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...
Joe Satriani | Shockwave Supernova – CD Review
There was a time when super guitarist Joe Satriani stepped up and sang on his records. He did a decent job on 1991's Flying In A Blue Dream, but...
Neal Schon | Vortex – CD Review
Vortex, guitarist Neal Schon’s ninth solo album, is a two-CD guitar work-out of noodling high-fret explosions without the pop expectations of Journey. Pushed along by ex-Journey drummer Steve Smith,...
Mick Abrahams | Revived – CD Review
Mick Abrahams is most certainly Revived!, and we are the better for it. Having suffered a heart attack in 2009, Jethro Tull's original guitarist and founder of Blodwyn Pig...
Whitesnake | The Purple Album – CD Review
Recorded and mixed by Whitesnake founder and vocalist David Coverdale (with co-producers Michael McIntyre and guitarist Reb Beach) The Purple Album, the band’s twelfth studio release, features “re-imaginings” of...
Ringo Starr | Postcards From Paradise – CD Review
Postcards From Paradise is Ringo Starr’s 18th studio release. As can be expected from the former Beatle drummer who tours with his All Star Band annually, lots of...
Brian Wilson | No Pier Pressure – CD Review
There is no arguing over the uniqueness of Brian Wilson's compositions and productions, his influence on pop music, his singular status as one of popular music's most enigmatic survivors....
John Lodge | 10,000 Light Years Ago – CD Review
John Lodge, the Moody Blues singer, songwriter and bassist, has released his second (and his first since 1977's Natural Avenue) solo album 10,000 Light Years Ago, an eight song...
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Prog Rock Classics – CD Review
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Prog Rock Classics is an album of fully orchestrated renditions of progressive rock masterpieces by the likes of Pink Floyd, Yes, Emerson, Lake &...
Jimmy Barnes | Hindsight – CD Review
Jimmy Barnes is somewhat of a legend. Yeah, I know that term has been overused to describe musicians, actors, athletes, etc for years. But the Scottish born, Australia raised...
