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...
HodgePodge: Another merry Christmas
Another merry Christmas
HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge
The man was beaming.
Clearly he was pleasantly pleased with the scenario that absorbed his kind attention while he tussled...
HodgePodge: Canucks’ trades and the loss of Averil
Canucks' trades and the loss of Averil
Hodgepodge by Charlie Hodge
Why do I feel like I have seen this movie before?
And despite all the hype the...