Deep Purple | SPLAT! – New Studio Release Review
So much for long goodbyes. Deep Purple have set themselves up for the long haul instead. If they’re going to keep making albums like SPLAT!, no one can stop...
Yes | Heaven & Earth – CD Review
In an age when making albums is a risky and unprofitable enterprise, Yes have defied the odds by unveiling Heaven & Earth, their 19th full-length studio release. The stakes...
David Bowie | Blackstar – CD Review
Released on David Bowie’s 69th birthday, a couple days before his death, Blackstar marks the 25th studio album from one of the most popular musicians of all time. There...
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | The Rising – CD Review
With all of the hubbub surrounding its arrival, you would think that The Rising, Bruce Springsteen's first studio album with the E Street Band in over 15 years, would...
Dirty Honey | Can’t Find The Brakes – New Studio Release Review
For Can’t Find The Brakes, their sophomore full length release, Los Angeles quartet Dirty Honey followed a familiar format. As with their 2021 debut LP, they were produced by...
Flying Colors | Flying Colors – CD Review
Supergroups come in various shades and — ahem — colors these days. One of the brighter entries is Flying Colors, described as a “virtuoso prog/pop/metal rock band” with the...
Blackmore’s Night | Autumn Sky – CD Review
From the inspired march of opener “Highland,” with its great story
lyric, singable chorus and the strong vocals of Candice Night to the band’s
excellent take on an ancient folk tune,...
The Michael Schenker Group | In The Midst Of Beauty – CD Review
Guitar worshippers rejoice; The Michael Schenker Group is back! It’s
been a long tome since we heard from Schenker, he of UFO/Scorpions fame; he
of the blistering guitar lead; he of...
U2 | How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb – New Studio Release Review
I have never reviewed a U2 album for the single reason that I've been adverse to categorize them within what I consider Vintage Rock. Obviously, after almost 25 years of unparalleled...
Tangerine Dream | Paradiso – CD Review
How could any red-blooded American male forget those delicious scenes of Tom
Cruise atop a writhing Rebecca De Mornay in the movie Risky Business
(remember the ‘choo choo’ train scene?). Behind...
