Steve Walsh | Shadowman
ProgRock Records has re-released Kansas singer Steve Walsh’s 2005 album
Shadowman, repackaged with two new tunes. The heavy thud behind
these ten songs might come as a surprise given the diminutive...
Santana | Multi-Dimensional Warrior
Carlos Santana is certainly one of the greats. His guitar playing is masterful,
his spirit immense and his influence huge on rock, Latin, even MOR music.
From Woodstock through the crazy...
The Alan Parsons Project | Reissues – CD Review
Beginning as a ‘tea-runner’ at Abbey Road studios, Alan Parsons graduated to engineering albums like the Beatles' Let It Be and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon....
Petula Clark | Open Your Heart: A Love Song Collection Portrait Of Petula Clark
OK, so what does an old proghead like me know about Petula Clark? I've heard
of the lady, of course. I know she's had some hits, but I don't know...
Graham Nash | Reflections
In the aftermath of the 2008 reissue of Songs For Beginners,
Rhino wasted little time in packaging a more extensive Graham Nash collection.
Reflections, a three-CD retrospective, substantially ups the
ante, showcasing...
Thin Lizzy | Still Dangerous: Live At The Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977
Thin Lizzy is one of those bands I turn up every time I hear a song of theirs
on the radio. I never gave them much thought beyond that. Recently,...
Tower of Power | Great American Soulbook
Produced by second tenor sax player and original member, Emilio Castillo and
multi-Grammy award-winner George Duke, Tower of Power’s Great
American Soulbook is loaded with R&B and soul classics and features
special...
Pearl Jam | Ten – CD Review
There’s a music message board I frequent where competitive threads abound, pitting one artist, song, album or genre against another. Decades is a popular topic — you know the...
Van Morrison | Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Hardly a hit when it was released in 1968, Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks is considered a classic in the world of popular music and a shining light in a rather...
Grateful Dead | To Terrapin: Hartford 77 – CD Review
By all accounts, 1977 was a pivotal year for the Grateful Dead. The
Grateful Dead Movie (clever title and direction courtesy of
one Jerry Garcia) hit the big screen for a...
