Neil Young | Homegrown – CD Review

Neil Young was so prolific as a songwriter and recording artist in the 1970s, his record label couldn’t keep up. Consequently, a backlog of unreleased music sits in the...

Jerry Lee Lewis | Last Man Standing – CD Review

Just when you thought he was wreaking havoc in a rest home somewhere, the Killer is on the loose. Jerry Lee Lewis, the sole living member of the Million Dollar Quartet...

LMR | Levin Minnemann Rudess – CD Review

How does one even begin to keep up with side projects these days? The disintegration of the record industry and the homegrown nature of recording technology have made it...

Ray Davies | Americana – CD Review

Ray Davies wants to “make his home where the buffalo roam” on 2017 solo release Americana. Taking a cue from his book (and film) of the same name,...

Little Feat | Join The Band – New Studio Release Review

Thirty years after their critically acclaimed live album Waiting For Columbus, Little Feat have unveiled a new studio recording. But Join The Band does more than cull its title...

Dave Davies | Rippin’ Up Time – CD Review

In 2013, when Dave Davies showed up with I Will Be Me, his first studio album in six years, it would have been reasonable to believe we wouldn’t see...

Joe Satriani | The Elephants Of Mars – New Studio Release Review

When Joe Satriani broke out in the late 1980s with Surfing With The Alien, he set the tone and pace for other guitar-based instrumental albums that came tumbling out...

Santana | Santana IV – CD Review

The original Santana band formed in 1967, were managed by Bill Graham and blasted into national prominence at Woodstock. Infusing a slew of musical styles filled with Latin flavors...

Ringo Starr | Long Long Road – New Studio Release Review

Long Long Road is the second collaboration between Ringo Starr and T Bone Burnett, following the former Beatle’s chart-topping country album Look Up, released in 2025. With Burnett playing, writing and co-producing,...

Alice Cooper | Road – New Studio Release Review

Not that anyone would ever need reminding, but Alice Cooper does just that of who he is and what he’s about on the anthemic tribal beat opener “I’m Alice,”...