Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor: Oct 2019
POCKET FULL OF NOTHIN’ Big Dave McLean (Black Hen) ****
A new album from Big Dave! Produced again by guitarist Steve Dawson, Pocket Full Of...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor: Sept 2019 second edition
CROWING IGNITES Bruce Cockburn (True North Records) ****
A gorgeous instrumental album from Bruce Cockburn, the musicianship from Cockburn and a stellar cast of sympathetic...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor: Sept 2019
BLUES POWER Jeff Dale & The South Woodlawners (Pro Sho Bidness) ***
Jeff Dale is a man on a mission. With his 6th album in...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor. Aug 19, 2019
COMING IN HOT Coco Montoya (Alligator) *****
The latest album in Montoya’s impressive career is a stunner. For raw blues right from the guts Coming...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor. Aug 11, 2019
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor - August 11, 2019
RISE Hollywood Vampires (Earmusic) ***
The second album for this American super group, led by Alice...
Music Reviews by The Rock Doctor: July-21st, 2019
LOST & FOUND Odds Lane (Gulf Coast Records) *** ½
Driving blues/rock, that’s Odds Lane. Lost & Found is a mighty noise filled with grit,...
Music Reviews by The Rock Doctor: July-8th, 2019
LET FREEDOM RING: SONGS FOR A NEW GENERATION Glenna Bell (independent) *****
The new album from this Texas treasure is beautifully vulnerable. Sparse instrumentation and...
Music Reviews by The Rock Doctor – June 24th, 2019
BOUNCE The Paul Deslauriers Band (Bros Records) ****
Powerful sleeves-rolled-up-and-let’s-get-to-work blues based rock & roll- or is that rock & roll based blues? Either...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – June 8th, 2019
COUNTRYWIDE SOUL Jim Cuddy (Warner Music Canada) ***
A new solo album here from the voice of Blue Rodeo, ‘re-imagining’ solo material and...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor: WESTERN STARS Bruce Springsteen
WESTERN STARS Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) *****
When I saw Springsteen On Broadway on Netflix in December then bought the soundtrack (my #1 pick for 2018),...