Joe Perry | Sweetzerland Manifesto – CD Review

Accompanied by a slew of famous singers and songwriters, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry presents his sixth solo album Sweetzerland Manifesto. Steven Tyler’s foil and the co-writer of many of...

Rated X | Rated X – CD Review

When Frontiers Records President Serafino Perugino suggested to former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner that he put a band together, drummer Carmine Appice was called given his long history...

Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble | The Red Planet – CD Review

A progressive rock album from Rick Wakeman in 2020? Sign me up! The keyboard wizard has released The Red Planet with an updated version of The English Rock Ensemble...

Dennis DeYoung | 26 East, Volume 2 – New Studio Release Review

26 East, Volume 2 supposedly marks former Styx vocalist and keyboardist Dennis DeYoung’s goodbye to the world of recorded music. This second part of what started as the end...

Alliance | Fire And Grace – CD Review

Vocalist and bassist Robert Berry, guitarist Gary Pihl, and drummer David Lauser — collectively known as Alliance — have a new album for 2019 called Fire And Grace, the first...

Neil Diamond | Home Before Dark – CD Review

When you’ve enjoyed a successful four-decade musical career with 125 million records sold worldwide, multiple Top 40 hits, the requisite awards and sold-out shows where ever you play, it...

Leslie West | Unusual Suspects – CD Review

His career began with the Vagrants, one of the few teenage garage rock bands to come out of NYC. But Leslie West is probably best remembered as a founding...

Gov’t Mule | High & Mighty – CD Review

Since the demise of partner-in-crime/in-the-pocket bassist Allen Woody, maverick guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes has practically made it his life’s mission to become the world’s busiest and most in-demand musician. Yet, somehow between his...

Nils Lofgren | Old School – CD Review

From his work with Neil Young to his stint as the blistering guitar player in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band since 1984, Nils Lofgren’s talents as songwriter, singer, guitar...

Eric Clapton & Friends | The Breeze: An Appreciation Of JJ Cale – CD...

"Call Me The Breeze" is the appropriate opener for Eric Clapton & Friends' The Breeze: An Appreciation Of JJ Cale. It's pure MOR Clapton with a clear-as-a-bell-vocal and quick...