Robin Trower | No More Worlds To Conquer – New Studio Release Review
Tasty, tight, and pretty much terrific guitar playing is what we have come to expect from an elder statesman like Robin Tower, and this is what we get across...
Neil Young + Promise Of The Real | The Monsanto Years – CD Review
When Neil Young showed up for the 2013 Farm Aid concert in New York, it was difficult to ignore the singer-songwriter's somewhat agitated state. At the event's morning press...
Jon Anderson | 1000 Hands – CD Review
Since being shown the door by Yes in 2008, Jon Anderson has elevated himself to an astonishing level of progressive music practitioner. If his random solo epics or collaborations...
Andy Summers | Triboluminescence – CD Review
Andy Summers remains one of music’s most expressive guitarists, bending his strings to best convey the moods of whichever partner he’s working with. As one-third of the Police, he...
Lindsey Buckingham | Gift Of Screws – CD Review
A major band can often overshadow the talents of its individual members. Lucky for you, I am a stickler for such things and have been aware of the glowing...
The Rolling Stones | Hackney Diamonds – New Studio Release Review
I’m not going to lie. I was expecting Hackney Diamonds, the first new Rolling Stones album of all-new original material in nearly 20 years, to be a tired retread...
Bruce Springsteen | Western Stars – CD Review
Opening with droplet-like acoustic, accented vocal, and sweeping strings, Bruce Springsteen picks up his listener on “Hitch Hikin’” and delivers us into Western Stars, his 19th album. The Boss’...
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...
Van Morrison | Magic Time – CD Review
U2 isn’t Ireland’s only musical icon. Forty years ago, Van Morrison
and his band Them blasted out of Belfast with a rough and dirty R&B edge
that rivaled the Stones and...
Edgar Winter | Brother Johnny – New Studio Release Review
When Johnny Winter died on July 16, 2014, many people wanted his brother Edgar to record a tribute album. But Edgar claimed he was simply too devastated at the...
