Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – June 13th, 2020
SOUL SERVICE Tony Holiday (VizzTone) *** ½
Tony Holiday has done it again. He follows up last year’s Porch Sessions with Soul Service, a...
Music Reviews by The Rock Doctor – May 29, 2020
BRAVE Dani Wilde (single) (VizzTone) ****
A new digital single from this British blues Award winner, scarcely a month after her last one, Howling At...
ONE GOOD REASON Sean McCann with Andrea Aragon
ONE GOOD REASON Sean McCann with Andrea Aragon (Nimbus Publishing) *****
I’m a sucker for musical biographies, even if it’s an artist I don’t know...
Music Reviews by John the Rock Doctor – May 13th, 2020
HERMITAGE Ron Sexsmith (Warner Music Canada) *** ½
A new album here from one of Elton John’s favourite songwriters. Moving from Toronto to Stratford,...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – May 6th, 2020
FIREWIND Firewind (AFM) ****
In a 20 year career this is the band’s 9th studio album, and Firewind introduces new vocalist Herbie Langhan to the...
Rock Solders #2 – Black Sabbath Bassist Geezer Butler
Black Sabbath has been my favorite band since 1971, and I remember hearing them for the first time like it was yesterday. As mentioned...
JOHN THE ROCK DOCTOR’S TOP 25 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
In these days of social isolation and staying home I spend a lot of time online, mainly on Facebook- I’m not that adventurous. A...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – April 14th, 2020
GIGATON Pearl Jam (Monkeywrench/ Republic) ****
This makes album #11 for these Seattleites. Surprising in its varied textures, Gigaton is a dynamic record. Well- maybe...
Rock Solders: Interview with Bill Ward from Black Sabbath
It was the spring of 1990. I had only been writing album reviews for Kamloops This Week for a couple of months when I...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor: April 7th, 2020
SLEEPER Chickenbone Slim (Lo-Fi Mob Records) *****+
With a name like that you’d expect an old black guy with a tattered amp bent over a...