Uriah Heep | Wake The Sleeper – CD Review
Somewhere between the progressive hard rock of Deep Purple and the operatic
cabaret of Queen sits the legend of Uriah Heep. The road has never been easy
for the English institution,...
David Bowie | Blackstar – CD Review
Released on David Bowie’s 69th birthday, a couple days before his death, Blackstar marks the 25th studio album from one of the most popular musicians of all time. There...
U2 | How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb – New Studio Release Review
I have never reviewed a U2 album for the single reason that I've been adverse to categorize them within what I consider Vintage Rock. Obviously, after almost 25 years of unparalleled...
Cherie Currie | Reverie – CD Review
Cherie Currie burst onto the public stage as the lead singer of the Runaways in the mid 1970s. Since the 2010 biography feature film The Runaways reminded everyone that...
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...
Fanny Walked The Earth – CD Review
Before the Runaways, before the Go-Go's, before the Bangles — there was Fanny, the first "all-girl" rock band to sign on with a major label and make a serious...
Trevor Rabin | Jacaranda – CD Review
It's been way too long since Trevor Rabin has released a solo album. His last one, 1989's Can't Look Away, showed a lot of promise and was somewhat reminiscent...
Iron Maiden | The Final Frontier – CD Review
The general consensus surrounding The Final Frontier, Iron
Maiden’s studio release for 2010, seems to be that it takes a while to
soak in. Then, after a few spins, the album...
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...
Black Oak Arkansas | Underdog Heroes – CD Review
Underdog Heroes is as much the name of the new Black Oak Arkansas’s first full-length new recording in three decades as it describes this rockin’ rollickin’ American Southern rock...
