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

First of all, this has been a band I’ve supported heavily over the last three years or so.

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.

Kevin Shirley’s inspiration to bring together Glenn Hughes, vocals and bass, and Joe Bonamassa, lead guitar and vocals has provided one of the best rock/blues bands and albums of the year.

After nine months, the modern day super group returns with its second release.

This album is just getting reissued.

This is quite a cool set. The main man behind this is Billy Sherwood, and I always like the stuff he does.

Cleopatra Records loves doing these tribute albums, typically with Billy Sherwood in charge.

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.

This band seems to really be hot right now.

With this CD Sherinian continues his tradition of creating hard edged prog that is quite firmly rooted in fusion. The disc succeeds very well in creating an energetic and considerably potent instrumental mode that sends the listener on a major journey.

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.  

I’d never seen Billy Idol perform live before. I had, however, recently seen a live DVD that made me interested in catching a live performance from Idol. Well, the man did not disappoint.

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.

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

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.

This is part of a new series of reissues of Derek Sherinian albums.

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

This Derek Sherinian disc is just getting the reissue treatment.

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.

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.

So, I’ve already reviewed this album in an earlier release. 

When this band broke on the scene in mid 2012, the fans were expecting a lot, and a lot is what they got and then some.

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.

When I heard the lineup on this, I assumed it would be a progressive rock release.

There were three new albums this time that disappointed me a bit.

Tony Macalpine comes from the school of technical guitarists occupied by guys like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen.

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.

I like The Who quite a bit. I mean, they aren’t one of my favorite bands, but I do really like them.