review Archive
08 Apr 2025
Album Review: Lotti Golden — Motor-Cycle
Singer-songwriter Lotti Golden released her debut album in 1969, and a remarkable debut it was. But Motor-Cycle largely disappeared without a trace, failing to make the impact it so richly […]
07 Apr 2025
Album Review: Dennis Coffey – Finger Lickin Pickin Good
Dennis Coffey is one of music’s unsung guitar heroes. A key session player in the Detroit music scene, he played on countless recordings coming out of that city’s most fertile […]
31 Mar 2025
Book Review: Times and Seasons: The Rise and Fall and Rise of The Zombies
It’s impossible to provide even a rough estimate of how many rock bios have been published. Let’s agree: a lot. Some artists – you know the ones – have been […]
26 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Anton Barbeau
One of the most prodigious artists I know – and a favorite of mine – is Anton Barbeau. Whether he’s in Sacramento or Berlin, he’s always beavering away at making […]
25 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Bill Evans
A giant of jazz, pianist Bill Evans released a great deal of music during his lifetime. Much more has surfaced in the years since. I’ve reviewed a bunch (albeit a […]
24 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Todd Rundgren
Todd may not be Godd, but he’s certainly a wizard and a true star. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Todd Rundgren onstage many times, interviewing and meeting him on […]
23 Mar 2025
Review Roundup — Alice Cooper
The godfather of shock rock, Alice Cooper has made some fine albums. Some not-so-great ones, too, inevitably. But there’ much to discover in his body of work, even when one […]
22 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: R.E.M.
As I’ve written about before, R.E.M. was a “local” group for me. Growing up in Atlanta, I was able to observe the Athens, Georgia’s well-deserved rise from bar band to […]
21 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Porcupine Tree and More
When I first discovered Porcupine Tree around the time of Fear of a Blank Planet, not only did I fall head over the heels for the music, but I was […]
20 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Pink Floyd
As readers may know, I wrote a book about Pink Floyd. My first published book, Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of the Moon charted the […]