Milestones Stepping Stone Mold 12" Heart

Canadian Bill Douglas personifies the eclecticism that characterizes 21st-century New Age music. A critically acclaimed recording artist, he has released several best-selling Celtic-flavored titles. He composes classical musical pieces for orchestras and choral groups around the world, and has taught music history and technique on the university level. He has played jazz piano, and classical bassoon, and worked as a musical theorist. Often setting elegant 18th- and 19th-century poetry to original...

Notes: The lady can rock. There is no question about that, and this album is one of several from her catalog that serve as a testament to that fact. Even the opening single, "If I Could Turn Back Time," has a crunchy texture to it, albeit in a poppy, '80s Starship sort of arrangement. Cher recruited some heavy-hitters for this release, including Steve Lukather (Toto), Desmond Child, and Andrew Gold. Not all of the album is hard-edged rockers -- witness the effective ballad "Just Like Jesse James...

12 Stones: Paul McCoy (vocals); Greg Trammell, Eric Weaver (guitar); Aaron Gainer (drums, background vocals). In the early 2000s, the...