Dirty Honey | Dirty Honey (Five-Song EP) – New Studio Release Review
Consider four-piece hard rock bands of the 1970s — Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, for example. These groups were built around a collective sensibility, sustained by a tight...
Alice Cooper | The Revenge Of Alice Cooper – New Studio Release Review
Low bass growling into a plodding flumpy beat with whammy bar guitar flips, and a spoken intro of “Black Mamba” open The Revenge Of Alice Cooper, an Alice Cooper...
Blackmore’s Night | Nature’s Light – New Studio Release Review
In the midst of a whirlwind era, Blackmore's Night have released their 11th album Nature's Light. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and vocalist Candice Night lead their band of merry minstrels on...
Styx | The Mission – New Studio Release Review
It’s been nearly a decade and a half since we had an all-new studio album from Styx. The Mission, an honest-to-goodness ‘concept’ album, is their sixteenth. Recorded over a...
Saxon | Call To Arms – CD Review
As one of the leaders of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Saxon has managed to survive, despite the countless musical fatalities of that era. Although they never...
Paul McCartney | Egypt Station – CD Review
The sounds of a train station flow into forty seconds or so of chorus voices on “Opening Station,” the kick off track of Paul McCartney’s 17th solo album, Egypt...
Honey West | Bad Old World – CD Review
From the jangly two-guitar attack of “The September Issue” with a wry lyric that might just make you laugh out loud, “Terri and Julie” with its harmony vocal bridge,...
Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble | The Red Planet – CD Review
A progressive rock album from Rick Wakeman in 2020? Sign me up! The keyboard wizard has released The Red Planet with an updated version of The English Rock Ensemble...
Joe Cocker | Hymn For My Soul – CD Review
“This is the most musical record I’ve made in a very long time,”
says Joe Cocker of his latest new release, Hymn For My Soul.
And these gospel-based tunes are very...
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...
