The Winery Dogs have been tagged with the label of “super-group,” and while I agree that they deserve that lofty title, they are more than that.

This album is designed to raise money for the Wounded Warriors project.

The whole “do an album of covers” concept is a popular approach these days.

Looking at Dream Theater's back catalog, I decided to turn my attention to the final album to feature Kevin Moore as their keyboardist.

The debut solo album (first one released, not the first one recorded) by Glenn Tipton has just been reissued with two new tracks added on to the lineup. Since I reviewed the original release of the album, the majority of this review will be drawn and modified from that review.

The bass guitar is an instrument whose players are often overlooked, relegated to playing the rhythm hidden behind guitar heroes, singers and keyboard wizards. A few bassists have managed to put together chops and performances that allow them to rise above this status.

Flying Colors, for once in a long time prove that rock music can still be everything it's supposed to be in a landscape that constantly attempts to limit it.

This various artists collection was assembled by Brian Tarquin. He's a guitar player who really seems to have a reverence for great guitar playing in all its various forms.

I’ve got to admit that I go through phases with Dream Theater.

It takes cajones to record an album consisting of your fifth or sixth performance ever as a band. But if you're as talented as the guys in Transatlantic, nerves are perhaps the only problem.

Downey, California is best remembered for the spacecrafts, fighter jets and B-1 bombers built there over the past three or four decades.

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This two disc set wasn't an easy pick between the three Transatlantic DVD's on the market, but ultimately I chose this one because I could review it at MSJ as it hadn’t been covered yet.

Flying Colors is a prog super group that has been around for quite a few years now.

Sons of Apollo, for those of you who don’t know, are a new prog metal group featuring an all-star lineup.  

Transatlantic covered all the albums and spread their material evenly throughout the night.

When I got this disc I was really looking forward to it. I mean, with a list of names like that how could you go wrong?

Dream Theater never do anything half way.  They created the masterpiece Metropolis: Scenes From A Memory and then decided to play the whole thing on tour.  

It is still pretty early in the year, but I'll be surprised if this release doesn't make my "best of 2020" list. The mix of sounds here includes metal, good solid hard rock and plenty of progressive rock.

When I first saw the official video of the title cut, I became pretty excited.

This new live set from Neal Morse includes the double disc CD set and a bonus DVD. The performances are powerful. T

More or less a heavy metal album, this does have a lot of leanings toward AOR mainstream music.

I've been looking to do a retro review of this box set for a while. I finally had the opportunity this time around.

Had I heard this album last year, it would have definitely made my best of 2017 list, and been pretty high on the list. This is an amazing album.

I have said it many times, Dream Theater are a band of the fans for the fans.

This band has succeeded the sophomore curse by not trying to defeat it, but succumbing to all of the cliches and eclectic efforts to do so.

Featuring hard rocking adaptations of Frank Sinatra songs, this is kind of a mixed bag.

This isn’t a favorite Dream Theater album for me.

According to Bill Evans Media (http://billevansmedia.com), Neal Morse is the best selling solo progressive rock artist since 2003.

What an amazing set this is.

In a snap, Neal Morse took center stage behind his keyboards with an arsenal of guitars in tow. Modeled after most of his creations, the music began with an overture.

This band seem to be very pumped, and it could be coincided with the Morsefest coming on, as announcements have been going out about it while NMB are on tour.

Say what you will, but Neal Morse and his band are among the most talented people out there. Morse keeps releasing such high quality stuff, too.

I know the title says this is a “metal” tribute, but I question whether the person who gave it that title knows what “heavy metal” is.

Dream Theater continues to release great CDs through their Ytsejam Records label.  They have released live discs and demos but this one is kind of odd as it is a compilation of songs from different sources.  

So many times discs like this are really uneven. Well, that’s not the case here.