Def Leppard | Yeah! – CD Review
Def Leppard’s Yeah! is no mere cover album. The entire
CD is an unabashedly punch-drunk love letter to the bands whose music bewitched
the adolescent Leps into strumming tennis racquets, banging...
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...
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...
Venice | Jacaranda Street – CD Review
Southern California band Venice return in 2019 with their 21st release Jacaranda Street. Just like the comfortable feeling you get when you see an old friend or a favorite...
SiX By SiX | Beyond Shadowland – New Studio Release Review
Coming upon SiX By SiX’s second album Beyond Shadowland, one can feel the progressive power trio of Saga guitarist Ian Crichton, Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler, and bassist and vocalist Robert...
Todd Rundgren | State – CD Review
There was a time back in 1974 when Todd Rundgren, in concert while fronting the large, prog version of his band Utopia (which featured three keyboard players) would sneak...
Blackmore’s Night | Secret Voyage – CD Review
Guitarist extraordinaire Ritchie Blackmore says of his merry band of medieval music makers Blackmore’s Night: “We have the creative freedom to play any style of music we want. We...
Bob Dylan | Tempest – CD Review
And so the seemingly never-ending merriment of Bob Dylan continues. Fifty years since his debut and 35 studio albums later, the 71-year-old bard bestows us with Tempest, replete with...
Prog Collective | Epilogue – CD Review
Billy Sherwood has amassed a bunch of killer players for a second Prog Collective album. Epilogue features star turns on each of the nine songs, with Sherwood providing instrumentation...
Beatallica | Abbey Load – CD Review
Beatallica's Abbey Load is for Beatlemaniacs with a zen for hijinks, heavy metal junkies or Metallicaheads - or someone into all three. This 15-song Fab Four tribute is complete...
