Latest articles by John Aizlewood
The Doobie Brothers bring back Michael McDonald on Walk This Road
Whoa-oh-whoa, they’ve brought the big gun back into the band for album number 16
Those Damn Crows prepare to go international on God Shaped Hole
They’re ready to take on the world
Jethro Tull lean into the twilight on inspired and poignant 24th album Curious Ruminant,
Age cannot wither Ian Anderson, as Jethro Tull’s new album Curious Ruminant proves
Mark Tremonti finds a way to expand his palette on The End Will Show Us How
The End Will Show Us How is the sixth album from Creed/Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti's side-project
"I don't know how much time I have left": Disney+ documentary Elton John: Never Too Late finds Reg in reflective rather than acerbic form
Elton John muses on his life, streaming now
SKAM make the great leap forward on fourth album From The Depths
English trio SKAM find an intensity of their own on From The Depths
Every Deep Purple album ranked, from worst to best
Updated Deep Purple's albums ranked, from patchy Purple to purple patches, from iconic albums to the one Ritchie Blackmore dubbed "cattle grazing" to the one with the new chap
Richie Kotzen showcases metal, funk and fusion on solo album Nomad
American guitar hero Richie Kotzen makes heroic guitar album
The riffs still ring as Creed's Human Clay celebrates its 25th anniversary
A twenty-fifth-anniversary reissue of Creed's globe-conquering second album Human Clay
Paul Weller's b-sides and remixes revisited on Fly On The Wall
Paul Weller's 2003 treasure trove of obscurities, now available again
Deep Purple rediscover their purpose on the invigorating =1
Deep Purple are getting older and, remarkably, they’re getting better again
Richard Thompson's Ship To Shore is his most rumbustious album in years
He's back and he's rocking
Out now: Slash is the star of his own show on Orgy Of The Damned
One of the busiest men in the biz gets the blues
"A young buck trying to find his musical feet as he flits through styles": Neil Young's Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972)
2009’s mammoth box Neil Young: Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972) reprised as an eight-CD set
In Screamin' At The Sky, Black Stone Cherry have made the album where they remind us why we fell for them in the first place
On Screamin’ At The Sky, album number eight, Black Stone Cherry’s formula remains reassuringly simple: songs that pack a ferocious punch
Five concerts over 17 CDs, or one concert over four? The choice, Deadheads, is yours
Here Comes Sunshine 1973 features five Grateful Dead shows from May and June 1973
Def Leppard's Drastic Symphonies: You know the songs, but you’ve never heard them like this
Def Leppard go orchestral on Drastic Symphonies: treading water has never sounded so legacy-enhancing
The 20th anniversary edition of Linkin Park's Meteora is pure nu metal catnip
Linkin Park's second album Meteora has been lavishly expanded in celebration of its 20th birthday
We all share music we adore. Why shouldn't Saxon?
More Inspirations is the follow-up to 2021's Inspirations and finds Saxon covering Kiss, The Who, Alex Harvey and more
Bernie Marsden: a fair case for career reappraisal?
Four-CD set Big Boy Blues And Green examines the solo career of former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden
Nickelback's Get Rollin’: it sizzles, it pumps, it's more of the same
Nickelback's 10th album Get Rollin' is the sound of a band playing to their strengths, again
The Libertines' expanded Up The Bracket is an 85-headed reminder of their greatness
Lavishly expanded 20th-anniversary edition of The Libertines' first album Up The Bracket
