Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR January 25, 2022
STRICTLY A ONE-EYED JACK John Mellencamp (Republic) *****
This is Mellencamp’s 25th album. Once a teller of tales about small town life in the Midwest,...
The High Wire of Uncertainty
The High Wire of Uncertainty
By Shane Collins
Ray LaMontagne used to work in a shoe factory. One morning he woke up and heard Stephen Stills...
Hodge shares best food and fun from 2021
Hodge shares best food and fun from 2021
Hodge Podge By Charlie Hodge
Good ol' COVID even messes up my annual ‘Best Of’ list where I mention...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR January 18, 2022
LONESOME DESERT STRUM David Gideon (independent) *****
No matter what the genre, nothing is more maddening than someone jumping on a trend because it’s popular....
Wonderful moments of 2021
Wonderful moments of 2021
Hodge Podge by Charlie Hodge
Okay, it’s pretty much a ‘gimme’ for most Canadians that 2021 was a year happily relegated to...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR January 11, 2022
FEELS LIKE FREEDOM Sandy Haley (independent) **** ½
A 5 song E.P. from this Southern California blues singer, a transplant from the soulful city of...
Unstoppable: Meet the wheelchair drummer
Unstoppable: Meet the wheelchair drummer,
Jeff Elwood
Article and select photos
by Shane Collins
We do our best and adjust to what life throws at us and...
Embracing a new year, a new lifestyle with creativity and relaxation
Embracing a new year, a new lifestyle with creativity and relaxation
HodgePodge, by Charlie Hodge
I feel pensive about it all.
New Year’s Eve launching 2022 was...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR January 5, 2022
TALKIN’ ABOUT Waterstreet Blues Band (independent) ****
If I read their website correctly, this is Waterstreet Blues Band’s 3rd album. Talkin’ About is definitely the...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR December 29, 2021
WELCOME ABOARD THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN Night Bluemers (independent) *****
I was planning on taking the week off between Christmas and New Year’s Eve from writing...