Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – June 4, 2023
CRIMSON & STONE Vermilion Whiskey (independent) *****
Heavy metal southern style- that’s Vermilion Whiskey’s third album, Crimson & Stone. Recalling Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society with a...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – May 29, 2023
HEART & SACRIFICE Sweet & Lynch (Frontiers) ****
This is the third go ‘round for Michael Sweet (Stryper) and George Lynch (Lynch Mob, ex-Dokken) as Sweet...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – May 22, 2023
TRIBUTE Joe Krown (Sledgehammer Records) *****
Sometimes the most fun you have as a reviewer is going into an album with no idea of what to...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – May 14, 2023
LEGACY OF BLOOD, FIRE & STEEL Ross The Boss (AFM) ****+
That’s a fitting name for this ‘best of’ set from a co-founder of Manowar. Ross...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – May 8, 2023
O SUN O MOON Bruce Cockburn (True North) *****+
“Time takes its toll, but in my soul I’m on a roll”. That’s the spirit that inhabits Bruce...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – May 3, 2023
CUT FLOWERS Rhindress (bandcamp) *** ½
This is the first album for this husband and wife duo from Kelowna, BC. Cut Flowers shows Jim (guitar, vocals) and...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – April 17, 2023
UNCHAINED The BluesBones (Naked) *****
I was optimistic for this but had no idea I’d like it this much. Unchained is the 7th album for...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – April 10, 2023
WOMEN IN BLUES SHOWCASE Bob Corritore & Friends (SWMAF/VizzTone) *****+
Bob Corritore’s “From The Vaults” series has thus far been richly rewarding, but he’s outdone...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – April 2, 2023
MOTEL MISSISSIPPI Tony Holiday (Forty Below Records) *** ¾
A tasty mix of blues styles here in Tony Holiday’s 2nd solo album. Aided and...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – March 26, 2023
THE WAY THAT I WISH It WAS Maggie Fraser (independent) **** ½
This is a pleasantly haunting album. Maggie Fraser, a singer/songwriter based in...