Neal Smith | KillSmith & The Greenfire Empire – CD Review
Neal Smith is best known for his innovative drumming and outrageous stage antics with the original Alice Cooper band. His solid skins-handling is the bedrock behind classics hits like...
Procol Harum | Novum – CD Review
It’s been 50 years since Procol Harum turned the music world on its ear with “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” — a tome built on a Bach chord progression...
Nektar | Time Machine – CD Review
Nektar, a prog band of English men that decamped to Hamburg, Germany in the early 70s, have released some brilliant albums in their time. Magic Is The Child, Remember...
Jon Anderson | 1000 Hands – CD Review
Since being shown the door by Yes in 2008, Jon Anderson has elevated himself to an astonishing level of progressive music practitioner. If his random solo epics or collaborations...
Ian Anderson | Thick As A Brick 2 – New Studio Release Review
Back in high school, I used to get in arguments about rock and roll all the time. When it came to what was going on in rock and roll,...
Joe Satriani | The Elephants Of Mars – New Studio Release Review
When Joe Satriani broke out in the late 1980s with Surfing With The Alien, he set the tone and pace for other guitar-based instrumental albums that came tumbling out...
The Derek Trucks Band | Already Free – CD Review
Derek Trucks has come a long way in his short and spectacular career. An old
school sensibility, a loyal base of friends and family members who helped him
get there, and...
Ringo Starr | Ringo 2012 – CD Review
So our old friend Ringo Starr is at it again! The ex-Beatle has released Ringo 2012, his 17th studio album. With superstar friends like Joe Walsh, Richard Page, Benmont...
Richie Onori’s Blues Messenger | In The Name Of Freedom – CD Review
Revolutionary. That was my first impression when I received and heard Richie Onori's Blues Messenger's In The Name Of Freedom. That was the first word that came to mind...
Steve Hackett | The Night Siren – CD Review
The Night Siren, the 25th solo album from former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, is a thing of sublime beauty. Featuring a global cast of musicians, the album features...
