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...
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...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – BEST OF 2025
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – BEST OF 2025
Well it’s that time. After an attempted retirement from writing that lasted about 2...
THE ROCK DOCTORS BOOK REVIEW – JACKTOWN USA
JACKTOWN USA by Kamel King with Joe Lee (Republic Books) *****
In early November, I reviewed the Jacktown USA album, featuring 8 of the artists mentioned in...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF DECEMBER 3
A CHRISTMAS GARLAND Debbie Wileman (The Stander Group) ****
A different idea for a Christmas album. A Christmas Garland is Judy Garland impersonator Debbie Wileman imagining a holiday...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF NOVEMBER 25
DELTA BLUES REVIVAL Vineet (independent) *****+
This is the debut blues release from Punjabi singer/ composer Vineet. Given this artist’s history of writing and performing global...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17
PRIOR CONVICTIONS Alcatrazz (Brave Worlds Records) *** ½
Alcatrazz is an American hard rock band with a history dating back to 1983. Prior Convictions presents re-recordings of 9...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10
CAPTURED LIGHT Great Lake Swimmers (Spotify) *****+
This is the 9th album for this Ontario-based roots band, and it’s a stunner. Captured Light has a comforting, breezy quality...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF NOVEMBER 3
DRESSED TO KILL: 50TH ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE EDITION Kiss (Universal Music) *****
Kiss’s third album, the one before Alive! Came and changed everything, was released in the spring of...