Neil Young | Le Noise – CD Review
You match producer Daniel Lanois with Neil Young and you’re gonna get
some captivating results, to say the least. The eight-song Le Noise
is the fruit of their union. As Lanois...
Eric Johnson | Up Close – CD Review
The distinct guitar stylings of Eric Johnson never cease to astound, amaze and entertain. Back in the late 80s, he was lumped in with the Joe Satriani and Steve...
Paul McCartney | Memory Almost Full – CD Review
A lot of people I talk to don’t understand why someone like Paul McCartney still makes records. “He peaked with the Beatles,” they say. Or: “His last great record...
Paul McCartney | Chaos And Creation In The Backyard – CD Review
Why does Paul McCartney continue to record new albums? Here’s a guy who’s pretty much done it all – dozens of hit singles, best-selling, trend-setting albums, stadium tours, movies...
Ringo Starr | Liverpool 8 – CD Review
As he creeps up on 70, Ringo Starr may be the only Beatle that really ever mattered. The drummer has returned to Capitol Records and recorded his most magnificent...
Bob Dylan | Together Through Life – CD Review
Bob Dylan’s Together Through Life, his 46th release, is a heavy, hugely satisfying trip of a recording — far more alive, persuasive and rich for this writer than Modern...
Bob Dylan | Modern Times – CD Review
You don’t so much listen to a Bob Dylan album as you digest it — one savory bite at a time. So rushing out a review of Modern Times...
Ian Gillan | One Eye To Morocco – CD Review
Ian Gillan, vocalist extraordinaire with Deep Purple, says of his CD One Eye To Morocco: “From a café’ in the Jewish Quarter of Cracow, where the conceptual seeds were...
Whitesnake | Good To Be Bad – CD Review
What comes around…Here it is 2008 and all of a sudden it’s like 1988 all over again. It’s true, if you wait 20 years, what was once hip will...
Blackmore’s Night | Secret Voyage – CD Review
Guitarist extraordinaire Ritchie Blackmore says of his merry band of medieval music makers Blackmore’s Night: “We have the creative freedom to play any style of music we want. We...
