MELANIE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RAINBOW: THE NY FOLK SESSIONS 1963-1965 CLEOPATRA RECORDS Melanie Safka, who spent most of her professional life performing as simply Melanie, got her start in New York City around the time that Bob Dylan’s [...]
DOPAMINE DREAM DOPAMINE DREAM SON DOWN RECORDS Dopamine Dream is the second album from the Toronto-based band. Dopamine Dream debuted in 2023 with the album Unknown, and during the last two years, the band grew and expanded their sound. This [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS YACHT METAL CLEOPATRA RECORDS Once, Yacht Rock was known as ‘Adult Contemporary’ or even ‘Middle of the Road’ (MOR for short). For some reason, that name has been switched to Yacht Rock. This album features various heavy metal [...]
TODD RUNDGREN SOLO IN CLEARWATER CLEOPATRA RECORDS In 2003, Todd Rundgren embarked on a lengthy tour. These three dozen shows were different, in that Rundgren was going out on his own, with just his guitar, piano, and foot pedals. Of course, the [...]
MICHAEL HAMPTON INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN INDEPENDENT Longtime Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist Michael Hampton has released his latest solo album. Into the Public Domain marks the first release from Hampton as a part of his current project that [...]
JIM PETERIK & WORLD STAGE RIVER OF MUSIC: THE POWER OF DUETS VOLUME ONE FRONTIERS MUSIC Jim Peterik is a legend in the world of rock ‘n’ roll. Beginning in 1964 with the classic band Ides of March, to the 1980s Survivor, through to 38 [...]
JULIANA HATFIELD LIGHTNING MIGHT STRIKE AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT RECORDS Juliana Hatfield, founding member of Blake Babies and the front of The Juliana Hatfield Three, creates her 20th solo album in her 30+ year-long career, Lightning Might Strike. [...]
HEALTH CONFLICT DLC LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Prominent and adventurous industrial/noise veterans, HEALTH, return to the scene with a fresh spread of a dozen tracks. Seeing as the group is no stranger to critical acclaim and possesses a strong [...]
