new release Archive
22 Nov 2025
Album Review: Jordan Seven – 7
Orlando-based Jordan Seven is a contemporary artist claiming classic rock influences. And the music on 7 lines up with that assertion. His songwriting and arrangement is reminiscent of early David […]
21 Nov 2025
Datrian Johnson’s Appalachian Soul
Gospel, soul, folk, blues, funk, show tunes and more: those are just some of the styles in which Asheville native Datrian Johnson is immersed. The singer’s body of work – […]
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 […]
17 Nov 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for November 2025: Rock
There are a number of common threads connecting the five new releases from artists covered in this roundup. One – and most important – they’re all quite good. Two, each […]
13 Nov 2025
Album Review: David Gilmour – The Luck and Strange Concerts
Following on from my review of Roger Waters’ latest… David Gilmour and Roger Waters differ in many ways. One quality both men share is their non-prolific nature. Since closing the […]
12 Nov 2025
Album Review: Roger Waters – This is Not a Drill – Live from Prague
To simplify matters greatly – and at the inevitable risk of ironing over some important exceptions – it’s fair to say that when it came to Pink Floyd, Roger Waters […]
11 Nov 2025
Album Reviews: Two from Adrian Younge
Adrian Younge is truly a musical renaissance man for the 21st century. As prolific as he is creative, Young continues to turn out new material of the highest quality with […]
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 […]
31 Oct 2025
Album Review: Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford – Jump Blues Live 1972
The heyday of jump blues had long since come and gone by 1972; the style enjoyed its moment in the time between the big band era and the birth of […]
29 Oct 2025
Album Review: Kent Burnside – Hill Country Blood
Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, guitarist Kent Burnside is the eldest grandson of legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside. Schooled in the blues by his grandfather, Kent’s formal start in the music […]