Lindsey Buckingham | Gift Of Screws – CD Review
A major band can often overshadow the talents of its individual members. Lucky for you, I am a stickler for such things and have been aware of the glowing...
Boz Scaggs | Speak Low – CD Review
If you’re looking to curl up in front of a fire with your significant
other, I can’t think of a better CD to play then Boz Scagg’s sultry
silky new one,...
Queen + Paul Rodgers | The Cosmos Rock – New Studio Release Review
For all the hype and expectation surrounding the union of Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor with legendary blues-rock crooner Paul Rodgers, you’d think anything new would be out...
UKZ | Radiation – CD Review
Eddie Jobson is at it again — though it's been 27 years. Let me explain:
the former Roxy Music/Jethro Tull/Frank Zappa/UK keyboardist/violinist/composer
has been working in his home studio the past...
Elliott Murphy | Notes From The Underground | Jann Klose | Reverie –...
One is a veteran with 30 albums to his credit; the other is a German-born,
African-bred singer with considerably less recording time under his belt. We’re
talking two drastically different styles...
Sammy Hagar | Cosmic Universal Fashion – CD Review
One has to wonder if Sammy Hagar is ever going to escape the shadow of Van
Halen. After all, the guy had his own history and a moderately successful solo
career...
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks | Tangled Tales – CD Review
Tom Waits once said, “Dan Hicks is fly, sly, wily and dry!” Elvis
Costello remarked, “Dan Hicks is an American Treasure.” And Bette
Midler praised him with: “Dan Hicks is lightning...
Black Country Communion | Black Country Communion – CD Review
In an age of odd pairings and off-the-wall unions, the idea of a supergroup seems as quaint and antiquated as factory cassettes. They still have them though, don’t they?...
AC/DC | Black Ice – CD Review
With the world's economy in the dumper, Black Ice, the first
new studio album in eight years from AC/DC, could be just what the doctor ordered.
Think about it: When all...
JJ Cale | Roll On – CD Review
What is it with these old guys? Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling
Stones… Didn’t they get the memo that you can’t make good
music after 40? That popular music acts...