Articles by: Bill Golembeski

Ben Craven - 'Monsters From the Id' (2022)

Ben Craven – ‘Monsters From the Id’ (2022)

Ben Craven has created a great big progressive-rock epic, smack dab in the midst of our very modern, rather silly ‘Masked Singer’ world.

Apocalypse – 'The Castle' (2022)

Apocalypse – ‘The Castle’ (2022)

Reel-to-reel tapes containing this nearly lost ’70s-era gem from Chicago-based Apocalypse were recently found by Michael Salvatori in his attic.

Star People - 'Black Tie & Tales' (2001/2021)

Star People – ‘Black Tie & Tales’ (2001/2021)

Star People’s 20-year-old long-lost third album ‘Black Tie & Tales’ has finally arrived from their self-proclaimed 11th Dimension home base.

John Mayall - 'Road Show Blues' (1980; 2022 reissue)

John Mayall – ‘Road Show Blues’ (1980; 2022 reissue)

Through it all, John Mayall resisted the commercial call and just played a mean, authentic and very defiant British boogie-rocking and heaven-sent blues.

Cactus - 'The Birth of Cactus 1970' (2022)

Cactus – ‘The Birth of Cactus 1970’ (2022)

Their first studio album rocked. But ‘The Birth of Cactus 1970,’ recorded at the band’s very first gig, is quite simply incendiary.

Drug Couple - 'Stoned Weekend' (2022)

Drug Couple – ‘Stoned Weekend’ (2022)

Drug Couple’s new album ‘Stoned Weekend’ is definitive proof that, in several parallel universes, “strawberry fields” are indeed “forever.”

Zan Zone - 'It's Only Natural' (2021)

Zan Zone – ‘It’s Only Natural’ (2021)

Zan Zone’s ‘It’s Only Natural’ is all over the place, and it’s all over the place in a wonderful all over and very eclectic place way.

Caravan - 'It's None of Your Business' (2021)

Caravan – ‘It’s None of Your Business’ (2021)

Caravan gets a chance to “do it all over again” with ‘It’s None of Your Business’ – and thankfully, they “do it all over again” really quite well.

Professor Tip Top - 'Tomorrow Is Delayed' (2021)

Professor Tip Top – ‘Tomorrow Is Delayed’ (2021)

Professor Tip Top’s ‘Tomorrow Is Delayed’ is an excellent album which leaves its own footstep on the dark side of any distant moon.

Jimmy Ryan - 'Astral Cafe' (2021)

Jimmy Ryan – ‘Astral Cafe’ (2021)

A rock-guitar lover’s goldmine, ‘Astral Cafe’ finds Illinois guy Jimmy Ryan grooving on his sonic pursuit of an electric Eden.