Category Archives: Albums

Album reviews

chkkenfoot Ill EarMusic Rock’s top table – Satriani, Chad Smith, Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar gather once more for a beast of a second album. Like peers Black Country Communion, this supergroup

Soundtrack of my life John Butler

Butler has carved out a place in the music scene downunder and beyond with his bombastic 12-string acoustic wizardry (check out his instrumental Ocean on Youtube for evidence). He was born in

Alive And Picking

A multi-million selling live double album and an enviable helping of boyish good looks elevated Peter Frampton to godlike status in the 70s and he’s still going strong, having added a Grammy

Stop Look&Listen

Joe Bonamassa Dust Bowl (Provogue) Thankfully the hackneyed vocal metre and lyrics of opener Slow Train are somewhat of a red herring, as Dust Bowt quickly gathers pace. John Hiatt guests on

Soundtrack of my life

Kassidy Spokesman Chris Potter tells us what fires up him and his Glaswegian acoustic quartet when they’re not busy crafting emotionally-charged rootsy songs built to stay the distance What, no traditional bass,

Backstage

… Billy F Gibbons receives his first guitar On Christmas Day in 1963 Billy Gibbons took the first tentative steps of his mighty rock’n'roll career when he got his first guitar –

New Albums

GOV’TMULE BYATHREAD Provogue Voted as one of the top 25 guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone, Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers and the Dead) is back with a new studio album, Gov’t