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Album review: LAURENCE JONES – Laurence Jones Band

Top Stop Music [Release date 27.09.19] ‘Laurence Jones Band’ is a career departure for the former rock-blues hero who makes a major pitch for the pop market. They say the most significant thing about the blues genre is that historically … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bennett Holland, blues, Di Reed, Elvis Costello, funk, Gary Clark Jr, Greg Smith, John Mayer, Laurence Jones, Laurence Jones band, Paul Simon, Phil Wilson, pop, review, rock, Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, The Faces
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Album review: ALLY VENABLE – Texas Honey

Ruf Records [Release date 22.03.19] Ruf Records has long established its niche in the contemporary blues market with a roster of up and coming talent that reflects the best of the global blues scene. From Aynsley Lister, Ian Parker, Erja … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ally Venable, AYNSLEY LISTER, Blues Caravan, Bobby Wallace, Christina Pejak, Eliana Cargnelutti, Elija Owings, Eric Gales, Erja Lyytinen, guitar, Ian Parker, Ina Forsman, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Laurence Jones, Lewis Stephens, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mike Zito, Mississippi Hill Country Blues, Oli Brown, review, rock, roots rock, ruf records, Samantha Fish, southern rock, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Blues, Texas Honey, Vanja Sky, WC Handy, ZZ Top
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Gig review: GLENN HUGHES – Electric Ballroom, London, 15 October 2018

For many years, high on my diminishing bucket list was a reformation of Mark 3 Deep Purple, from the years when the contrasting vocal talents of David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes revitalised the band, throwing fresh soul, blues and funk … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, gig, Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonnamassa, Jon Lord, Laurence Jones, live, review, rock, Smoke On The Wate, Stormbringer, Tommy Bolan
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Album review: MIKE VERNON & THE MIGHTY COMBO – Beyond The Blue Horizon

Manhaton Records [Release date 07.09.18] Producer, songwriter and vocalist Mike Vernon’s award winning career has encompassed the birth of British blues including Clapton, Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac etc. He also worked with the younger David Bowie, Focus and soul singer … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrew Roachford, Beyond The Blue Horizon, Big Town Playboys, blues, Brook Benton, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Focus, Frogman Henry, Ian Jennings, Kid Carlos, Laurence Jones, Matt Little, Mike Hellier, Mike Vernon, Mike Vernon & The Mighty Combo, Mose Allison, Oli Brown, Paul Tasker, Peter Green, R&B, review, Rocky Sharpe & the Replays, Sari Schorr, The Olympic Runners
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Album review: LAURENCE JONES – The Truth

Top Stop Music [Release date: 09.03.18] ‘The Truth’ is Laurence Jones’s fifth album and it finds him taking a brave leap of faith into commercial waters with the emphasis firmly on songs. It’s an album that finds him diversifying his … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, funk, Gregory Elias, John Mayer, Laurence Jones, Michael Jackson, pop, Quincy Jones, review, Robert Cray, rock, The Truth
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Album review: LAURENCE JONES – Take Me High

Ruf [Release date 22.07.16] It’s often said that an artist’s second album can be a problematical one. And while Laurence Jones has barely paused for breath to even consider a sophomore slump, he suddenly find himself cutting his fourth album in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, guitar, guitarist, Laurence Jones, Mike Vernon, Paul Jones, Phil Wlison, review, rock, Roger Inniss, Take Me High
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Gig review: LAURENCE JONES – The Tunnels, Bristol, 22 September 2015

Young blues guitarists come and go but every so often one stands out from the crowd and makes heads turn, a young Laurence Jones burst onto the scene with his debut album ‘Thunder In The Sky’ and since then has … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 September 2015, blues, blues rock, Bristol, gig, guitar, guitarist, Laurence Jones, review, The Tunnels, Victoria Klewin
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Album review: LAURENCE JONES – What’s It Gonna Be

Ruf [Release date 13.04.15] Laurence answers his own question on ‘What’s It Gonna Be’ by filling his own blank canvas with heartfelt, meaningful songs fleshed out with an impressive variety of harmony vocals, burning solos and tight ensemble playing that … Continue reading
Gig review: HOP FARM MUSIC FESTIVAL – Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent 4/5/6 July 2014

The Hop Farm Music Festival 2014 is a reconfigured broad based festival. While previous years included Neil Young, Dylan and The Eagles, the new promoters focused on striking a musical balance that pleased more than it alienated. The result was … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 CC, All Stars Collective, Babajack, Big Boy Bloater, Bryan Wilson, Cameron Pierre, Charles Bradley, Chas & Dave, Chicken Shack, Courtney Pine, Daptone Soul Review, Grace Jones, Hop Farm Festival, Ian Mclagan, Ian McNabb, Joanne Shaw Taylor, John Notar Thomas, Laurence Jones, Marcus Malone, Mark Almond, Maximo Park, NICK LOWE, Pacifico Blues, Paul Carrack, Polly & The Billet Doux, Polly & The Billets Doux, Ray Davies, Roger Beaujolais, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Soft Machine Legacy, Stan Webb, The Lightning Seeds, The Strawbs, Toby Jepson, Tony Joe White, Virgil & The Accelerators
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Gig review: ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 25 June 2014

Royal Southern Brotherhood reconfigure the classic rhythm and blues revue to their own ends, with great playing, 3 great lead vocalists, glistening harmonies and an essential harmonic relationship between strong songs that gives the evening its free flowing feel. Their … Continue reading
Gig review: COCO MONTOYA – Beaverwood Club, Chislehurst, 22 May 2014

There are great blues players and then there is Coco Montoya. He’s a purveyor of a historic blues lineage that stretches back to his formative years with Albert Collins, but he transforms it into his own exciting blues hybrid, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, Albert King, blues, Brant Leeper, Coco Montoya, funk, gig review, guitar, Laurence Jones, Nate Brown, Renee Beevers, soul, Walter Trout
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Gig review: AN EVENING FOR WALTER TROUT – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 4 May 2014

‘An Evening For Walter Trout’ was an unforgettable event with 65 musicians – including a posse of guitarists with borrowed amps – plus Walter Trout’s road and sound crew, all coming together to share their love for the blues-rock icon … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Vincent, Alan Glen, An Evening For Walter Trout, Andrew Elt, Bernie Marsden, Bob Hadrell, Danny Bryant, DEL BROMHAM, Flamingo All Stars, Glynn Evans, Ian Parker, John O'Leary, Jon Trout, Larry Miller, Laurence Jones, Marcu Malone, Mitch Laddie, Nick Newall, Otis Grand, Paul Cox, Pete Lamont, Pete Miles, Roger Chapman, Stephen Dale Petit, Stevie Smith, Stray, Tim Penn
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Album review: LAURENCE JONES – Temptation

Ruf Records [Release date 10.03.14] It may be a PR cliché, but the phrase ‘hotly anticipated album’ was never more apt than when applied to Laurence Jones’s ‘Temptation’. Having made a big splash on the UK … Continue reading
Gig review: WALTER TROUT – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 8 November 2013

Walter Trout’s most durable qualities are his intense guitar playing and his ever ready sense of humour. Both were in evidence at a packed Shepherd’s Bush Empire as he overcame his daunting health problems in front of his biggest London … Continue reading