Below, you will find a small selection of reviews that have been sent to us here at joelynnturner.com. There are hundreds of reviews that appear in magazines and online that are not posted here. If you would like to send us a review for consideration please email: LisaWalker@ToTheMax1.com
Over The Rainbow
Get Ready To Rock
Ian Pollard states, "Joe Lynn Turner challenges himself (and succeeds) by taking on Dio era staples such as 'Stargazer' and 'Man On The Silver Mountain,' alongside the Graham Bonnet era hit singles and Doogie White material whilst not forgetting his own significant impact on the band's history. " To read the whole review, go here: www.getreadytorock.com.
Rainbow Fan Clan: Special 3-show review
Julie Barela Mills says, "The place erupted. I was just in absolute amazement of what I saw and will ever see again for that matter. I will be forever awestruck by that moment." To read what she is writing about, go here: rainbowfanclan.com.
Joe Lynn Turner's Official Fan Club Review: Japan, Spring, 2009
Kaoru Hoshino says, "Many Rainbow fans are love ALL of the Rainbow albums. Also I, Kaoru does too. JLT was quite powerful to sing "Man On The Silver Mountain" and "Eyes Of The World." I wrote before that JLT has become more powerful than last year. I do think same way in this year too with his strong shout." To read it all, go here
Rainbow Fan Clan
The reviewer writes, "Apparently the place was sold out (a pretty large venue in Tokyo) and JLT pretty much confirmed they would return next year for another tour in Japan." To read it all, go here: rainbowfanclan.com.
69 Faces of Rock
Mark Kadzielawa says, "Joe Lynn Turner was in very fine vocal form. These particular tracks come from the Dio era of Rainbow, and we all know how difficult that is to reproduce. Turner had no problem nailing any of the songs." Click here for more: 69facesofrock.com.
JLT's Sunstorm: House of Dreams
Rock Realms
This review calls the track, "Walk On," "Undoubtedly the front runner for finest ballad of this year." To read the entire review, click here: www.rockrealms.com.
Rock Radio UK
Joe talks about the first Over The Rainbow tour and says, "We rehearsed a lot in the hotel rooms so there really was no down time. We taped performances every night then went over each one and critiqued ourselves." To read it all, go here: www.rockradio.co.uk.
Hard Rock Haven
Derric Miller writes, "Joe Lynn Turner's project Sunstorm is one scary animal. Bands strive for years, even decades, to sound this polished; they struggle to write AOR hits that will become timeless classics; and, 99 percent of them inexorably fail to achieve either," Read it all, go here: hardrockhaven.net.
Babylon Magazine
The magazine says, "Eleven pieces of impeccable quality and compositional technique, combined with the experience gained of the members of the band." Read it all here: www.babylonmagazine.net.
Rainbow Fan Clan
The popular Rainbow web portal writes, "After Rainbow came to an end in 1984 Joe Lynn Turner already proved us he could handle classy AOR on "Rescue You". Now almost 25 years later he shows us he still is able to sound like he did then." Here's a link tot he review: www.rainbowfanclan.com.
Planet AOR
The Swedish webzine says, "There ain't a weak song on the record, with JLT's voice and those songwriters, it can't be wrong, can it?" Link: www.planetaor.com.
Live In Germany CD
Tommy Hash at YTSEJAM states, "This is his first official live recording that he has released on his own - and with stature like this, expectations might have been high, nevertheless, the performance, which pertains to the more spontaneous and rawer vibe, makes due. To read it all, go here: www.ytsejam.com.
Joe Florez of Live 4 Metal writes, "This disc is a great representation of JLT's work from past and present and how he hasn't lost a step even in a live setting." live4metal.com.
Derric Miller states, " When you think about the best vocalists in Rock history, the name Joe Lynn Turner had best land somewhere in your Top 10, perhaps your Top 5." For the whole reveiw, visit: hardrockhaven.net.
The Rainbow Fan Clan weighs in stating, "This live CD is a must have for JLT fans as well as the fans of the JLT Rainbow era. There's almost 75 minutes of great music. No less than 9 Rainbow tracks. www.rainbowfanclan.com.
From Rocking Boy German webzine-In English www.rockingboy.com.
From Blog Critics' Jeff Perkins who says, "The sound quality on the album is excellent with JLT's immediately recognizable voice out front in all its powerful glory." blogcritics.org.
Metal Invader's Dimitrios Fatourosit says, "Definitely a great live recording and seemingly an unaltered one or very little tampered with. www.metal-invader.com.
JLT with Jimi Jamison and Orleans in Germany and The Netherlands
Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands with Orleans and Jimi Jamison
In English on the Rainbow Fan Clan site:www.rainbowfanclan.com.
In Dutch but with plenty of great photos:www.utrecht-roxx.nl
Big Noize in Iraq: September 2008
ERIC F. MEJIA, Lt Col, USAF checks in with his review of Joe and Big Noize during thier historic tour of Iraq and Kuwait. Click here to read.
DENNIS W. YATES, LTC, FA Commander, CFT THUNDER/5-25 FA FOB Rustamiyah, Iraq says in his review, "It seems to me that Joe and the gang have found the formula for true happiness in life: find something that you love doing, then get paid to do it." To read it all, go here.
Review Archive
Reviews older than 6 months are now archived in our review archive section. To access these older reviews please Click Here
Recent Interviews with JLT
Let There Be Rock
Free dowload available from Last FM from Ron Coolen. Go here to check it out: www.last.fm.
Classic Rock Revisited-Decades of Distortion
Journalist Jeb Wright says, " Joe Lynn Turner was the first on air guest for Decades of Distortion. We discussed his latest live solo cd, Joe Lynn Turner Live in Germany as well as his new band Over the Rainbow. Along the way we chatted about séances and Rainbow and all other aspects of Joe's amazing career, including his long lost jacket that was stolen backstage." Read it here: classicrockrevisited.com.
CIFA 104.1 FM-Nova Scotia
Jason Saulnier talks to JLT about various topics. The radio interview is posted here: gtmometal.blogspot.com.
Decades of Distortion-Classic Rock Revisited
Joe Lynn Turner was the first on air guest for the radio show, "Decades of Distortion," on KACY. He discussed his live solo cd, Over the Rainbow and all other aspects of Joe's amazing career, including his long lost jacket that was stolen backstage. www.classicrockrevisited.com.
Blackmore's Night Scandinavian Fan Club
About Over The Rainbow, JLT says, "We like to keep the specifics a surprise because if we gave it all away the show would not be as exciting. We may not do the songs exactly as Rainbow used to do them because Ritchie was the originator but we will do them our own way." To read the whole interview, visit this link: www.blackmoresnight.nu.
May The Rock Be With You
When talking with Scott Smith, JLT reveals, "Some of the inspirations are too private to discuss anything in depth but I can tell you that writing a song about some of my personal experiences can provide a sense of closure." You can check out the entire interview, here: www.maytherockbewithyou.com.
Chaotic Riffs Online Magazine
You can download this magazine which includes a recent interview with JLT. head over to this link for a preview and instructions: www.chaoticriffs.com.
Rockpages: Greece
Joe says, "Theres just no easy way for singers" which I guess is sometimes why singers are considered divas. Because, everything bothers them! The air on the plane can really fuck you up! And you are taking planes just about everyday, going from city to city, and you've got the same air that everybody is breathing, and you get off, and you're like, "What's in my throat, why am I feeling irritation". Sometimes, that's the hardest thing! So, life in general is difficult for a singer." To read the whole interview, go here: www.rockpages.gr.
Be Rock Radio and Georock-zine
While this interview is focused on Sunstorm, Joe touches on a variety of topics. In one answer, he reveals, "I learn from all of the bad moments so I do not view them as really bad moments after all. It's important that as we go through life that we take every negative experience and see what we can glean from it." You can read the entire interview here: www.georock-zine.com.
Rock Realms
In this interview, Joe talks about many topics including Over The Rainbow about which he states, "It's electric! The camaraderie is great! The passion is still there for all of us and the fan reaction so far has made it all worthwhile. People deserve to hear this great music played live again!" You can read the interview here: www.rockrealms.com.
Jason Ritchie
This journalist asks Joe five interesting questions in his blog. In one of his replies, Joe reveals, "I read a lot of philosophical and metaphysical material. If you really want a book recommendation, here's one: "The Biggest Secret" by David Icke. That ought to open some people's minds! Check it all out here: Jason Ritchie-Blog.
Rock Radio UK
About Over The Rainbow, Joe says, "It was really electric. We all put our hands together and projected a feeling of brotherhood - but at the same time we laughed about it. We all knew after that first show we wouldn't be 'virgins' in terms of this particular project." To read it all, go here: rockradio.co.uk.
Classic Rock Revisited
JLT reveals, "This is the real deal and we want to be serious about it because you?re never going to get this stuff anywhere else except for sometimes in my solo sets, but other than that forget it." If you want to know what he is talking about, go here: classicrockrevisited.com.
Interview with syndicated journalist Nightwatcher
Joe tells Nightwatcher, "if no record company wants to pick it up, and nobody wants to hear it, nobody wants to see us get back together, and nobody cares, then nobody has to tell me that she don't love me anymore. But if there's a love affair going on, we'll keep it going. We'll put fuel on the fire. Come up with original material, an album and everything." To read what he is talking about, go here: houseofrockinterviews.blogspot.com.
AntiMusic News Service and Magazine
In this interview, JLT says, "There was one point in time we were hanging out and jamming a little bit. But that was when he was still very young and he's since improved a lot. So I did keep up with his MySpace and even before that, a few of the sites that he'd download stuff onto with his projects." Find out who Joe is talking about, here: www.antimusic.com.
Metallville Magazine Online
He discusses everything from his entourage almost getting arrested in Upstate New York to his greatest memories with Blackmore and Rainbow: www.metalliville.co.uk.
Rockin' Metal Revival
Joe joined Red and the gang on this syndicated radio show to talk about his current endeavors including Over The Rainbow. Check out the website, here: www.rmrshow.com.
Interview Archive
Interviews older than 12 months are now archived in our interview archive section. To access these older interviews please Click Here
NOTE: We post links to interviews when direct links are sent to our media relations person, Lisa Walker. Joe does SO MANY interviews via email and/or phone per year that it is impossible for us to "keep up" with all of them unless we are sent a link. If you know of an interview with JLT that you think should be on this page please email: Lisa Walker. Joe does many interviews for print magazines, radio and TV stations that are not posted here because they are not available online or due to copyright laws.