Various Artists | A Prog Rock Christmas – CD Review

A Prog Rock Christmas features members of Yes, Renaissance, Deep Purple,Utopia, Focus, Curved Air, Hawkwind, and a special guest performance by actor Malcolm McDowell. This collection runs around some holiday classics in...

Jeff Lynne’s ELO | From Out Of Nowhere – New Studio Release Review

The title track from From Out Of Nowhere, the 2019 release from Jeff Lynne's ELO,  showcases familiar ELO tropes with a single guitar line melody, jangly guitar rhythm, orchestral spikes,...

Ringo Starr | What’s My Name – CD Review

Ringo Starr's 20th solo album, What's My Name, sees the former Beatle drummer on another in a recent line of homespun records featuring a cast of famous musician friends. From...

The Magpie Salute | High Water II – CD Review

Amidst all the hearsay and speculative swirl about a Black Crowes reunion, spin-off group the Magpie Salute unveils their second album, High Water II. The sophomore sequel recorded at...

Anthony Phillips | Strings Of Light – CD Review

Genesis founding member, composer, and guitarist Anthony Phillips presents his first new album in seven years, Strings Of Light. Across two CDs, plus a DVD 5.1 surround sound mix of...

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...

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...

Hawkestrel | The Future Is Us – CD Review

No one can say that Hawkestrel’s The Future Is Us doesn’t bring together an interesting mix of musicians. From the Hawkwind family, there are present and former members including...

Jack Tempchin | One More Time With Feeling – CD Review

Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee and Diamond status songwriter Jack Tempchin is best known for penning the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and co-writing "Already Gone." He also had a...

Pat Travers | Swing! – CD Review

Forty years into his career, who would have ever thought electric guitar master Pat Travers would start swinging…for real? On his eight-song album Swing!, Travers interprets classics of the...