Sixx: A.M. | Modern Vintage – CD Review

I intended to review the Sixx: A.M. album Modern Vintage without bringing up Motley Crüe. But I find it necessary to make comparisons to both bands since Sixx is...

Dave Davies | I Will Be Me – CD Review

Look at the Wikipedia entry for Dave Davies, and it says he is ranked 88th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Aside...

Van Morrison | Versatile – CD Review

Versatile, Van Morrison’s 38th album, sees the Celtic soul singer interpreting some of the 20th century’s greatest standards. This record is rich and wild jazz band stuff, mainly horn-led, with Van Morrison’s...

Judas Priest | Invincible Shield – New Studio Release Review

Invincible Shield, Judas Priest’s 19th studio album, is the first from the group since 2018, and their first since being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....

Sammy Hagar & The Circle | Crazy Times – New Studio Release Review

Crazy Times, Sammy Hagar’s second release with The Circle, finds the Red Rocker, bassist Michael Anthony (Hagar's bandmate in Van Halen and Chickenfoot), drummer Jason Bonham and guitar virtuoso...

Gary Wright | The Light Of A Million Suns / Waiting To Catch The...

One of the main architects of Spooky Tooth, a session player on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass , collaborator of Ravi Shankar’s, the voice, composer and producer of...

JJ Cale | Roll On – CD Review

What is it with these old guys? Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones… Didn’t they get the memo that you can’t make good music after 40? That popular music acts...

Mike Oldfield | Return To Ommadawn – CD Review

Mike Oldfield's Return To Ommadawn is what I’d venture to guess all true fans of the composer and instrumentalist have been waiting for. It’s a return to the to...

Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks | True – New Studio Release Review

Since parting ways with Yes in 2008, Jon Anderson has continued to record new music and play live alone or in collaboration with others. No matter how he tries...

Leslie West | Soundcheck – CD Review

Leslie West's Soundcheck opens with a blurping synth and guitar on "Left By The Roadside To Die" with West yelling about being left down and out…but rising up to...