Michael Schenker’s Temple of Rock | Spirit On A Mission – CD Review

Michael Schenker has found his niche. He's spent many years chasing down collaborations with numerous players, hedging germs of ideas but rarely pushing it to their potential. His most...

Toto | XIV – CD Review

After nearly 40 years, with members coming and going (including one-time bassist Mike Porcaro, who passed away on March 15), Toto is a musical force to be reckoned with...

Black Star Riders | The Killer Instinct – CD Review

After surrendering the Thin Lizzy moniker, Black Star Riders went on to record their 2013 debut, All Hell Breaks Loose, which by formula or emboldened righteousness, had all the...

UFO | A Conspiracy Of Stars – CD Review

UFO's Strangers In The Night, an amazing live album from 1978, was one of those releases that almost never left my turntable. The heavy dynamics, with melodic density, really...

Chris Spedding | Joyland – CD Review

A renown British guitar slinger for five decades and running, Chris Spedding may not be a name on the tip of everyone's tongue, but he's had his share of...

AC/DC | Rock or Bust – CD Review

It's been six years since Black Ice, AC/DC's last studio album release. During that time, not much has really happened in the rock world. So, will anyone actually care...

Dave Davies | Rippin’ Up Time – CD Review

In 2013, when Dave Davies showed up with I Will Be Me, his first studio album in six years, it would have been reasonable to believe we wouldn’t see...

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...

Pink Floyd | The Endless River – CD Review

Just when you thought we'd heard the last of Pink Floyd, they show up with a "new" album. Certainly not "new" in the sense that the surviving members gathered...

Mr. Big | …The Stories We Can Tell – CD Review

...The Stories We Can Tell is Mr. Big’s second studio album since all four original members — Eric Martin (vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitars), Billy Sheehan (bass) and Pat Torpey...