Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor Oct 13, 2017
WITCHY FEELIN’ Savoy Brown (Ruf) *****+
Talk about your perfect album title. With a swampy vibe throughout and some hellaciously sleazy slide guitar, Witchy Feelin’...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – Oct 5th, 2017
THE LAST SHADE OF BLUE BEFORE BLACK The Original Blues Brothers Band (Severn Records) *****
I can be forgiven for approaching this disc with a...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – Sept 29th, 2017
COLD DARK PLACE Mastodon (Warner Music Canada) *** ½
Here is a 4 song e.p. from Atlanta’s Mastodon. Available now on CD and via...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor Sept 25th, 2017
CALLING NASHVILLE: AN AMERICANA ADVENTURE Trevor Sewell (independent) **** ½
Trevor Sewell is a well travelled session musician from the U.K. that decided, years...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – Sept 15th, 2017
QUIET MONEY Al Basile (Sweetspot Records) ***+
A swanky new record here from former Roomful Of Blues coronetist Al Basile. Quiet Money moves even closer...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – Sept 6th, 2017
FOLLOW THAT FIRE Lynn Jackson (Busted) ***+
A good storyteller can be hard to find, especially one that makes compelling records. This is Ontario artist...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – August 28, 2017
GOOD MORNING MIDNIGHT Scott Ellison (Red Parlor Records) ****
You’ve heard the old saying “there must be something in the water”; I’m thinking that applies...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – Aug 11th, 2017
PARANORMAL Alice Cooper (Ear Music) ****
Paranormal following 2011’s Welcome 2 My Nightmare, is Alice’s 2nd in a row with Bob Ezrin at the helm,...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – July 31st, 2017
ONE MORE LIGHT Linkin Park (Warner Brothers) ****
Linkin Park’s latest studio album was released a month before singer Chester Bennington’s suicide. I would’ve gotten...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – July 13, 2017
HYDROGRAD Stone Sour (Warner Music) ****It’s the new (and 6th) album from Slipknot honcho Corey Taylor’s side group here, and it kicks loads of...