Latest articles by Johnny Sharp
Saxon add fun to "these dark times" with lively covers collection Inspirations
NWOBHM veterans Saxon play us some favourite tunes on Inspirations
We Will Ride by Inglorious: breathing fresh life into an irresistible 70s rock template
Inglorious's difficult album number four We Will Ride is worth the trouble
Downes Braide Association's Halcyon Hymns is a welcome escape from a turbulent real world
MOR prog project Downes Braide Association gets dewy-eyed for old England on Halcyon Hymns
Curved Air's full mix of sonic identities celebrated on The Albums 1970-1973
The madly eclectic studio output of prog pioneers Curved Air, all boxed up
Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods album review
Not yet ratedMariusz Duda heads deep into the forest on seventh Lunatic Soul album
Cats In Space joyfully tramp through the trad-rock tropes on Atlantis
Atlantis is the supremely crafted fourth studio album from rock classicists Cats In Space
The Human Condition finds Black Stone Cherry returning to rock's heartland
Black Stone Cherry say Goodbye to Kentucky and hello to radio-friendly rock on The Human Condition
Sevendust's Blood & Stone is a sturdy slice of 21st Century rock
Unlucky Atlantans’ Sevendust remain defiant on thirteenth album Blood & Stone
The 50th anniversary of Black Sabbath's Paranoid delivers visceral joy and rat's innards
Fiftieth-anniversary five-LP/four-CD edition of Black Sabbath's Paranoid metal landmark, expanded with live recordings
Roger Waters - Us + Them review
Not yet ratedTour spectacular boiled down to its musical essence
Nickelback's All The Right Reasons: expanded, with a faint whiff of Nashville
Marmite's very own Nickelback revisit their mega-selling fifth album All The Right Reasons
Fleetwood Mac's 1969 To 1974: a rousing last hurrah for the road not taken
Peter Green’s Mac swansong stands proud as Fleetwood Mac's entire pre-Buckingham-Nicks era gets boxed on 1969 To 1974
Alcatrazz's Born Innocent: featuring fret-frazzlers to the fore
Graham Bonnet’s post-Rainbow project Alcatrazz resurfaces on Born Innocent after a long rebirth
The Jayhawks' XOXO - a triumph for democracy
Americana veterans The Jayhawks triumph on committee-generated eleventh album XOXO
Larkin Poe's Self Made Man: winningly gnarly and authoritive
Georgia sister act Larkin Poe come back stronger on fifth album Self Made Man
Rush - Permanent Waves 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Review
Not yet ratedIt was the album that marked the end of one chapter and turned the prog icons into unlikely pop stars along the way. And now it gets the deluxe treatment it deserves.
Kip Moore's Wild World: arena-friendly, but beware lyrical tropes
Country rocker Kip Moore's fourth album Wild World features few surprises but several big tunes
Spirit's Tent Of Miracles: expanded but still lean and illuminating
Expanded reissue of 1990 Tent Of Miracles set from Randy California’s slimmed-down trio version of Spirit
Brant Bjork by Brant Bjork: a bass-heavy, fuzz-caked meditation
Desert rock elder statesman Brant Bjork returns with one-man band and self-titled album
Katatonia - City Burials review
Not yet ratedIt’s like the Swedes have never been away. Because they haven’t.
Nightwish's Human. :II: Nature. - theatrical and captivating
Symphonic metal titans Nightwish return with grammar-flouting album Human. :II: Nature.
When music and orgasms collide: the secrets of 'Guitar Face'
From Carlos Santana to Richie Sambora, guitarists throughout history have pulled extreme faces as they solo. We ask the experts: Why do they do it?
Hawkwind's All Aboard The Skylark: the search for space continues
A welcome return to space for Hawkwind as it's All Aboard The Skylark
