A smart sly lyric infuses opener, “The September Issue,” and pretty much pushes a simple two guitars, bass, drum, vocal gems on Honey West’s debut, Bad Old World. The duo of New York Shakespearean actor Ted Zurkowski, and rock and roll royalty Ian McDonald (founding member of King Crimson, Foreigner and the man who manned the sax solo on “Bang a Gong”) deliver a dozen rock solid, fresh-sounding, tunes here.

Santana Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time (Arista) Carlos Santana is at it again. Using that same magical touch […]