Cheap Trick | All Washed Up – New Studio Release Review
Cheap Trick are nowhere close to the title of their new album, All Washed Up. The iconic Illinois rock foursome have been at their unique brand of rocking’ pop...
Ricky Byrd | Lifer – CD Review
With the great 50s-influenced "Rock 'N' Roll Boys," Ricky Byrd opens his first-ever album, Lifer. This autobiographical little ditty sets the stage perfectly for what turns out to be...
Little Feat | Join The Band – New Studio Release Review
Thirty years after their critically acclaimed live album Waiting For Columbus, Little Feat have unveiled a new studio recording. But Join The Band does more than cull its title...
Boz Scaggs | Speak Low – CD Review
If you’re looking to curl up in front of a fire with your significant
other, I can’t think of a better CD to play then Boz Scagg’s sultry
silky new one,...
Widespread Panic | Earth To America – CD Review
Widespread Panic, for those of you who aren’t in the know about such
things, was one of the first bands of the 80s to emerge in the shadow of the
Grateful...
Hackett & Rothery | The Roaring Waves – New Studio Release Review
A double helping of the two Steves — Steve Hackett and Marillion’s Steve Rothery — lead The Roaring Waves to the heights one expects of players of this magnitude....
John Mellencamp | Life, Death, Love And Freedom – CD Review
Fresh from producing the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss record Raising
Sand, T Bone Burnett has set his sights on another figure whose image
is forever ingrained in struggle, gumption and...
Blackmore’s Night | The Village Lanterne – CD Review
For listeners unfamiliar with Blackmore’s Night, The Village Lanterne is more mist-around-the-castle than “Smoke on the Water.” The CD is an eclectic tapestry of medieval music embellished with contemporary...
Bruce Springsteen | Magic – New Studio Release Review
I've been waiting for Magic for a long time. I am a pretty big Bruce Springsteen fan, but that doesn’t make me instantly take to everything he releases. The...
Mark Farner | Closer To My Home – New Studio Release Review
The Grand Funk Railroad saga is one of unparalleled highs and lows. In the 1970s, they became one of the biggest bands on the planet. Unfortunately, a short-lived, end-of-the-century...
