Def Leppard | Yeah! – CD Review

Def Leppard’s Yeah! is no mere cover album. The entire CD is an unabashedly punch-drunk love letter to the bands whose music bewitched the adolescent Leps into strumming tennis racquets, banging...

Downes Braide Association | Suburban Ghosts – CD Review

Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes and singer Chris Braide (who worked with former Yes vocalist Trevor Horn in The Producers) have returned with their follow-up to 2012's Pictures Of You....

Steve Lukather | Transition – CD Review

Steve Lukather isn't your typical guitar hero. For one, he plays in Toto — celebrating their 35th anniversary with their 2013 Summer tour — a band known for well-crafted...

Uriah Heep | Into The Wild – CD Review

Mining a little Rainbow, sometimes Deep Purple, even occasionally Kansas, but always in a deep Uriah Heep vein, original member guitarist Mick Box, long-time bassist Trevor Bolder and drummer Russell Gilbrook,...

The Derek Trucks Band | Songlines – CD Review

Let's get the obvious out of the way from the outset: Derek Trucks is a fantastic talent. Blending the soul and sounds of all of his transcontinental elders with a gifted...

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius | Imposter! – New Studio Release Review

With Kansas bringing Joe Deninzon into the band in May 2023, plus all the other gigs the man manages, it did take the violinist, vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter a...

John Fogerty | Fogerty’s Factory – New Studio Release Review

A true family effort born as a result of the current pandemic, John Fogerty's Fogerty's Factory features the legendary vocalist, guitarist and songwriter performing Creedence Clearwater Revival classics, solo...

Henry McCullough | Poor Man’s Moon – CD Review

Our old friend Henry McCullough is at it again with his 2008 album Poor Man's Moon, just released in the U.S. The subtle electric guitar master — best known...

Heaven & Earth | Dig – CD Review

Heaven and Earth, put together by ex-Sweet guitarist Stuart Smith in 1996, have a third outing, Dig, for 2013. The band's style of music is a pleasant mixing pot...

Ozzy Osbourne | Patient Number 9 – New Studio Release Review

Apart from his first pair of solo efforts with Randy Rhoads, along with releases that came after, up to 1991’s No More Tears, Ozzy Osbourne’s albums have been hit...