Michael Des Barres | The Key To The Universe – CD Review
The Key To The Universe, Michael Des Barres' 2015 solo release, is a solid simple brilliant rock and roll record. Bassist Nigel Harrison (former Blondie and Silverhead with...
Van Morrison | Keep It Simple – CD Review
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Van ‘The Man’ Morrison has a released
a new CD, Keep It Simple. As he says of the title track “…let’s
hope we can get...
Mitch Ryder | Detroit Breakout! – CD Review
Coming off a rockin’ Christmas-themed release at the end of 2018, the dean of Detroit rock and soul Mitch Ryder returns in 2019 with this almost all hard-stomping collection...
Mark Farner | Closer To My Home – New Studio Release Review
The Grand Funk Railroad saga is one of unparalleled highs and lows. In the 1970s, they became one of the biggest bands on the planet. Unfortunately, a short-lived, end-of-the-century...
Cherie Currie | Blvds Of Splendor – Digital Album Review
Blvds Of Splendor was supposed to be Cherie Currie’s “comeback” album after The Runaways movie (largely based on Currie’s 1989 book Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway) came...
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...
Bob Dylan | Together Through Life – CD Review
Bob Dylan’s Together Through Life, his 46th release, is a heavy, hugely satisfying trip of a recording — far more alive, persuasive and rich for this writer than Modern...
The Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla – CD Review
Finally. It only took 30 years, but Keith Emerson has at last made THE album fans have been waiting for. With a title like Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc...
Focus | Focus 11 – CD Review
The 2018 lineup of Focus -— sole original member, leader keyboardist, vocalist, and flautist Thijs van Leer, longtime drummer Pierre van der Linden, guitarist Menno Gootjes, and bassist Udo...
The Who | Endless Wire – CD Review
OK, I admit it: I truly believed not so long ago that the Who were a creatively spent entity. Twenty-four years is just way too long between albums, especially...
