Buckcherry | 15 – CD Review

15 is audio adrenaline. It’ll make you want to do smoky burnouts in school zones, blast it loud enough to rattle your neighbors’ dentures, and enlist it as your main piece...

Heart | Red Velvet Car – CD Review

It’s been way too long since Heart hatched a decent album. For awhile there, they were in serious danger of falling into the “heritage band” category, which essentially means you hang...

The Last Hombres | Odd Fellows Rest – CD review

A mix of horns, jangly guitars, deceptively complicated backbeats and a fair amount of solid vocal harmonies are at the root of the new The Last Hombres' Odd Fellows...

Deep Purple | Whoosh! – New Studio Release Review

For the third time in a row, Deep Purple and producer Bob Ezrin have delivered a stellar, rock-solid record that brings out the best in every participant.  The 13...

Intelligent Music Project III | Touching The Divine – CD Review

The Intelligent Music Project is the brainchild of producer and composer Dr. Milen Vrabevski, MD. The third release from the good doctor and his assembled group of amazing players...

Paul McCartney | McCartney III – New Studio Release Review

Just in time for the holidays comes McCartney III, Paul McCartney’s “surprise” album recorded during “rockdown,” when the singer was stranded at home, like so many of us, with...

The Isley Brothers & Santana | Power Of Peace – CD Review

Two families — the Isleys and the Santanas — call their 13-song Power Of Peace collaboration a fulfillment of a dream. Pulling in some classic soul, funk, blues, rock...

Steve Porcaro | Someday / Somehow – CD Review

An overlooked component of Toto, keyboardist Steve Porcaro marks 2016 as the year for his long-awaited debut solo album, Someday / Somehow. It's a veritable showcase of the man's...

Marc Ford | Weary & Wired – CD Review

As a member of the Black Crowes and Ben Harper’s Innocent Criminals, Marc Ford sold millions of albums and played in front of millions more. Coming with the success are the...

Meat Loaf | Braver Than We Are – CD Review

I am a huge Meat Loaf fan. Bat Out Of Hell is not just a seminal album from the 70s, it is one of my favorites of all time....