review Archive

Album Review: The Black Watch – Weird Rooms

Hard as I try, I simply can’t keep up. John Andrew Fredrick isn’t only a fine songwriter and musician; he’s a staggeringly prolific one. Limiting the discussion to only releases […]

Album Review: Yes – Talk

Being a Yes follower has always been a mix of fulfillment and frustration. The group’s lineup has famously mutated over the years; today the group features no original members. There […]

Hundred-word Reviews for August 2024: Jazz and Blues

Here’s five more hundred-word reviews. No frills, right to the point (more or less), these are quick takes on albums deserving of an attentive listen. Do check ‘em out. This […]

Hundred-word Reviews for August 2024: Rock

Here’s another tidy (metaphorical) stack of hundred-word reviews. Awhile the coverage is brief, all five albums come with my recommendation. The unifying theme is rock, albeit of various substyles. And […]

Hundred-word Reviews for August 2024: Blues

Busy, busy, busy. It’s been a long while – fifteen months, in fact! – since I ran a clutch of my boiled-down, hundred-word album reviews. So here’s some, with more […]

Album Review: Introducing The Rare Sounds

I’ve written quite often about Eddie Roberts. There’s good reason for that: he stand tall among the music community as an artist who makes music that’s soulful, tasteful, appealing and […]

Album Review: Jack Magnet Science – Future Forecast

Chances are good that when presented with the idea of combining jazz, funk and progressive rock, one’s reaction will be either a cringe at what seems a gruesome prospect, or […]

Album Review: Gerald Cannon – Live at Dizzy’s Club

One quick glance at the stylized cover of Gerald Cannon’s Live at Dizzy’s Club hips the uninitiated to the fact that the record is likely to serve up some classic-era […]

Album Review: Dickey Betts – Live from the Lone Star Roadhouse

1988 was a tough time to be an Allman Brothers Band fan. The group had roared out of Jacksonville, Florida in 1969, with a two-guitar, two-drums attack (in addition to […]

Album Review: Jupiter Cyclops – Age of the UFOnaut

It’s one thing to appreciate the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). But it’s quite another to learn from the style, to take what’s most valuable about it and […]