Ian Anderson | Homo Erraticus – New Studio Release Review

Now that he's firmly planted the Ian Anderson flag, the ever-prolific singer, flautist, songwriter and storyteller has followed up 2012's Thick As A Brick 2 with an ambitious "Prog-Folk-Metal"...

Deep Purple | inFinite – New Studio Release Review

How do you follow up your best album in three decades? If you’re Deep Purple, you enlist the same producer (Bob Ezrin), pray the muse is still on board,...

Jack Blades | Rock ‘N Roll Ride – CD Review

Jack Blades came on the scene in the early 80s as the bassist, vocalist and songwriter for Night Ranger. Later he went on to co-found Damn Yankees with Ted...

Steve Perry | Traces – CD Review

Sporting one of the most recognizable voices in modern pop rock music, and being out of the music business for over two decades, former Journey singer Steve Perry ‘returns’...

Operation Mindcrime | The Key – CD Review

If you haven’t figured it out yet, Geoff Tate has evolved into a progressive rock practitioner with a yen for odd time signatures and heady concepts on the scale of Roger...

Todd Rundgren | White Knight – CD Review

White Knight, Todd Rundgren’s follow up to his 2015 album Global, features several high-profile musical guests across its 15 tracks. Surely, its synth and drum machines that create most...

Night Ranger | ATBPO – New Studio Release Review

Night Ranger hits the ground running on their 12th studio album ATBPO (i.e.,  “And The Band Played On”). The band began writing this bunch of songs in early 2020, just as...

Ray Davies | Americana – CD Review

Ray Davies wants to “make his home where the buffalo roam” on 2017 solo release Americana. Taking a cue from his book (and film) of the same name,...

George Thorogood & The Destroyers | The Dirty Dozen – CD Review

Buying a George Thorogood & The Destroyers is almost like buying an AC/DC album. In both cases, you pretty much know what you’re in for. No surprises, nothing experimental — just...

A La Carte – Est. 1976 | A La Carte – CD Review

During the mid to late 1970s, pockets of Los Angeles were buzzing with hard rocking bands looking to break through to a national level. Van Halen, Quiet Riot and the Runaways...