Reviews

Thanks to the folks at Magna Carta, I was guest-listed for California’s Under the Sun in Montreal. It was a three-band show. The first band was a jazz act, too technique, no feeling to the music. The second band were called Silent Exile. More on them at a later time. Before the show, I had […]

Here’s a band which is a little difficult to describe. Overall, they are a progressive band, yet their influences are all-over the board. The first song, The Lhasa Road (No Surrender), seems like a cross between Saga and Triumph. The drums have that Neil Peart (Rush) sound, but, as it is so well said on […]

A very interesting sound from a very interesting band. The best way to describe the sound of Shadow Gallery is to say that it’s essentially a cross between classical-Genesis and Yngwie Malmsteen. At times, the sound is very melodious, at others, it has a nice, hard edge which reminds one of what Metallica are doing […]

Geoff Downes, widely known as the keyboard player from Asia, also present on one Yes album (Drama), occasionally gives us an instrumental album. Downes is not known for his keyboard heroics, but rather as keyboard player who does the job and does it well. The World Service is not an album filled with complicated passages […]

It’s always a treat to get a new Joe Jackson album. He started back in 1979, doing straight Pop, then he touched Rock, Big Band, Jazz, Swing and Classical. Maybe he hasn’t been in the charts for ten years, but the albums he’s released since then are the best he’s ever made. Night and Day […]