Gary Moore | Close As You Get – CD Review

Ireland has been home to many great musicians, such as U2 and Van Morrison. The Irish also know the blues, even if the Mississippi Delta is far and away from the...

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...

Bob Dylan | Triplicate – CD Review

Mining the same territory he did in his two previous releases, for Bob Dylan’s 38th studio release, Triplicate, our best pop songwriter once again ‘covers’ classic American tunes. This...

Alice Cooper | Detroit Stories – New Studio Release Review

Old geezers over 70 shouldn’t be making records like Detroit Stories, but then Alice Cooper isn’t your typical old geezer. Aside from a few lines etched in his face,...

Michael Schenker’s Temple of Rock | Spirit On A Mission – CD Review

Michael Schenker has found his niche. He's spent many years chasing down collaborations with numerous players, hedging germs of ideas but rarely pushing it to their potential. His most...

Roger Waters | The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux – New Studio Release...

If anyone was expecting Roger Waters to replicate or outdo The Dark Side Of The Moon, then they’re probably not up to speed with how the former Pink Floyd bassist...

Bachman | Heavy Blues – CD Review

Randy Bachman is a man who likes to take risks. He took a big one when he left the Guess Who in 1970. Sidelined by health and personal issues,...

LMR | Levin Minnemann Rudess – CD Review

How does one even begin to keep up with side projects these days? The disintegration of the record industry and the homegrown nature of recording technology have made it...

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Mojo – CD Review

And now for something completely different. Instead of tasking other sources to gauge my feelings for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 2010 release Mojo, I chose to give the...

Procol Harum | Novum – CD Review

It’s been 50 years since Procol Harum turned the music world on its ear with “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” — a tome built on a Bach chord progression...