Nad Sylvan | Monumentata – New Studio Release Review
Gaining worldwide recognition as the vocalist for Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited tours, vocalist and songwriter Nad Sylvan has also marked a solo path with a bunch of his own...
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...
Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats | Meet The Meatbats – CD Review
When you’re hot, sometimes you’re on fire and the urge to engage
in a little self-reverie invites all sorts of possible outcomes. But if you’re
drummer Chad Smith, you probably don’t...
Venice | Jacaranda Street – CD Review
Southern California band Venice return in 2019 with their 21st release Jacaranda Street. Just like the comfortable feeling you get when you see an old friend or a favorite...
Neil Diamond | Home Before Dark – CD Review
When you’ve enjoyed a successful four-decade musical career with 125 million records sold worldwide, multiple Top 40 hits, the requisite awards and sold-out shows where ever you play, it...
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...
Deep Purple | NOW What?! – New Studio Release Review
Nestled comfortably on the never-ending touring circuit, Deep Purple has not, for many years, felt the tugging obligation to record albums filled with new songs. These days, economic realities...
Styx | The Mission – New Studio Release Review
It’s been nearly a decade and a half since we had an all-new studio album from Styx. The Mission, an honest-to-goodness ‘concept’ album, is their sixteenth. Recorded over a...
Jack Blades | Rock ‘N Roll Ride – CD Review
Jack Blades came on the scene in the early 80s as the bassist, vocalist and songwriter for Night Ranger. Later he went on to co-found Damn Yankees with Ted...
Graham Nash | This Path Tonight – CD Review
Fourteen years since his last solo album, 2002's Songs For Survivors, Graham Nash has released his 14th solo album, This Path Tonight. Whether it's a funny coincidence or a...
