R. J. Carter marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with “I See Your Name,” a new tribute song honoring those lost and the loved ones who remember them.

After months of writing, recording, revising, mastering, and learning considerably more about digital music distribution than he ever expected to know, R.J.

I got the opportunity to listen to the new single "Bimbofication" from The Dead Betties, and I loved it!

A problem I see nowadays with new records from bands of the “Second Generation” of Classic Rock, including Prog Rock, is that many of the members of the original bands are in their late 60s to 80s, and while some are still recording and touring, others have either passed away, retired, or are forever mad at each oth

This is what you might call a coming-back-around-full-circle trip review for me.

For years, readers have known R. J. Carter as a storyteller through novels, short fiction, essays, comics, and publishing projects. On August 14, Carter adds a new chapter to that creative journey with the release of his debut Americana album, Another Second Chapter.

A prog-rock gem that's been made even more golden.

The Puritan Silencer, or just Silencer as I’ll refer to it here, is to coin a phrase in my book, an odd duck. I mean look at the name: “ Inter-Component Radiated and Parasitic Ground Noise Control”

I’ve never seen those words strung together in any product name before in my life! :-)

Well another year has passed, and AXPONA 2026 is in the books. It was another great show by the AXPONA team and the Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center. Both the show team and the hotel staff were on top of their game every day in my book.

Well, AXPONA 2026 is in the books, and while I plan to do a recap of the shw in general—which normally would include my thoughts and feelings on the “best in show”—one product I auditioned was so far above the rest, not only in terms of musicality (which it certainly was), but also in form, function, build quality,