Let’s Go by The Hungry Williams

Let’s Go is the September 8, 2022 album by the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based band The Hungry Williams featuring bandleader and drummer John Carr, bassist Mike Sieger, lead vocalist Kelli Gonzalez, guitarist/vocalist Joe Vent, and keyboardist Jack Stewart.  To round out the sound on this album, they enlisted their favorite sax players Jason Goldsmith on tenor sax and Casimir Riley on baritone sax. This ten-track album incorporates the great blues sound with a little New Orleans sound thrown in on such tracks as Mardi Gras Day, Movin’  On, Boss Man, Then I’ll Believe, Gee Baby and so much more.  I was quite moved by the performance on this album with outstanding vocals, great musicianship, and creative songwriting talent in addition to a superb job of recording and production.  I recommend that you take a listen to this album and see if you are as impressed as I am it is available on CD and digital download from Amazon, Apple Music, and many other music retailers.   To learn more about this band and their music, go to their official website https://hungrywilliams.com/

Smile by The Wide

My third review of this morning is the upcoming album by Monchengladbach Germany indie alternative rock band The Wide offers the album Smile which is scheduled for release on October 28, 2022, via the Fastball Music Records label.  The lineup for this band features Kurt Schmidt on bass, mellotron, guitars, and strings, Pete Brough on vocals, guitars, and piano, Hermann Eugster on drums and Roo Hobbers and Sebastian Kuhl on guitars.  This ten-track album features such great work as I Believe, the title track Smile, See The Light, Golden Blunder, Anything and so much more.  I was impressed with this album with a great mixture of songs from uptempo (some having that classic Billy Idol sound) to ballads both in an electric and acoustic style.  This album also features a brilliant performance, spectacular songwriting talent, and superb job of recording and production.  I am definitely looking forward to hearing more from this great band.  This album will be available on CD and digital download from Fastball Music and many other retailers.

Sense Of by DevilsBridge

After the release of various singles and the EP “Endless Restless” in 2020, it is finally here. Sense Of is the debut full album by Switzerland’s melodic metal band DevilsBridge scheduled for release on October 28, 2022, on the Fastball Music Records label.  The lineup of this amazing band comprises of Steven Drt on bass, Vany Shade on guitar, Dani Nell on vocals, Tom White on guitar, and JC Daisy on drums.  This twelve-track offering features powerful vocals and brilliant musicianship on such tracks as Illusion, Perfection, 7th Sense, Death, Time and so much more.  I was quite impressed with their hard-driving sound, spectacular performance, creative songwriting talent, and superb job of recording and production on this album.  I am looking forward to hearing a lot more from this band.  This album will be available on CD and digital download from Fastball Music and many other music retailers. To learn more about this band, their music, and their tour schedule, go to their official website https://www.devilsbridge.ch/

The Suicidal Theatre Company by Bonzo Fimbres

The Suicidal Theatre Company is the August 10, 2022, EP by Bonzo Fimbres in which he showcases his talent as a songwriter and a solo artist.  In fact, he plays all the instruments on this album. This is my second review of this amazing artist, my last being for the 2019 album Combative Life in this album you can see his growth as a songwriter and performer on this five-track offering which features the tracks Levitating Man, the title track The Suicidal Theatre Company, Particula De Dios, Starmaker, and Critical Mass.  I am very impressed with the work on this album, especially when everything is done by one person, the performance, the songwriting, the recording and production, and everything else that is done on this album.  You can check out this album which is available on CD and digital download from Bandcamp and other music retailers.

Double Exposure by Vinnie Moore

Double Exposure is the follow-up to Vinnie Moore’s  2019 “SOUL SHIFTER” which will be released on November 8th on his Mind’s Eye Music label. Vinnie is joined by singers Ed Terry (Rage And Beyond, American Mafia), Keith Slack (MSG, Mother Road), Mike DiMeo (Riot), and Brian Stephenson (Old James) on this half-vocal half-instrumental album. This is his first solo release that features vocals. Band members include Richie Monica (Billy Cox, Papa Chubby, Tantric) on drums, Michael Bean and Pete Griffin (Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa) on Bass, John Cassidy on Keyboards, and John Pessoni on Drums.  Vinnie has released ten solo albums and six albums and a LIVE DVD with rock icons UFO, and is considered to be one of the originators of shred guitar and on this twelve-track album, he continues to impress us with his amazing guitar talent with such tracks as Vertical Horizon, Paid My Dues, River Flow, Astro Man, Southern Highway and so much more.  This is my third review involving the work of Vinnie and I enjoyed this album from start to finish with a brilliant performance, fantastic songwriting talent, and a superb job of recording and production.  This is definitely an album you will want to add to your library which will be available in November on CD and digital download from Apple Music, Amazon, and many other music retailers as well as from his official website where you can find out more about this artist, his tour schedule and music by going to his website http://www.vinniemoore.com

Heartsonic by Magical Heart

Magical Heart, a hard rock,  heavy metal band from Munich, released their sophomore album Heartsonic on 7th October 2022 on the Fastball Music Records label.  The current band lineup is Chris Urner (vocals, guitar), Patrick Schuster (guitar), Robert Frenz (bass, backing vocals), and Guiliano-Pepe Müller (drums).  This eleven-track album which features powerful vocals and driving guitar riffs and great harmonies has already released two singles Take Your Time and Magical Star as well as other notable tracks such as the title track Heartsonic, My Own Way, How Will The Story End, I Could Go Own (Forever) and so much more.  I enjoyed this album from start to finish and this album reminds me a lot of the music I listened to in the eighties.   I was impressed with this album’s performance, songwriting talent, and superb recording.  I highly recommend this album to your rock library and I would love to hear their first album to see their growth.  This fantastic album is available on CD and digital download from Bandcamp, Apple Music, Fastball Music, and many other music retailers.

I Need A Star In My Life by Humble Pie

Humble Pie is releasing the September 2, 2022 album  I Need A Star In My Life on the Cleopatra Records label which features studio recordings from 1974-1976 with unmistakable HP vocalist Steve Marriott along with bassist Greg Ridley and guitarist Clem Clempson.  This twenty-track album of hard chargin’ blues rock features such outstanding tracks as Shake, Send Me Some Lovin, Be My Baby, Louisiana Blues, You’re A Heartbreaker, the title track I Need A Star In My Life, Cocaine and so much more. I was in awe with the performance on this album with amazing vocals, brilliant musicianship, and great songwriting work as well as the superb job of recording and production.  I have been a big fan of Humble Pie since I was younger and still enjoy their music.  This is an album that I highly recommend you add to your library which is available on Vinyl (which I hope to get a copy of), CD, and digital download from Amazon, Cleopatra Records, Bandcamp, and many other music retailers.

Fire Rider by Winter

Fire Rider is the upcoming Dark Rock album by Winter on the Wintergothic Records label featuring Markus Winter (German author, musician, scriptwriter, singer, and composer) on lead, backing and harmony vocals, bass, lead and rhythm guitars, violin, keyboards and synthesizer, Hugo Ribeiro on drums, Michael Donner on keyboards and synthesizer and Nera Namic on harmony and backing vocals.  This is my second review of this spectacular artist.  After hearing his last album Looking Back, I was excited to hear the growth of this artist as a performer and songwriter and I was not disappointed at all. I enjoyed this sixteen-track album from start to finish with heavy guitar riffs, thumping bass lines, driving drum beats, and brilliant vocals on such tracks as Unholy Blood, the title track Fire Rider, Lost In The Ice, You’ve Been On My Mind, When All Is Said And Done and so much more.  The guitar riffs on some of these tracks reminded me a lot of the early Billy Idol days while others sounded like the days of classic rock with some great ballads thrown in.  I was quite moved by the performance on this amazing album as well brilliant songwriting and superb recording and production done by Markus Winter himself. I am looking forward to hearing a lot of his earlier work so I can see his growth of him as an artist and songwriter.  I can definitely say, you need to add this album to your rock library which will available in October on CD and vinyl from https://www.winterzeitstudios.de/, Spotify, and many other music retailers.

Ain’t Nobody Worried: Celebrating Great Women Of Song by Rory Block

Canadian gold album-selling and seven-time Blues Music Award-winning artist Rory Block‘s Ain’t Nobody Worried: Celebrating Great Women Of Song is a tribute to some of the most iconic female soul, blues, and R&B artists who have ruled the radio waves over the past five decades. This release features Rory’s new arrangements of chart-topping hits originally performed by such icons as Gladys Knight, Mavis Staples, and Koko Taylor, as well as contemporary artists such as Tracy Chapman and Bonnie Raitt, bring new life to the songs and is a tribute to the original performers. Rory plays all guitars and percussion and performs all the vocals on the album of eleven tracks with such great songs as I’ll Take You There, Midnight Train To Georgia, My Guy, Fast Car, Dancing In The Streets, You’ve Got A Friend and so much more.  I enjoyed this album from start to finish with Rory’s bluesy vocals, brilliant guitar playing as well as a superb job of recording.  I highly recommend this album for your music library which is scheduled for release on October 7, 2022, from the Stony Plains Records label and can be purchased on CD and digital download everywhere music is sold.  To learn more about this spectacular artist and her tour schedule and more, go to her official website https://www.roryblock.com/

3 by Revolushn

REVOLUSHN is an experimental psych-rock group from California formed by longtime friends and collaborators NO Mansfield and David “Dekay” Kendrick is to release their latest album 3, set for release September 30, 2022!  The lineup for this album features NO Mansfield (guitar/vocals), David “Dekay” Kendrick (drums, percussion), Olga Schubert (keys), and Neil Nyberg (bass guitar/vocals) on this 10 track album of all original material and also features Scott Page (Pink Floyd, Toto, Supertramp) on sax and Harlan Spector (Redbone, Buffalo Springfield) on keys on the track “Electric” as well as Kim Aston on backing vocals.  I enjoyed this album from start to finish with great tracks like The Beast Inside, My Living Brain, Little Red Dolls, Pushing and so much more.    This release showcases a fantastic performance with brilliant musicianship and awesome vocals, a great job with their songwriting talent, and a superb recording and production by NO Mansfield and Arron Connor (Bone Thugs and Harmony, Cher, Ed Sheeran, Dr. Dre).  This is definitely an album you need to check out and then add to your library at the end of the month from all major music retailers.  For more information about REVOLUSHN and tour dates please visit: www.revolushn.com