New York Dolls | Cause I Sez So – New Studio Release Review

The reunion of the New York Dolls has been one of moderate success and speculation.  It’s perfectly legitimate for David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, the band’s two remaining original...

Alliance | Fire And Grace – CD Review

Vocalist and bassist Robert Berry, guitarist Gary Pihl, and drummer David Lauser — collectively known as Alliance — have a new album for 2019 called Fire And Grace, the first...

Whitesnake | Good To Be Bad – CD Review

What comes around…Here it is 2008 and all of a sudden it’s like 1988 all over again. It’s true, if you wait 20 years, what was once hip will...

Paul Simon | In The Blue Light – CD Review

Paul Simon will never be one to rest on his laurels as a songwriter. If something in his canon needs retooling — even if it’s for the umpteenth time...

Sammy Hagar | Cosmic Universal Fashion – CD Review

One has to wonder if Sammy Hagar is ever going to escape the shadow of Van Halen. After all, the guy had his own history and a moderately successful solo career...

Squackett | A Life Within A Day – CD Review

So Squackett, the collaboration that Steve Hackett and Chris Squire have been working on for some four years now, has finally surfaced The two began working together — after...

Steve Hackett | Out Of The Tunnel’s Mouth – CD Review

Steve Hackett is a guitarist we hear from too infrequently (then again with guys like Hackett, Martin Barre, David Gilmour, I'd be happy to hear new music from them monthly!) His...

Jeff Beck | Emotion & Commotion – New Studio Release Review

There are probably more guitar players than lawyers. Maybe in some remote part of the world. Some of them play really cool riffs. A few even have a couple...

Michael Des Barres Band | Carnaby Street

One way or another, you're bound to know Michael Des Barres. As much from his minor role in the famous 60's youth classic To Sir With Love, to fronting...

The Rolling Stones | Blue & Lonesome – CD Review

No retirement announcements, no farewell tours, their fabled 50th anniversary come and gone — the Stones, gathering no moss, just keep on rolling. And now, right out of the...