Mitch Ryder | Detroit Breakout! – CD Review

Coming off a rockin’ Christmas-themed release at the end of 2018, the dean of Detroit rock and soul Mitch Ryder returns in 2019 with this almost all hard-stomping collection...

Roger Waters | The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux – New Studio Release...

If anyone was expecting Roger Waters to replicate or outdo The Dark Side Of The Moon, then they’re probably not up to speed with how the former Pink Floyd bassist...

Sammy Hagar & The Circle | Crazy Times – New Studio Release Review

Crazy Times, Sammy Hagar’s second release with The Circle, finds the Red Rocker, bassist Michael Anthony (Hagar's bandmate in Van Halen and Chickenfoot), drummer Jason Bonham and guitar virtuoso...

Martin Barre | Back To Steel – CD Review

The heavy, hard-riffing title track with a big chorus opens Martin Barre's 2015 release Back To Steel. The longtime Jethro Tull ax man has released five previous solo albums...

Foghat | Last Train Home – CD Review

When does a band stop being the band it was and become something totally new? If a group has seen too many personal changes, deaths, or splits, is it still the...

Warrant | Born Again – CD Review

What’s Black ’N Blue and rocks all over? It’s Warrant, thundering up from where the down boys go with Born Again, featuring new singer Jaime St. James of Black ’N Blue...

Carly Simon | This Kind Of Love – CD Review

While it is certainly wonderful to see Carly Simon release her first new collection of self-penned songs in eight years, This Kind Of Love features tunes influenced to the extreme by...

Styx | Crash Of The Crown – New Studio Release Review

Following 2017’s The Mission, Styx have emerged four years later with a 15-song supersonic cyclone called Crash Of The Crown. Unlike its predecessor, here’s an album peppered with Styx...

Mudcrutch | Mudcrutch – CD Review

Is Tom Petty like the coolest guy in rock and roll, or what? Back in the late 70s, he fought to keep his record prices down and battled his old...

AC/DC | Black Ice – CD Review

With the world's economy in the dumper, Black Ice, the first new studio album in eight years from AC/DC, could be just what the doctor ordered. Think about it: When all...