding member lead vocalist, keyboardist Steve...
The Zombies | Different Game – New Studio Release Review
Not that this could be anybody else, but from the title track of The Zombies’ Different Game, with its upfront blasting ‘dirty’ organ, strings slipping in, and a distinct...
Ringo Starr | Liverpool 8 – CD Review
As he creeps up on 70, Ringo Starr may be the only Beatle that really ever mattered. The drummer has returned to Capitol Records and recorded his most magnificent...
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real | The Visitor – CD Review
When a polarizing figure like Donald Trump becomes president, you can almost guarantee an equally polarizing figure like Neil Young is going to weigh in. He had a go...
Cheap Trick | Rockford – CD Review
The buzz on the street is that Cheap Trick, the cartoonish, perennial popsters of yore, are back with a vengeance. Practically everything about Rockford, their sensational new CD, heralds...
Rossington | Take It On Faith – New Studio Release Review
Gary and Dale Rossington are back with Take It On Faith. Featuring Gary Rossington’s signature electric blues and slide sound and his wife’s strong voice, this is a 12-song...
Ace Frehley | Origins, Vol. 2 – CD Review
Ace Frehley, KISS co-founder and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, continues with his love for covers on Origins, Vol. 2. The previous Origins, Vol. 1, released in...
U2 | Songs Of Experience – CD Review
There’s a lot going on with U2’s 2017 release Songs Of Experience. The Irish quartet’s 14th studio album has a bunch of producers on hand and went through quite...
