Music Review: Billy Joel’s Piano Man Stuns All Over Again with New Legacy Edition
November 21, 2011 – Just the mere mention of the name Billy Joel seems to create a sparkle in the eyes of any good music fan. And more often than not, they’ll be telling a personal story about “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” or reaching for one of his records in a matter of minutes. [...]
CD Review: Bachman & Turner
So it’s been eons since fans have heard anything new from Randy Bachman and Fred Turner. But you’d never know they’ve spent decades apart after listening to the forthcoming release from these two rock legends. The brand new Bachman & Turner release finds the two musicians somehow picking up exactly where they left off, and [...]
Dokken Greatest Hits CD Review
Through good and bad over the last 30 years, Dokken has held strong as a force to be reckoned with in the world of hard rock. Millions of albums were sold as the band hit its prime in the 1980s, and although the times and tastes have changed, Dokken has set forth a continuous supply [...]
Jeff Scott Soto: One Night in Madrid Review
Jeff Scott Soto has made a name for himself in the rock industry as one of its most diverse and active vocalists. His work with the likes of Talisman, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Journey, and Yngwie Malmsteen has kept him in the studio for the better part of the last 20 years, and on the road for [...]
KISS Sonic Boom Review
Few, if any bands, are fortunate to have to kind of loyal and enthusiastic fanbase that KISS maintains. The band has perhaps set a record for the most overall sales when toys, games, comic books, and trading cards are factored in alongside their worldwide album sales of 80 million. Although Canadian singer Michael Bublé topped [...]
Foreigner – Can’t Slow Down Review
Whenever a band goes more than a few years without releasing an album, the fans tend to expect more and more from the next one – just ask Def Leppard. In Foreigner‘s case, a 15 year gap between 1994′s Mr. Moonlight and their current release Can’t Slow Down created a lot of pressure on the [...]
Chickenfoot Album Review
Sammy Hagar. Joe Satriani. Michael Anthony. Chad Smith. They’ve all encountered incredible success on their own, but together, they are Chickenfoot. It’s not too often that a group of musicians with 20 or 30 year careers join together to form a new entity, but it’s very refreshing. Of course since the band is a ‘supergroup’, [...]
Dennis DeYoung – One Hundred Years from Now CD Review
Dennis DeYoung made his mark in rock history as Styx’s dynamic front man; his voice and lyrics forever immortalized in songs like “Babe” and “Come Sail Away”. It’s been over a decade since DeYoung has performed live with his Styx bandmates, and although it may have taken some time, the singer is once again making [...]
Jeff Scott Soto – Beautiful Mess Review
Jeff Scott Soto is undoubtedly one of rock’s most versatile performers; whether it’s classic rock, heavy metal, or even modern rock, you can be sure that Soto can handle it. Beautiful Mess is the latest work from this singer who has worked with the likes of Journey, Yngwie Malmsteen, Talisman, and Dokken. All group projects [...]
New CDs from Lou Gramm and Survivor
Late winter and spring seems to be the time that most bands decide to announce their recording of a new CD, and 2009 is no exception. Lou Gramm, the former vocalist of Foreigner who has been making a new career out of extensive solo touring, will release his brand new record on May 30. The [...]
Another New Album for Great White
In 2007, 80s rockers Great White made a big comeback with their first album in 8 years titled Back to the Rhythm, a 25th anniversary world tour that carried into 2008, and a re-uniting of the classic line-up: Jack Russell, Michael Lardie, Mark Kendall, and Audie Desbrow. Now in 2009, the band shows no signs [...]
Jimi Jamison – Crossroads Moment CD Review
One of the finest voices in melodic rock is back in action: Jimi Jamison. His first album in nearly 9 years is titled Crossroads Moment, and it marks the magnificent return of the singer-songwriter duo of Jimi Jamison and Jim Peterik for the first time since the 1980s. From the first track to the last, [...]
Steve Perry Working on New Album
Rumors are circulating in the midst of Journey‘s new album Revelation that original vocalist Steve Perry may be working on a solo album. I’m a huge fan of Journey and Perry, and it would really be a dream come true to see “The Voice” himself perform live. Here is a quote from a GQ article [...]
