THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF MARCH 11
LOVE, PEACE & CHICKEN GREASE Pontchartrain Shakers (Southland Records) *****+
The new album from Pontchartrain Shakers is one of the best things I’ve heard this year. Love,...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF MARCH 3
NOT HOLDING BACK Kyle Roland (Little Village) ****
This raw and sensitive beauty is Roland’s first album for Little Village. The title rings true- the dude...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF FEBRUARY 24
LONG HOLLOW BLUES Farmhand (independent) ****+
Don’t worry if you you’ve never heard of Farmhand, this is their debut. Long Hollow Blues sounds like a record by a band...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10
ALL WASHED UP Cheap Trick (BMG) ****
50 years in and Rockford Illinois’ favorite sons are still making gritty, tuneful power pop/ rock & roll. All Washed...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF FEBRUARY 18
BB KING’S BLUES SUMMIT 100 Joe Bonamassa & Friends (Keeping The Blues Alive Records) ******
This is THE blues release of the millennium, a total bluesgasm.. ...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5
HOWLIN’ WATERS Terry Robb (New Folk Records) *****
Here is a jaw-dropping example of blues-based acoustic fingerpicking. Howlin’ Waters is a thing of shimmering beauty that other acoustic...
Nominees for The 2026 JUNO Awards Announced
Nominees for The 2026 JUNO Awards Announced
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) unveiled the nominees for the 55th Annual JUNO Awards,...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF JANUARY 27
RAPID FIRE SUCCESSION: ON TARGET PART II Bangalore Choir (Brave Words Records) ****
If fist-pumping riff-powered rock is your thing, this album should already be in...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF JANUARY 21
TOGETHER AGAIN John McCutcheon & Tom Paxton (Appalsongs) *****
This is a sweet collection of heartfelt folk songs. Together Again, as the title implies, is the follow-up to...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF JANUARY 15
LABOR OF LOVE Tinsley Ellis (Alligator Records) *****+
After decades as a blues guitar hero, Atlanta’s Tinsley Ellis has turned to solo acoustic blues. That journey...