U2 | Songs Of Innocence – MP3 Review

U2's Songs Of Innocence will forever be known as the album released as a "gift" from Apple, allowing anyone to grab it for free from iTunes for a month....

Voorman & Friends | A Sideman’s Journey – CD Review

Few studio sidemen ever distinguished themselves away from the shadows. Nicky Hopkins and the members of the Wrecking Crew were only too happy to bask away from the limelight....

AC/DC | Power Up – New Studio Release Review

What else could we possibly need more in these ‘new nothing-but normal’ times than AC/DC?! The long road this band has hoed between releasing Rock Or Bust in 2014 and 2020’s...

Peter Frampton | Carry The Light – New Studio Release Review

If ever the phrase "You can't keep a good man down" applied to anyone, Peter Frampton is a viable candidate. Along with incredible highs like the success of Frampton...

Peter Frampton | Fingerprints – CD Review

To this day, many still think of Peter Frampton as a fleeting phenomenon of the 70s whose only claim to fame is Frampton Comes Alive. But close followers know better. Before...

Deep Purple | =1 – New Studio Release Review

For Deep Purple, The Long Goodbye has changed to We’re Not Going Anywhere. Indeed, it appeared the group was winding down when they announced their fabled Long Goodbye tour...

Motörhead | Bad Magic

"It's like déjà vu, all over again." Quoting the late Yogi Berra has become commonplace in the sports world, but it also applies in the music world with the...

Mudcrutch | 2 – CD Review

An upfront harmonica and acoustic guitar jangle pushes Randall Marsh's upbeat snare snap of the wry biographical "Trailer," the first tune of 2, the second album by Mudcrutch. With...

Aerosmith | Music From Another Dimension! – New Studio Release Review

It’s with more than a little trepidation that I crack open Aerosmith’s Music from Another Dimension!. Based on the first tune, “LUV XXX,” I have hope. Though a rather...

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...