Asia | XXX – CD Review
Thirty years after their eponymous debut hit and remained on #1 on the Billboard charts for nine consecutive weeks, the original Asia returns XXX, their third studio album since...
Black Sabbath | 13 – CD Review
There’s a ton of expectation attached to well-known creative entities with big gaps in their working histories. The good news is that living up to a legacy can be...
Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi | WhoCares – New Studio Release Review
There are some of us still scratching our heads about the time Ian Gillan became the lead singer for Black Sabbath. Certainly, the Deep Purple vocalist had the credentials...
Judas Priest | Nostradamus – CD Review
Ever since Rob Halford returned to the scene of the crime with Judas Priest,
expectations have been high for the Metal Gods. The 2005 reunion album Angel
Of Retribution and subsequent...
Jimi Hendrix | People, Hell And Angels – New Studio Album Review
If you tell anyone you just picked up the “new” Jimi Hendrix album, you will invariably hear a curt reply like, “New? I thought he was dead.” Chances are...
Brian Tarquin Project | Vegas Blue – CD Review
None of us will forget the tragedy that occurred at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017. From his room in the hotel, a deranged...
The Isley Brothers & Santana | Power Of Peace – CD Review
Two families — the Isleys and the Santanas — call their 13-song Power Of Peace collaboration a fulfillment of a dream. Pulling in some classic soul, funk, blues, rock...
Prog Collective | Epilogue – CD Review
Billy Sherwood has amassed a bunch of killer players for a second Prog Collective album. Epilogue features star turns on each of the nine songs, with Sherwood providing instrumentation...
Blackmore’s Night | Secret Voyage – CD Review
Guitarist extraordinaire Ritchie Blackmore says of his merry band of medieval music makers Blackmore’s Night: “We have the creative freedom to play any style of music we want. We...
David Hasselhoff | Open Your Eyes – CD Review
Unaware of it as many of us probably are (unless you happen to be living in Germany), David Hasselhoff, star of TV's Baywatch and Knight Rider, has released 14 studio albums...
