Review: Slash – Orgy of the Damned Gibson Records (May 17th 2024) Reviewer: Colm Banville This blues album from the man they call Slash dates back to a jam session in the late 1990s a short while after the musician left Guns ’N Roses to form a band of his own. It was called Slash’s […]
Review: Motörhead – Live At Montreux Jazz Festival ’07 BMG (June 16th, 2023) Reviewer: Colm Banville Motörhead at a jazz festival? I hear you cry! But fear not, it ain’t jazz they’re playing on this, their latest opus, but their own louder-than-everyone-else material from way back when. ”Here’s a bit of jazz for you”, lead […]
Review: Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Trouble Is…25 Provogue/Mascot Label Group (December 2nd 2022) Reviewer: Colm Banville Some things never get old. This 25th anniversary edition of blues guitarist wizard Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s album ‘Trouble Is…‘ is well rebooted and still holds its magic right up to. . . tomorrow. The opener, ‘Slow Ride‘, is a […]
Review: Marco Mendoza – New Direction Mighty Music (September 16th, 2022) Reviewer: Colm Banville ‘New Direction‘ is the new album from Marco Mendoza, who used to be with such bands as Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Journey, The Dead Daisies and many more. It’s a release full of powerful songs. starting with the thundering ‘Take It To […]
Review: Walter Trout – Ride Provogue (August 19th, 2022) Reviewer: Colm Banville Here we have Mr Trout’s thirtieth album – yes, his thirtieth. For openers, there is a blistering track called ‘Ghosts‘. Well named: listen to how we holds the ghostly, fading note at the end. Next comes the title song, ‘Ride‘, with a very […]
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