Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – July 27, 2023
IN BLOOM Kris Gruen (Mother West) ****
In times of stress the right music can help cool you out. As my wife & I ramp...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – July 19, 2023 – part2
SEVEN PSALMS Paul Simon (Owl Records) *****
January 15th 2019, Paul Simon had a dream so vivid he got out of bed and wrote it down. It...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – July 19, 2023
SUNDANCER Will James (independent/ bandcamp) ****
One word I seldom use to describe a blues album is ‘suave’, but that sums up the new Will James. ...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – July 11th 2023
FOUR David Deacon (Slammin Media) *****
After some time away from the music biz, this Canadian blues ‘n’ roots singer is back with his (surprise,...
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...