Zebra V
Fifty-one years after forming in New Orleans, Zebra return with Zebra V, their first studio album since 2003, with Jack Douglas producing five tracks and a lead single co-written with Paul Stanley.
Carnaval de Luz by U2
Fifty years after Larry Mullen Jr. pinned a note to the board at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin asking for musicians to form a band, U2 are marking the anniversary with Carnaval de Luz, their 16th studio album and first album of new material in nine years. It arrives November 13, 2026 on Island … Read more
October 2026 Releases
Fuel Release Their 7th Studio Album and First with New Vocalist Fuel has released their seventh studio album, Pendulum. It is the group’s first album in five years since the 2021 release Anomaly as well as their first with vocalist Aaron Scott, who joined Fuel in 2022. Scott got the gig after he famously performed … Read more
Pendulum by Fuel
Fuel has released their seventh studio album, Pendulum. It is the group’s first album in five years since the 2021 release Anomaly as well as their first with vocalist Aaron Scott, who joined Fuel in 2022. Scott got the gig after he famously performed the group’s classic “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” on the popular television … Read more
Donnie Iris
This article was originally published at Keystone Rock Review on May 17, 2020 Western Pennsylvania artist Donnie Iris is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter who had a long and successful career with groups The Jaggerz, Wild Cherry and as a solo artist fronting the group Donnie Iris and the Cruisers. Combined, he has been … Read more
8 Days a Week
Northumberland, PA is home to a state of the art multi-media center anchored by a studio with a classic design. 8 Days a Week (8DAWs) is owned and operated by Paul Smith, a top notch musician and engineer who was previously a member of The Badlees and co-founder of Saturation Acres Recording studio. The physical … Read more
Anthem of the Peaceful Army by Greta Van Fleet
Buy Anthem of the Peaceful Army This album review is provided by Merry Mercurial, a writer of fiction, essays, reviews, and the “highly subjective” music blog “The Music According to Merry” With a tambourine, train-howl moans, and that first “Woooooah-mama” from “Highway Tune” on their Black Smoke Rising EP, Greta Van Fleet essentially cannonballed … Read more
Briggs Farm
This article by Maggie Rose was originally published at Keystone Rock Review on July 16, 2022 Well, another year down in the books for the Briggs Farm Blues Festival, the “best weekend of the year”, and let me say it was just that. The weather was beautiful and the music was phenomenal. 25 years … Read more
Victor Wainwright
and the Train
Piano aficionado Victor Wainwright, Jr. has made his mark as a boogie-woogie style performer and songwriter with a style that fuses rock, blues and just a touch of jazz. One of the two current groups that Wainwright currently tours with nationally and internationally is called The Train, Formed in 2017, the groups released their debut … Read more