Jeff Lynne’s ELO | From Out Of Nowhere – New Studio Release Review
The title track from From Out Of Nowhere, the 2019 release from Jeff Lynne's ELO, showcases familiar ELO tropes with a single guitar line melody, jangly guitar rhythm, orchestral spikes,...
King Kobra | King Kobra II – CD Review
King Kobra returns with a slamming second album featuring singer Paul Shortino out front. Reuniting in 2010, the band tested the waters with a self-titled album, bearing all the...
Bruce Springsteen | Western Stars – CD Review
Opening with droplet-like acoustic, accented vocal, and sweeping strings, Bruce Springsteen picks up his listener on “Hitch Hikin’” and delivers us into Western Stars, his 19th album. The Boss’...
Killer Bee | Eye In The Sky – CD Review
The name Killer Bee might not roll off your tongue, but this band has been around 25 years, touring, making records and filming videos throughout the UK, Russia, Scandinavia...
Gregg Allman | Southern Blood – CD Review
Gregg Allman’s entire 50-year career was built on grit. Whether he was aching musically or physically, he always sang and played through the pain he felt. The result yielded...
Focus | Focus 11 – CD Review
The 2018 lineup of Focus -— sole original member, leader keyboardist, vocalist, and flautist Thijs van Leer, longtime drummer Pierre van der Linden, guitarist Menno Gootjes, and bassist Udo...
Black Country Communion | Black Country Communion – CD Review
In an age of odd pairings and off-the-wall unions, the idea of a supergroup seems as quaint and antiquated as factory cassettes. They still have them though, don’t they?...
Mitch Ryder | Christmas (Take A Ride) – CD Review
Good old Mitch Ryder presents a dozen holiday gems on Christmas (Take A Ride). Pretty much boppin’ along with an old rock style featuring upfront horns, backing vocals and...
PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi) | Emotional Tattoos – CD Review
It’s an undisputed fact among prog lovers that PFM is arguably the greatest musical export to ever come out of Italy. And one element fans have come to rely...
Robert Plant | Band Of Joy – CD Review
Robert Plant has just taken another step into the raising sand —
over the hills and far and away from the shadow of Led Zeppelin. A
true purveyor of musical diversity,...
