CD Reviews

EMILY’S TOYBOX – IT’S OK TO SWEAR (no label) Thirty years and many unfurled rolls of launched toilet paper after gracing the live stage for the first time in October, … Read More CD Reviews – March 2026

POST TRAUMATIK – SAINT TRAUMATIK (no label) Formed in Homer City in 2008 but now calling Pittsburgh their home base, Post Traumatik further hones their hard-rocking musical mix on their … Read More CD Reviews – October 2025

For more than four decades, Sterling Koch (pronounced “Cook”) has been recording and releasing music in various projects and incarnations, with guitars as his primary paint brush. Throughout it all, … Read More Sterling Koch: A Career Of Musical Variety

Jack Frost And The Frostbites – “Songs From The Back Of A Truck” (no label) It all began in 1981, when several teenaged “band guys” from Altoona Area High School … Read More CD Reviews – January 2025

LONE CROW REBELLION – COAL TRAIN BLUES (no label) Since their beginning six years ago, western PA’s Lone Crow Rebellion has steadily built their following and reputation as a sturdy, … Read More CD Reviews – September 2024

BARBARA BLUE – FROM THE SHOALS (BIG Blue Records) A Pittsburgh native, Barbara Blue started singing at an early age, putting on backyard concerts as a teenager. She eventually fronted … Read More CD Reviews – July 2024