Pat Travers Band | Can Do – CD Review
Through sheer perseverance and longevity, Pat Travers has maintained a rock-solid role of respected musician with his share of hits and misses (it comes with the profession). Most are...
King Kobra | King Kobra II – CD Review
King Kobra returns with a slamming second album featuring singer Paul Shortino out front. Reuniting in 2010, the band tested the waters with a self-titled album, bearing all the...
Blackmore’s Night | Dancer & The Moon – CD Review
Volume pedal interplay with some subtle percussion opens Randy Newman's "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today," the first tune of Blackmore Night's eighth studio album, Dancer & The Moon....
John Fogerty | Wrote A Song For Everyone – CD Review
I feel heartened with John Fogerty updating Creedence Clearwater Revival songs, and a few of his own, on Wrote A Song For Everyone, his release of duets with a...
Dave Davies | I Will Be Me – CD Review
Look at the Wikipedia entry for Dave Davies, and it says he is ranked 88th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Aside...
Walter Trout & His Band | Luther’s Blues – CD Review
Blues-rock guitar master Walter Trout's story certainly makes for great blues-like topicality. After leaving New Jersey in 1973 and heading to Los Angeles, he played with Joe Tex, Canned...
Deep Purple | NOW What?! – New Studio Release Review
Nestled comfortably on the never-ending touring circuit, Deep Purple has not, for many years, felt the tugging obligation to record albums filled with new songs. These days, economic realities...
Beatallica | Abbey Load – CD Review
Beatallica's Abbey Load is for Beatlemaniacs with a zen for hijinks, heavy metal junkies or Metallicaheads - or someone into all three. This 15-song Fab Four tribute is complete...
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...
Heaven & Earth | Dig – CD Review
Heaven and Earth, put together by ex-Sweet guitarist Stuart Smith in 1996, have a third outing, Dig, for 2013. The band's style of music is a pleasant mixing pot...
