HodgePodge: Predictions for Olympics

Predictions for Olympics HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge I’m not sure about your house but I can assure you the HodgePodge hideaway has been pretty much locked...

THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10

ALL WASHED UP Cheap Trick (BMG) **** 50 years in and Rockford Illinois’ favorite sons are still making gritty, tuneful power pop/ rock & roll.  All Washed...

THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5

HOWLIN’ WATERS Terry Robb (New Folk Records) ***** Here is a jaw-dropping example of blues-based acoustic fingerpicking.  Howlin’ Waters is a thing of shimmering beauty that other acoustic...

HodgePodge: Farewell Keith Thom – a visible voice for the Invisible

Farewell Keith Thom - a visible voice for the Invisible HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge There’s a little chunk of land on the edge of a side...

THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF JANUARY 27

RAPID FIRE SUCCESSION: ON TARGET PART II Bangalore Choir (Brave Words Records) **** If fist-pumping riff-powered rock is your thing, this album should already be in...

HodgePodge: Greenland Free

Greenland Free Brain freeze seems a permanent state for Trump HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge I was hoping (and probably should have been praying) that 2026 would bring...

THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF JANUARY 21

TOGETHER AGAIN John McCutcheon & Tom Paxton (Appalsongs) ***** This is a sweet collection of heartfelt folk songs.  Together Again, as the title implies, is the follow-up to...

THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF JANUARY 15

LABOR OF LOVE Tinsley Ellis (Alligator Records) *****+ After decades as a blues guitar hero, Atlanta’s Tinsley Ellis has turned to solo acoustic blues.  That journey...

HodgePodge: New Years, resolution and goodbye 2025

New Years, resolution and goodbye 2025 HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge We are pleased to kick the year 2025 into the garbage can of negative memories. I...

HodgePodge: Charlie’s Angels

Charlie’s Angels HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge My Christmas holidays are now a total success as I gleefully watch the snow dance to the ground outside my...