review Archive
29 Aug 2022
Album Review: Pete Ham – Demos Variety Pack
Anyone with a taste for melodic rock surely appreciates the greatness that was Badfinger. The group led by Welsh-born singer, songwriter and guitarist Pete Ham created a body of work […]
21 Aug 2022
EP Review: Merciful Heavens – For Now
I’ve been reviewing albums for, oh, close to 20 years now. I’m on many music publicists’ mailing and e-mail lists, and I’m grateful for that. Occasionally, though, I receive unsolicited […]
20 Aug 2022
Single Review: Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Travelin’ Band” Live
This one deserves a bit of background. In 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival was on top of the world, and deservedly so. The quartet from El Cerrito, California had amassed an […]
19 Aug 2022
EP Review: DB Edmunds — Life’s Wild Ride
Standing in contrast to the prevailing alternarock grunge of the 1990s was a comparatively tiny coterie of artists who valued melody along with rock’s power. Bands like Greenberry Woods, Sugar, […]
18 Aug 2022
Album review: Azymuth – Telecommunication
It may be difficult to imagine such a thing today, some five decades after the fact, but in the early 1970s, jazz/funk/fusion was more than a blip on the commercial […]
16 Aug 2022
Album Review: Anthony “Big A” Sherrod and The Cornlickers – Right On Time
Anthony “Big A” Sherrod is a Clarksdale, Mississippi native and lives there to this very day; he teaches blues to young students at the Delta Blues Museum’s Blues & Education […]
14 Aug 2022
Album Review: Shemekia Copeland — Done Come Too Far
Shemekia Copeland is one of the most important voices in music today. Her chosen idiom is the blues, and her powerful, impassioned and commanding vocals are the vehicle for compelling […]
13 Aug 2022
Album Review: Nick Frater — Aerodrome Motel
Nick Frater is a remarkably prolific artist; in recent months and years he seems to be cranking out new music at a furious pace. And his quality control program is […]
02 Aug 2022
Album Review: Donovan’s Brain – Chiêm Bao Thấy Bậu
I’ve reported on and/or reviewed the music of Donovan’s Brain on multiple occasions over the last decade or so. While I seem to have missed some of their releases, I’m […]
31 Jul 2022
Album Review: Dave Scarbrough – Happy Ever After
Even if I don’t recognize an artist’s name, if he or she is releasing music on one of a select group of labels, that’s enough to attract my attention. Trademarks […]