Deep Purple return for solid, fun album
Story & Photo by Scott A. Smith My initial fears deceived me. Deep Purple’s latest album, “Turning to Crime,” is...
CD/DVD Reviews
CD Review: Styx’s "Crash of the Crown"
Story & Photo by Scott A. Smith It was a lifetime ago when Styx broke their temporary studio dry spell...
CD Review: Ricky Byrd’s "Sobering Times"
CD Review by Scott A. Smith Photo courtesy of Kayos Records Guitarist/songwriter/singer Ricky Byrd's inclusion in the Rock and Roll...
Review: Heart’s Strange Euphoria Box Set
Heart’s brand-new box set, Strange Euphoria is a journey that takes fans four decades back through the group’s evolution with...
CD Review: Aqualung 40th Anniversary Special Edition
What good is a reissue anyway? In many cases, not much. One often gets the sense that reissues are just...
CD Review: Journey’s Greatest Hits Volume 2
Spinning up Journey’s Greatest Hits Volume 2 CD for the first time provided for me an experience that was true...
DVD Review: AC/DC’s Let There Be Rock
The year 1979 must seem like ancient history to a good percentage of AC/DC’s present fans, kind of like when...
DVD Review: Terry Bozzio’s Melodic Drumming
I promise this will be my last “drummer geek” posting at least until I get back to the type of...
Jethro Tull’s ‘Stand Up’ Expanded Collectors Edition
Hearing the start of the interview with Jethro Tull front man Ian Anderson proves beyond doubt that the music Anderson...
New ‘Classic’ Albums DVD A Must-have For Serious Rush Fans
Regrettably, I’ve been sitting on this one a while since it landed on my desk just before I was set...
Stepping Into the Line of Fire
I’m undecided whether the number of new contemporary classic rock bands is on the increase or if I am simply...
Take A Spin In Heart’s Red Velvet Car
Heart’s forthcoming album, Red Velvet Car, is being promoted as “the most personal and powerful work yet from Ann and...
