Steve Hackett | Out Of The Tunnel’s Mouth – CD Review

Steve Hackett is a guitarist we hear from too infrequently (then again with guys like Hackett, Martin Barre, David Gilmour, I'd be happy to hear new music from them monthly!) His...

Peter Frampton | Fingerprints – CD Review

To this day, many still think of Peter Frampton as a fleeting phenomenon of the 70s whose only claim to fame is Frampton Comes Alive. But close followers know better. Before...

Rush | Clockwork Angels – CD Review

Rush's 20th album, Clockwork Angels, is some of the heaviest music the Canadian trio has ever created. Bassist and singer Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart...

JJ Cale & Eric Clapton | Road To Escondido – CD Review

Most music fans are not familiar with the name J.J. Cale, but they do know his music. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Widespread Panic, Johnny Cash and many others have all...

Ace Frehley | Origins, Vol. 2 – CD Review

Ace Frehley, KISS co-founder and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, continues with his love for covers on Origins, Vol. 2. The previous Origins, Vol. 1, released in...

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’...

Mudcrutch | 2 – CD Review

An upfront harmonica and acoustic guitar jangle pushes Randall Marsh's upbeat snare snap of the wry biographical "Trailer," the first tune of 2, the second album by Mudcrutch. With...

Steven Wilson | To The Bone – CD Review

If Porcupine Tree founder and musical man of all seasons Steven Wilson ever decides to pack it in as a solo artist, he at least can have a bright...

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...

Ian Anderson | Jethro Tull: The String Quartets

Those still out for blood nearly 30 years after Jethro Tull trumped Metallica for the Best Hard Rock/Metal Grammy are sure to be in an uproar over The String...