The Pretenders | Hate For Sale – CD Review

It’s hard to pinpoint how exactly Chrissie Hynde hasn’t lost her rock and roll edge. She’s made a few detours — as any seasoned musician should. But she always...

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...

Neil Young | Homegrown – CD Review

Neil Young was so prolific as a songwriter and recording artist in the 1970s, his record label couldn’t keep up. Consequently, a backlog of unreleased music sits in the...

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,...

Asia | Gravitas – CD Review

The sweet rise of harmony vocals opens "Valkyrie," a song that flows into the catchy first tune on Asia's 2014 studio release Gravitas. We're down to three-quarters of the...

Graham Parker & The Goldtops | Last Chance To Learn The Twist – New...

Last Chance To Learn The Twist is Graham Parker’s first album of new material in four years. Backed by The Goldtops — bassist Simon Edwards, drummer Jim Russell, guitarist Martin...

The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang – CD Review

After a tumultuous eight years, the Rolling Stones have released a new album brimming over with 16 tracks. So, what can you expect from the legendary group who, despite...

Van Morrison | Keep It Simple – CD Review

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Van ‘The Man’ Morrison has a released a new CD, Keep It Simple. As he says of the title track “…let’s hope we can get...

Boz Scaggs | Speak Low – CD Review

If you’re looking to curl up in front of a fire with your significant other, I can’t think of a better CD to play then Boz Scagg’s sultry silky new one,...

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius | Imposter! – New Studio Release Review

With Kansas bringing Joe Deninzon into the band in May 2023, plus all the other gigs the man manages, it did take the violinist, vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter a...