In a time when the Classic Rock genre is being almost continuously redefined, many once-prominent acts have again found themselves at the epicenter of renewed interest. Unfortunately, many of such returns are often irreversibly marred by hastily assembled Greatest Hits packages and poorly-attended touring. This, however, is most definitely not the case with imporbably-resilliant icons Styx and the oft-ingenious The Grand Illusion/Pieces Of Eight: Live Blu-Ray...

Throughout my often adventure-filled career as a music journalist, I have been presented with a veritable wealth of opportunities to work with artists and groups that I feel the public at large should become increasingly acquainted with. Not surprisingly, my disturbingly-intense focus now ratherfirmly centered on the Joe Lynn Turner and Dennis Ward-led supergroup Sunstorm and the highly-anticipated opus Emotional Fire...