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Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – Feb. 20, 2023

ZERO-2-SIXTY Scott Ellison (Swordfish Records) ***** Scott Ellison’s new record is a tour de force exploration of lowdown, dirty blues. Zero-2-Sixty is a rowdy beast-...

Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – Feb. 13, 2023

A NIGHT AT THE RHYTHM ROOM Until The Sun (independent) ***** One of the great pleasures of writing album reviews is hearing great music from...

Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – Feb. 5, 2023

RUSH! Maneskin (Sony) **** This is the third album for this Italian quartet, a global rock sensation that combines a hard pop sound with danceable...

Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – Jan. 30, 2023

RAISED ON HEAVY RADIO Ronnie Romero (Frontiers) **** The voice chosen by Ritchie Blackmore to replace Joe Lynn Turner and Ronnie James Dio has just...

Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – Jan. 23, 2023

RAWK ON Tundra Music Collective (Good People Music) *** ½ The big payoff for writing music reviews for as long as I have (33...

Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – Jan. 9, 2023

PIER 43 Paul Filipowicz (Big Jake Records) **** This is the 11th album from this blues hall of famer, and it’s a slippery one.  Pier...

Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – Jan. 2, 2023

ELEVATE Lee Aaron (Metalville Records) **** Canada’s one-time Metal Queen has just released her 5th album (including a Christmas record) since 2016. Elevate is big...

Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – Best of 2022

#24: COSMIC DREAMER Barney Bentall (True North) Cosmic Dreamer is a quiet album that follows roughly the same path as the solo records Barney’s been...

Music Reviews by John the Rock Doctor – Dec 2022

WILD MYSTIC MOUNTAIN Charlie Treat (independent) *** Bluegrass anyone?  This East Nashville singer/ songwriter is drawing on his rural upbringing in the raw, rootsy tradition...

Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR Nov. 28, 2022

GET ROLLIN’ Nickelback (BMG) *** ½ It’s the 10th album for these Canuck rockers. Their last full length El Pee was 5 years ago…...