Moraz Alban Project | MAP – CD Review
There is certainly an upbeat spirit invested in the Moraz Alban Project aka MAP album from Patrick Moraz and drummer Greg Alban. This record grew from the friendship the...
Bonnie Raitt | Slipstream – New Studio Release Review
Unlike most of her contemporaries, Bonnie Raitt is as good a guitar player, singer, performer and recording artist today as she was in 1971 when she released her self-titled...
John Fogerty | Revival – New Studio Release Review
John Fogerty says of his new album, Revival: “I wanted this one to be a lot more fun than some of the past records have been.” And these 12...
Foghat | Under The Influence – New Studio Release Review
You really can't count a vintage rock band out. Surely keeping a regular presence on the radio in the 1970s with hits like "Fool For The City," "Stone Blue,"...
Anderson & Stolt | Invention Of Knowledge – CD Review
Yes may be done with Jon Anderson, but he isn't done with Yes - or at least he isn't done making Yes-like music. Layered soundscapes of light and dark...
Deep Purple | inFinite – New Studio Release Review
How do you follow up your best album in three decades? If you’re Deep Purple, you enlist the same producer (Bob Ezrin), pray the muse is still on board,...
Pat Travers Band | Can Do – CD Review
Through sheer perseverance and longevity, Pat Travers has maintained a rock-solid role of respected musician with his share of hits and misses (it comes with the profession). Most are...
The Winery Dogs | III – New Studio Release Review
Album number three (i.e., III) from the Winery Dogs (vocalist and guitarist Richie Kotzen, drummer Mike Portnoy and bassist Billy Sheehan) is built around the monster trio’s ability to...
Eric Clapton | Back Home – CD Review
Aficionados of Eric Clapton’s guitar work may have found some consolation
this year when he reformed Cream with bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger
Baker for four London concerts in May...
John Mellencamp | Life, Death, Love And Freedom – CD Review
Fresh from producing the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss record Raising
Sand, T Bone Burnett has set his sights on another figure whose image
is forever ingrained in struggle, gumption and...
