compilation Archive
20 Nov 2025
Album Review: Vegas With Randolph – Drops of Gold
I’ve written about Washington DC-based group Vegas With Randolph before; 2019’s Legs & Luggage is a great collection of songs in a Cheap Trick-meets-Fountains of Wayne mold, as are Rings […]
06 Nov 2025
Album Review: Rick Wakeman — The Official Broadcast Collection
The casual progressive rock fan – if such a creature doth exist, m’lord – likely thinks only of the A&M era when considering the solo output of keyboard virtuoso and […]
21 Jul 2025
Album Review: Sendelica – The Complete Mankind
Here’s something different. A band most have never heard of, based in Wales, with shifting personnel built around two or three main players, and with an extensive catalog. They release […]
18 Jul 2025
Album Review: Robin Trower – For Earth Below 50th Anniversary Edition
Listeners who thrilled to Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” may have fallen in love with the tune and its J.S. Bach-inspired melody. But that song represented the creatively […]
10 Jul 2025
Brown Acid: A Trip Worth Taking (Part 1 of 2)
RidingEasy Records’ Brown Acid Series Celebrates its 20th Volume A coveted prize for those who appreciate the heavy sounds of early ‘70s rock, Brown Acid: The Twentieth Trip also represents […]
20 Jun 2025
Album Review: Pete Ham – Acoustic
The cache of previously unheard Badfinger-related music seems to never end. And far from that being a complaint; it’s all greeted with appreciation here. But it’s still fascinating that more […]
26 May 2025
Album Review: The Chemistry Set – An Introduction to The Chemistry Set
My introduction to The Chemistry Set was a 2022 album called Pink Felt Trip. Really fine stuff, and recommended. If you’re not already hip to their sounds, your introduction, gentle […]
20 May 2025
Album Review: The Iveys – How Much is the Sky
Seasoned Badfinger fans know the broad outlines of the story: before they were rechristened by The Beatles, Badfinger were The Iveys. Under that name, the Welsh group even made an […]
16 May 2025
Album Review: Los Microwaves – What’s That Got to Do (With Loving You)
For every major-label act that made interesting music in the ‘80s (and likely in every other era as well), countless artists and groups toiled in relative obscurity, doing work every […]
28 Apr 2025
Album Review: Eramus Hall – Lost and Found
Eramus Hall is one of those hard luck stories with which the history of popular music is rife. In the case of this Detroit soul-funk outfit, the group signed to […]