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...
Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Greendale – New Studio Release Review
If you listen to Greendale cold without knowing its conceptual membrane, you might get happily lost in the slapdash looseness of Neil Young and Crazy Horse. But for those...
Renaissance | Symphony Of Light – CD Review
The 2014 Renaissance release Symphony Of Light is dedicated to Michael Dunford, the band's longtime guitarist and songwriter who passed away in 2012. The album marks his last appearance...
Rush | Clockwork Angels – CD Review
Rush's 20th album, Clockwork Angels, is some of the heaviest music the Canadian trio has ever created. Bassist and singer Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart...
Queen + Paul Rodgers | The Cosmos Rock – New Studio Release Review
For all the hype and expectation surrounding the union of Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor with legendary blues-rock crooner Paul Rodgers, you’d think anything new would be out...
Joanna Connor | 4801 South Indiana Avenue – New Studio Release Review
Busting out of the Chicago blues scene, slide guitar queen Joanna Connor gets down to the nitty gritty on her 14th solo release 4801 South Indiana Avenue, her first...
Elliott Murphy | Notes From The Underground | Jann Klose | Reverie –...
One is a veteran with 30 albums to his credit; the other is a German-born,
African-bred singer with considerably less recording time under his belt. We’re
talking two drastically different styles...
ROVO & System 7 | Phoenix Rising – CD Review
Guitar legend Steve Hillage and vocalist Miquette Giraudy’s System 7 have merged with Japanese progressive rock band ROVO to present Phoenix Rising for your musical edification and sensual head...
Deep Purple | =1 – New Studio Release Review
For Deep Purple, The Long Goodbye has changed to We’re Not Going Anywhere. Indeed, it appeared the group was winding down when they announced their fabled Long Goodbye tour...
Flying Colors | Second Nature – CD Review
When you look at the members of Flying Colors — guitarist Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, ex-Kansas), drummer Mike Portnoy (Transatlantic, Winery Dogs, ex-Dream Theater), Neal Morse (Transatlantic,...
