Reviews

The Original Blues Brothers Band

New material meets old tunes on The Last Shade of Blue Before Black, the newest release from a band that has been traveling the road in one form or another … Read more

Steve Hunter

Steve Hunter’s name might not be instantly recognizable, but the sound of his guitar is familiar to anyone raised on ‘70s rock. Whatever you might have thought of Alice Cooper’s … Read more

Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt moved from a ranch in Tucsan, Arizona to LA in the 1960s, bent on becoming a singer. Out in the unfashionable Valley, playing at the cowboy-truckers-and-country music Palomino … Read more

Woody Guthrie

To say that this box set from the Bear Family is comprehensive, would be like saying the Rockefeller family can spare a dime. Or as Ed McMahon used to say … Read more

Peter Case

Peter Case had just recently released his acclaimed Full Service, No Waiting when he performed on Los Angeles’ KPFK-FM syndicated radio program FolkScene with a full band in 1998. Omnivore … Read more

Chris Barron

Chris Barron, known for his work with the Spin Doctors, has released Angels and One-Armed Jugglers. The album contains 11 originals based in the acoustic sounds of soft rock, Americana, … Read more

Kim Simmonds

The legendary British blues guitarist and founder of Savoy Brown, Kim Simmonds is back with an all instrumental blues/rock/jazz album called, Jazzin’ On the Blues. Guitarist Simmonds was at the … Read more

UFO

British rockers UFO formed in 1969, bridging the gap between early hard rock and the new wave of British heavy metal. They have gone through several lineup changes, but the … Read more

Albert Castiglia

This builds on the success of Castiglia’s 2016 release, Big Dog. Once again, Castiglia’s good friend, Mike Zito, produced and lent his axe and vocals. Cyril Neville co-wrote a track, … Read more