Jethro Tull | RökFlöte – New Studio Release Review

Two Jethro Tull albums in back-to-back years?  Yes, for the first time since 1980, Tull has followed up 2022’s The Zealot Gene a year later with the exotically titled...

Joe Satriani | Shapeshifting – New Studio Release Review

When it comes to guitar instrumental albums, various schools of thought weigh in on the process. For some players, who shall remain nameless, it’s all about speed, technique and...

Ricky Byrd | Lifer – CD Review

With the great 50s-influenced "Rock 'N' Roll Boys," Ricky Byrd opens his first-ever album, Lifer. This autobiographical little ditty sets the stage perfectly for what turns out to be...

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...

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...

Steve Hackett | Surrender Of Silence – New Studio Release Review

In an artistic sense, guitar maestro is a master of duplicity. He is expert at knowing how to manipulate sounds and moods to invoke contrasting ambiances of light and...

Richie Havens | Nobody Left To Crown – CD Review

If you caught I’m Not There, the 2007 Todd Haynes film that explores six sides of Bob Dylan with — what else — six different actors, you may have recognized one...

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...

Jeremy Spencer | Coventry Blues – CD Review

He began as Peter Green’s slide guitar foil in Fleetwood Mac in the 60s, only to drop out of the music scene for nearly two decades. Then he returned...

Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Psychedelic Pill – CD Review

When Neil Young picks up the phone and calls guitarist Frank "Poncho" Sampedro, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina, it generally means he's ready to grind it out...