Music Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – Feb 23rd, 2021
HEART OF FIRE Ally Venable (Ruf Records)
Here is some Texas-style kick-ass blues here for you. Heart Of Fire, the follow-up to 2018’s Texas...
Music Reviews by John the Rock Doctor – Sept 9, 2020
THE RILL THING/ KING OF ROCK & ROLL Little Richard (Omnivore) *****
Without Little Richard there would be no rock & roll- at least not...
THESE THINGS MATTER
THESE THINGS MATTER
By John Kereiff.
Judging people is something we all do on a daily basis, whether we’re aware of it or not. Co-workers, friends,...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – Nov 3, 2016
RESONATE Glenn Hughes (Frontiers) *** ½ This is Glenn Hughes’s 11th solo album, and it’s crushingly heavy- moreso than any of the others. As...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – Oct 5th, 2017
THE LAST SHADE OF BLUE BEFORE BLACK The Original Blues Brothers Band (Severn Records)Â *****
I can be forgiven for approaching this disc with a...
Music Reviews by The Rock Doctor – Nov 18
BLUESIN’ AROUND Donald Ray Johnson & Gas Blues Band (independent) ***Well there’s no mistaking this record is the blues, but that’s just the starting...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – Jan. 28th, 2019
NOBODY TOLD ME John Mayall (Forty Below) *****
In a string of impressive late career records, John Mayall is about to release a beauty- possibly...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR March 8, 2022
ROCK BELIEVER Scorpions (Vertigo Berlin) ****
50 years after their debut and 12 years after their first farewell tour, Scorpions are back with their 19th...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR February 14, 2022
THE ZEALOT GENE Jethro Tull (Inside Out Music) ****
This is the first album to bear the Jethro Tull name in almost 2 decades. The...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR Nov. 7, 2022
TAKE YOUR TIME Ben Levin (VizzTone) *** ½
Cincinnati-based 22 year old Ben Levin’s 5th and latest album comes fresh off the end of...