THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF MARCH 16
SONGS FROM THE ROAD Mitch Ryder (Ruf Records) ****
With more than 30 albums to his name over more than 5 decades, Mitch Ryder’s credentials...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF MARCH 11
LOVE, PEACE & CHICKEN GREASE Pontchartrain Shakers (Southland Records) *****+
The new album from Pontchartrain Shakers is one of the best things I’ve heard this year. Love,...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF MARCH 3
NOT HOLDING BACK Kyle Roland (Little Village) ****
This raw and sensitive beauty is Roland’s first album for Little Village. The title rings true- the dude...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF FEBRUARY 24
LONG HOLLOW BLUES Farmhand (independent) ****+
Don’t worry if you you’ve never heard of Farmhand, this is their debut. Long Hollow Blues sounds like a record by a band...
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 18
BB KING’S BLUES SUMMIT 100 Joe Bonamassa & Friends (Keeping The Blues Alive Records) ******
This is THE blues release of the millennium, a total bluesgasm.. ...
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...
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...