Richie Havens | Nobody Left To Crown – CD Review
If you caught I’m Not There, the 2007 Todd Haynes film that
explores six sides of Bob Dylan with — what else — six different
actors, you may have recognized one...
Uriah Heep | Wake The Sleeper – CD Review
Somewhere between the progressive hard rock of Deep Purple and the operatic
cabaret of Queen sits the legend of Uriah Heep. The road has never been easy
for the English institution,...
John Mellencamp | Life, Death, Love And Freedom – CD Review
Fresh from producing the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss record Raising
Sand, T Bone Burnett has set his sights on another figure whose image
is forever ingrained in struggle, gumption and...
B.B. King | One Kind Favor – CD Review
When you’re on a roll, why not go for broke with a legend. That must
have been what T Bone Burnett, a producer on a hot streak, may have been...
Little Feat | Join The Band – New Studio Release Review
Thirty years after their critically acclaimed live album Waiting For Columbus, Little Feat have unveiled a new studio recording. But Join The Band does more than cull its title...
James Taylor | Covers – CD Review
I’m sure, that if you asked me to name a better male vocalist in popular
music of the last 30 years, I couldn’t conjure anyone better then James
Taylor. The guy...
Brian Wilson | That Lucky Old Sun – CD Review
Instead of dredging up the past and reviving abandoned masterworks, Brian
Wilson embarks a new journey by returning to Capitol Records and exploring the
sunny side of Southern California on That...
Gary Moore | Bad For You Baby – CD Review
There aren’t many guitar players around with a pedigree like Gary Moore’s.
He's a devotee of old guard guys like Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green, while his rock resume features
stints with...
Todd Rundgren | Arena – CD Review
With the New Cars debacle fading in his rear view mirror, Todd Rundgren returns
with Arena, his first studio album in four years. Recorded
in Princeville, Hawaii (the singer's homebase where...
The Pretenders | Break Up The Concrete – CD Review
All’s fair in the ups and downs of the Pretenders, whose singular mainstay
Chrissie Hynde keeps plugging away against time, travesty and circumstance.
Just when you she’s left the building, here...
