Carlos Santana | Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time – CD...
Carlos Santana is at it again, using the formula that earned him all those
little gold megaphones. He’s backing a whole bunch of popular singers
with his brilliant playing and 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...
The Monkees | Good Times! – CD Review
Who'd have thought we'd get a new Monkees album in 2016, 20 years since 1996's Justus. A full reunion of the four original members on record or stage, aside...
Saga | Symmetry – New Studio Release Review
For a brief period 40 years ago, Canadian hard rock quintet Saga nearly became global music royalty. Their fourth album, Worlds Apart, would go Gold in the states, bolstered...
John Wetton | Raised In Captivity – CD Review
John Wetton told me that being in California certainly influenced the making of his 2011 solo CD Raised In Captivity. Produced by multi-instrumentalist Billy Sherwood, this is the sixth...
Cherie Currie | Blvds Of Splendor – Digital Album Review
Blvds Of Splendor was supposed to be Cherie Currie’s “comeback” album after The Runaways movie (largely based on Currie’s 1989 book Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway) came...
Greta Van Fleet | The Battle At Garden’s Gate – New Studio Release Review
An artist’s second album is often a make-it-or-break-it situation. It either validates longevity or demonstrates the success of the first album was a fluke, based on years of development....
Joe Satriani | The Elephants Of Mars – New Studio Release Review
When Joe Satriani broke out in the late 1980s with Surfing With The Alien, he set the tone and pace for other guitar-based instrumental albums that came tumbling out...
The Michael Schenker Group | In The Midst Of Beauty – CD Review
Guitar worshippers rejoice; The Michael Schenker Group is back! It’s
been a long tome since we heard from Schenker, he of UFO/Scorpions fame; he
of the blistering guitar lead; he of...
Prog Collective | Epilogue – CD Review
Billy Sherwood has amassed a bunch of killer players for a second Prog Collective album. Epilogue features star turns on each of the nine songs, with Sherwood providing instrumentation...
