Bob Dylan | Modern Times – CD Review

You don’t so much listen to a Bob Dylan album as you digest it — one savory bite at a time. So rushing out a review of Modern Times...

Bonnie Raitt | Slipstream – New Studio Release Review

Unlike most of her contemporaries, Bonnie Raitt is as good a guitar player, singer, performer and recording artist today as she was in 1971 when she released her self-titled...

Bruce Hornsby | Absolute Zero – CD Review

Bruce Hornsby made his mark with the 1986 hit single “The Way It Is,” but he's also known for playing live with the Grateful Dead, as well as work...

John Fogerty | Revival – New Studio Release Review

John Fogerty says of his new album, Revival: “I wanted this one to be a lot more fun than some of the past records have been.” And these 12...

Bob Dylan | Time Out Of Mind – New Studio Release Review

The surprise hit of 1997 has to be the re-emergence of Bob Dylan as a viable musical force. Dylan first made news this past summer when he was hospitalized...

Thriller: A Metal Tribute to Michael Jackson – CD Review

Thriller: A Metal Tribute To Michael Jackson is a 13-song collection of blistering loud versions of some of the gloved one's most famous songs. As with any broad reinventions,...

Mr. Big | What If – CD Review

Like a lot of their contemporaries, Mr. Big got lumped in with the heavy metal thumpers of the 1980s. And while the band’s muscle was indeed hard and heavy,...

ZZ Top | La Futura – CD Review

Nine years since the famous Tres Hombres - Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, better known as ZZ Top - released a full-length album, La Futura features none...

Foreigner | Can’t Slow Down – New Studio Release Review

For the first time in 15 years, Foreigner has a new studio album. Led by sole original member Mick Jones, Foreigner is a young outfit these days, steadily making the...

Yes | Fly From Here – CD Review

I wondered why the first few tunes on Yes’ Fly From Here sounded like the Drama era version of the band when Buggles Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replaced...