THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10
CAPTURED LIGHT Great Lake Swimmers (Spotify) *****+
This is the 9th album for this Ontario-based roots band, and it’s a stunner. Captured Light has a comforting, breezy quality...
HodgePodge: Halloween Jays
Halloween Jays
HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge
I’m feeling a tad exhausted, slightly depressed and a whole bunch fully entertained. Like many Canadians I just finished back-to-back...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF NOVEMBER 3
DRESSED TO KILL: 50TH ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE EDITION Kiss (Universal Music) *****
Kiss’s third album, the one before Alive! Came and changed everything, was released in the spring of...
HodgePodge: Jays, Dodgers amaze the sporting world
Jays, Dodgers amaze the sporting world
HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge
Like millions of other Canadians, this week, I am suddenly a baseball expert and Blue Jays...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF OCTOBER 27
GHOSTS Jeff Shew & The Late Night Crew (independent) ****+
Jeff Shew’s new album can be hard to pin down to one genre, and I really like that. Ghosts is...
HodgePodge: Predictions for the 2025-26 NHL season
Predictions for the 2025-26 NHL season
HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge
Tez and I are ice cubes.
Now heading into the house after a day of harvesting spuds,...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF OCTOBER 14
WONDERLUST Pavlov’s Dog (Ruf) ***+
Never heard of this band before but they’ve been around since the 70’s; in fact last year they released the career-spanning...
HodgePodge: Shave and a haircut
Shave and a haircut
HodgePodge by Charlie Hodge
I’ve got barber brain this week and as one of my first editors wisely advised me when pondering...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF OCTOBER 6
DEEP MUD Mud Morganfield (Nola Blue) *****
Talk about a chip off the old block. Deep Mud is the son of Muddy Waters’ first album on Nola Blue,...
HodgePodge: Celebrating Community, Culture and Legacy in the Okanagan
Celebrating Community, Culture and Legacy in the Okanagan
Hodge Podge by Charlie Hodge
I was kept hopping last week, and upon reflection, realize how the couple of...