Andy Summers | Triboluminescence – CD Review
Andy Summers remains one of music’s most expressive guitarists, bending his strings to best convey the moods of whichever partner he’s working with. As one-third of the Police, he...
Ken Hensley & Live Fire | Faster – CD Review
Far from re-retiring, multi-instrumentalist (but known for his keyboard work) Ken Hensley aims to bring back that band feeling, ala Uriah Heep and Blackfoot, with Norway's Live Fire for...
Uriah Heep | Into The Wild – CD Review
Mining a little Rainbow, sometimes Deep Purple, even occasionally Kansas,
but always in a deep Uriah Heep vein, original member guitarist Mick Box, long-time
bassist Trevor Bolder and drummer Russell Gilbrook,...
Van Morrison | Keep Me Singing – CD Review
On Keep Me Singing, Van Morrison takes it very easy on us. His first studio album since 2012 is quite accessible stuff from the Celtic crooner, mostly Morrison-penned MOR...
Bruce Springsteen | Western Stars – CD Review
Opening with droplet-like acoustic, accented vocal, and sweeping strings, Bruce Springsteen picks up his listener on “Hitch Hikin’” and delivers us into Western Stars, his 19th album. The Boss’...
Dennis DeYoung | 26 East, Volume 2 – New Studio Release Review
26 East, Volume 2 supposedly marks former Styx vocalist and keyboardist Dennis DeYoung’s goodbye to the world of recorded music. This second part of what started as the end...
Trevor Rabin | Jacaranda – CD Review
It's been way too long since Trevor Rabin has released a solo album. His last one, 1989's Can't Look Away, showed a lot of promise and was somewhat reminiscent...
Neil Young | Are You Passionate? – CD Review
Neil Young has gone and done it again. He's gone ahead and given himself another make-over, this time in the guise of an old soul, aligning loose fitting melodies
with...
Cheap Trick | Rockford – CD Review
The buzz on the street is that Cheap Trick, the cartoonish, perennial popsters of yore, are back with a vengeance. Practically everything about Rockford, their sensational new CD, heralds...
The Isley Brothers & Santana | Power Of Peace – CD Review
Two families — the Isleys and the Santanas — call their 13-song Power Of Peace collaboration a fulfillment of a dream. Pulling in some classic soul, funk, blues, rock...
