-
-
-
If you can't find what you're looking for - or wish to refine your search to include only references to the key search term - try putting inverted commas around the search term e.g. "Steve Lukather" or "Black Star Riders"
For example if you enter Black Star Riders the results will include all instances of "Black" "Star" and "Riders". The search will also be slower.
-
Our star rating
***** Out of this world
**** Pretty damn fine
*** OK, approach with caution unless you are a fan of the artist or genre
** Instant bargain bin fodder
* Ugly, just ugly
Switch site
-
Upcoming Gigs & Albums
-
Latest Album Reviews
-
Album review : ENBOUND – Set It Free (w/bonus CD)
-
Album review: JIZZY PEARL’S LOVE/HATE – Punk Rock Fiesta!
-
Album review: ERIC BASS – If I Had A Name
-
Album review : VISION OF DISORDER – Vision of Disorder / Imprint (2 CD Deluxe Digipak)
-
Album review : PERFECT PLAN – Heart Of A Lion
-
Album review: GILLAN – 1978-1982
-
-
Latest Gig Reviews
-
Gig review: FM- Chelmsford Social Club, Chelmsford, Essex, 21 February 2025
-
Gig review: BETH HART – Hammersmith Apollo, 20 February 2025
-
Gig review: SPIKE- Half Moon, Putney, London, 16 February 2025
-
Gig review: DAN BYRNE- Islington Academy 2, London, 9 February 2025
-
Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – The Stables, Milton Keynes, 9 February 2025
-
Gig review: H.E.A.T- Islington Assembly Hall, London, 31 January 2025
-
-
Featured Album Reviews
-
Features
-
Interviews
-
Single & EP Reviews
-
DVD Reviews
-
Book Reviews
-
News
-
Quick Categories
Categories (All)
Tag Archives: Richard Marx
Album review : POWELL PAYNE – Voila

Frontiers [Release date 6.12.24] There really should have been some kind of fanfare, a blaze of publicity, to accompany the release of Voila, debut album from Adam Payne, ex Airrace, and Mark Powell, ex Psycho Kiss. In this post-AOR age, … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged Airrace, AOR, Frontiers, melodic rock, Peter Cetera, Powell Payne, Psycho Kiss, review, Richard Marx, Voila
Leave a comment
Album review : PALACE – Reckless Heart

Frontiers [Release date : 12.07.24] Michael Palace has long since proved that his classy debut, Master Of The Universe, was too good to be a fluke. On Reckless Heart, his fifth album, he continues to display his considerable gifts as … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Alessi, Aztec Camera, Christopher Cross, Frontiers, Kenny Loggins, Michael Palace, review, Richard Marx, soft rock, Steely Dan
Leave a comment
Gig review: RICHARD MARX – Royal Albert Hall, London, 22 May 2024

Richard Marx only plays the finest London venues when he comes over to the UK. Building on some memorable acoustic shows at the Union Chapel in Autumn 2022, he announced a fuller UK tour which culminated in this show at … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged AOR, gig, J. Blynn, John Oates, melodic rock, Nathan East, Richard Marx, singer songwriter
Leave a comment
Rising Stars interview: JESSICA LYNN

Jessica Lynn has been described by American Songwriter as “country arena rock”, and her 7-show UK tour will take place this July. Stateside, Jessica Lynn is famed for the spectacle and quality of her live shows and stagecraft — not to mention her TV … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/10 Questions, Interviews/Rising Stars
Tagged country, country pop, gigs, interview, Jessica Lynn, pop, Richard Marx, Rising Stars, rock, soul, tour dates
Leave a comment
Album review: FEMME FATALE – Femme Fatale (2022 remaster)

Rock Candy Records [Release date: 07.10.22] Femme Fatale’s self titled 1988 album was co produced by Rick Neigher and David Cole, who together wrote the opening track and single release, ‘Waiting For The Big One’, the band’s only Billboard Top … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged AC/DC, album, Alias, David Cole, Femme Fatale, Janet Gardner, Lorraine Lewis, remaster, review, Richard Marx, Rick Neigher, Vixen
Leave a comment
Album review: RICHARD MARX – Songwriter

Shelter Records (Release date 30.09.22) Only a year after releasing his last album. ‘Limitless’, Richard Marx is back with perhaps his most ambitious work yet. The very title suggests that despite a solo career which made him one of the … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, melodic rock, review, Richard Marx, singer songwriter, songwriter
Leave a comment
Gig review: RICHARD MARX – Union Chapel, London, 3 October 2022

Autumn 2022 has seen a number of eagerly awaited shows announced pre-Covid finally come to fruition. One such is Richard Marx, who after his first UK show in ages supporting Barbara Streisand at Hyde Park then announced some solo acoustic … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged acoustic, AOR, gig, melodic rock, Richard Marx, singer songwriter
Leave a comment
Album review: RICHARD MARX – Limitless

BMG [Release date 07.02.20] Richard Marx returns with his first new album in over five years, produced in part by himself and featuring co-writes with Sara Bareilles, Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon), Darrell Brown (Dolly Parton, Keith Urban), his son Lucas and … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, AOR, Jana Kramer, Limitless, melodic, modern pop, review, Richard Marx
Leave a comment
Gig review: RICHARD MARX – British Summer Time, Hyde Park, London, 7 July 2019

It’s been eight years by my reckoning since Richard Marx last played the UK, and he ended this famine in unusual circumstances, added to the bill of the British Summer Time show headlined by Barbra Streisand just a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged AOR, British Summer Time, gig, Hyde Park, review, Richard Marx, singer songwriter
Leave a comment
Album review: RINGO – Give More Love

UMC [Release date 15.09.17] Ringo’s ‘Give More Love’ - he’s dropped his Starr moniker on the album credit – is better than you might imagine, for an artist who has been known to ration his appearances on his own all … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged Alberta Cross, album, Benmont Tench, Dave Stewart, Don Was, Edgar Winter, Gary Nicholson, Give More Love, Greg Leisz, Jeff Lynn, Joe Walsh, Mark Charles Heidinger, Paul McCartney, Peter Frampton, Petter Ericson Stakee, Poco, review, Richard Marx, Ringo, Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather, The Beatles, The Eagles, Timothy B. Schmit, Van Dyke Parks
Leave a comment
Album review: HEART & FRIENDS – Home For The Holidays

Frontiers [Release date 10.11.14] www.frontiers.it I am not normally a fan of these seasonal type efforts, particularly if they have been recorded in June, and even worse if it is somewhere warm and sunny like the Bahamas (a la most … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Christmas, Frontiers, Heart, Home for The Holidays, Pat Monahan, review, Richard Marx, Sammy Hagar, seasonal, Shawn Colvin, Train
Comments Off
RICHARD MARX – Inside My Head
FRONTIERS RECORDS 2012 Something of a forgotten man since his hit making days dried up in the mid nineties, singer-songwriter Richard Marx has been making up for lost time over the last year or two. His shows at Shepherds Bush … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged Frontiers, Richard Marx
Leave a comment