Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Psychedelic Pill – CD Review

When Neil Young picks up the phone and calls guitarist Frank "Poncho" Sampedro, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina, it generally means he's ready to grind it out...

Rival Sons | Darkfighter – New Studio Release Review

Darkfighter is Rival Sons’ first new music since their 2019 Grammy-nominated release, Feral Roots. Mostly written and recorded during the pandemic, the album provided the band with a golden...

Bruce Springsteen | Letter To You – CD Review

Letter to You is Bruce Springsteen's first album in six years to feature the E Street Band. Outfitted with these players, the Boss delivers songs that largely touch on mortality...

Paul McCartney | New – CD Review

Master of the melody, Sir Paul McCartney has something NEW for us all…a CD called New. Much ballyhooed of late, with spirited stops to media far and wide, a...

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...

Nils Lofgren | Old School – CD Review

From his work with Neil Young to his stint as the blistering guitar player in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band since 1984, Nils Lofgren’s talents as songwriter, singer, guitar...

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...

Rated X | Rated X – CD Review

When Frontiers Records President Serafino Perugino suggested to former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner that he put a band together, drummer Carmine Appice was called given his long history...

Paul McCartney | The Boys Of Dungeon Lane – New Studio Release Review

Paul McCartney’s The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, his first new album in five years, is subject to as much scrutiny as it is hype. Such is the challenge of...

Robby Krieger | In Session – CD Review

Legendary guitarist Robby Krieger has released a covers album and, fortunately, it defies musical convention. On In Session there’s only one Doors cover (a live version of “Back Door...