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Album review: MARK SPIRO- Traveling Cowboys

Frontiers Records (Release Date 07.05.21) Best known as a writer for Cheap Trick, Giant, Bad English and others, Mark Spiro’s career has significantly picked up after a dormant few years. Less than a year after the ’2+2= 5‘ triple anthology … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Julian Lennon, Mark Spiro, melodic rock, singer songwriter
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Album review: MARK SPIRO- 2+2=5: Best of + Rarities

Frontiers Records (Release Date 10.07.20) Mark Spiro is probably best known as one of those outside collaborators who in the late eighties and early nineties sprinkled their songwriting gold dust to give the added touches that turned potential singles into … Continue reading
Album review: HOUSE OF LORDS – New World, New Eyes

Frontiers Records [Release date 12.06.20] Many critics have gone to print noting the inconsistency of the reformed House Of Lord’s 21st century releases. Maybe that would explain why James Christian (vocals/production) has brought in Mark Spiro and Tommy Denander to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Frontiers, House of Lords, James Christian, Mark Spiro, melodic rock, New Eyes, New World, review, rock, Tommy Denander
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Album review: MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND – Love & Beyond

Frontiers [Release Date 26.04.19] Michael Thompson is one of the most respected session guitarists in rock – alongside Steve Lukather and Bruce Gaitsch he is probably the go-to man, particularly for the so-called West Coast sound where soft rock and … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Guy Allison, Larry Antonino, Larry King, Mark Spiro, melodic rock, Michael Thompson, West Coast
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Album review: JULIAN LENNON – Everything Changes

Music In Another Room [Release date 03.06.13] When it was originally released in October 2011 in the UK and Ireland, Julian Lennon’s sixth studio album failed to tickle the Top 100, and neither of the singles lifted from it – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Beatles, Everything Changes, Julian Lennon, Mark Spiro, Paul Buchanan, Peter Vettese, pop, review, rock, Steven Tyler
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