Jim Barber, Author at Music Life Magazine

New melodic rock band All 4 1 (yes, there is a space between the 4 and the 1) was the brainchild of Italian label Frontiers Records’ founder Serafino Perugino, one of many melodic and hard […]

Even after 35 years as a top professional musician, there is still an almost child-like excitement and energy that infuses every conversation you have about music with Billy Sheehan. The virtuoso bassist has toured the […]

Normally the person writing this article (me) loathes indulging in the overtly self-aware, editorialising style of music writing utilized by lots of folks in this business. No-one cares if I met someone in a fancy […]

There wasn’t a lot of fanfare that happened when Lee Loughnane realized that 2017 marked the 50th anniversary of playing alongside Robert Lamm, Walter Parazaider and James Pankow in the Rock and Roll Hall of […]

There had been rumblings for some time that legendary American melodic rock band Styx was going to be recording and releasing new material – maybe, perhaps, someday. The rumblings got louder and more frequent until […]