Review: Buckingham/McVie – Lindsey Buckingham . Christine McVie
From the goofy, Animal House silliness that weaves in and out of the pop perfection of “Feel About You”, to the way that the opening number, “Sleeping Around the Corner”…
Review: Uriah Heep 2CD Reissues (Look At Yourself/Demons and Wizards/The Magician’s Birthday)
If you were into Hard Rock in the ’70s, then you fell in somewhere with Uriah Heep. Whether that was with the popular track, “Easy Livin'”, or the later issued…
Review: The Night Siren – Steve Hackett
Most will recognize Steve Hackett as one who helped Genesis create six classic studio sets from Nursery Crymes (1971) through Wind & Wuthering (1976). That short lifetime with Genesis gave…
Review: Turbo 30 – Judas Priest (3CD Reissue)
Firmly cemented as one of the top-listed go-to bands where Heavy Metal is concerned, Judas Priest effortlessly moved from their mid ’70s recorded years with their debut, Rocka Rolla (1974),…
Review: Acoustic – Simple Minds
One of the better albums of 2016 (or at least one that deserves inclusion with a note that this is not an album of brand new originals) is Acoustic by…
Review: Blue & Lonesome – The Rolling Stones
Honestly, just how often is it that a band of so many albums, so many songs, and so many years in the business of manufacturing Rock and Roll make one…
Notes on The 2CD Uriah Heep Collection, Your Turn To Remember: The Definitive Anthology 1970-1990
Uriah Heep was one of the bands that helped to begin and further the progressive fantasy element of Rock music way back in 1969. Their debut album, Very ‘eavy, Very…
Review: Something To Ruin – Ages And Ages
Music is a long, long running addiction for me. I listen to way more of it than I should, which seriously reduces my time to fully appreciate the classics and…
Review: Strangers – Marissa Nadler (too good to ignore)
Marissa Nadler is not one for the usual stream of Pop. Rather, she uses a strong sense of melancholy to permeate all of her songs. That usually isn’t the way…
Review: That Thing Reality – Beau
As with all music, we look for the one that separates from the others. These days, with over 50 years of Rock and Roll originality behind us, that’s a difficult…
Review: The Things That We Are Made Of – Mary Chapin Carpenter
What separates a Mary Chapin Carpenter album from others of her style (folk/country) is the simple ability to haunt us with her words and musical arrangements. Certainly she has had…
Review: Earth Luminous – Erik Wøllo and Byron Metcalf
The latest album by Erik Wøllo, as a collaboration with ambient artist, Byron Metcalf, is a tribal rhythm grandeur. It is an unrelenting set of tracks, eight in all, that…