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Album review: LOUISIANA’S LE ROUX – One Of Those Days

Gulf Coast [Release date 24.07.20] In keeping with the gumbo tradition of Louisiana cuisine, Louisiana Hall Of Fame inductees Le Roux’s brand new album ‘One Of Those Days’ is a musical hotch-potch of all that’s good about Louisiana roots music and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dustin Ransom, Free, James Brown, Jeff Glixxman, Jeff McCarty, Jim Odom, Le Roux, Little Feat, Louisiana, Louisiana's Le Roux, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker Band, review, roots rock, southern rock, The Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, Tony Haselden
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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – Live At The Sydney Opera House

Provogue [Release date 25.10.19] ‘Live At The Sydney Opera House’ is staggeringly Joe Bonamassa’s 17th live album and while the geography may change and the material recycles recent studio material, the performance is consistently good. If his strategy is to … Continue reading
Album review: THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND – Down To The River

BMG [Release 28.06.19] The Allman Betts Band don’t so much reinvent the wheel as relive subliminal snapshots of the band’s musical antecedents. They formed on the 50th anniversary of the first Allman Brothers gig and brought with them a weight … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Berry Oakley Jr., blues, Chris Williams, Chuck Leavell, Cisco Adler, Devon Allman, Down To The River, Duane Betts, Gregg Allman, Johnny Stachela, Pete Levin, rock, southern rock, The Allman Betts Band, The Allman Brothers, The Band, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty
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Album review: REESE WYNANS AND FRIENDS – Sweet Release

Provogue [Release date 01.03.19] It’s hard to dislike a guest filled covers album that beats with a southern heart, be it Texas rocking blues, white boy soul meets Muscle Shoals, or out and out Southern Rock. But it takes the … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Boz Scaggs, Chris Layton, Double Trouble, Doyle Bramhall 11, funk, jazz, Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith, Keb Mo, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Led Dudek, Mike Bloomfield, Mike Henderson, Muscle Shoals, Noah Hunt, Otis Rush, Paul McCartney, Reese Wynans, Reese Wynans And Friends, Robbie Robertson, rock, Sam Moore, soul, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sweet Release, The Allman Brothers, Tommy Shannon, Van Morrison, Warren Haynes, Willie Mitchell
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Album review: RHR (REDFERN HUTCHINSON & ROSS) – Mahogany Drift

Taller Records [Release date 01.11.18] ‘Mahogany Drift’ is an exciting new album by RHR (Troy Redfern, Jack J. Hutchinson and Mike Ross), a potential new riff heavy powerhouse super group with southern roots rock and blues antecedents. From the sepia … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, country, Dan Baird, gothic rock, guitar, Jack J. Hutchinson, Keith Richard, Led Zeppelin, Mike Ross, review, Rolling Stones, southern rock, The Allman Brothers, The Black Crowes, The Byrds, The Doobie Brothers, The Eagles, The Faces, Troy Redfern
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EP review: THE JUPITER BLUES

Facebook [Release date 01.09.18] Formed in 2017 under the moniker Jupiter Hollow, the Jupiter Blues play a mix of blues, southern rock and a little bit of soul. The band’s line-up is Dale Orenda (vocals, percussion), Chris Mitchell (lead guitar) Rick … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, country, EP, melodic, review, rock, southern rock, The Allman Brothers, the Jupiter Blues, The Outlaws
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Album review: BEN POOLE – Anytime You Need Me

Manhaton Records [Release date 14.09.18] ‘Anytime You Need Me’ is a very accessible, funk laden album with one eye firmly on the mainstream. From the hook led title track, through 10 groove laden cuts which come to rest on the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anytime You Need Me, Daly, funk, Gary Clark Jr, grunge, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer, Jonny Lang, Jude Cole, Mark Knopfler, Mayer Hawthorne, review, rock, soul, Steve Wright, The Allman Brothers, The Eagles, vocal, Wayne Proctor
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Album review: TOM KILLNER – Live

Cleopatra Records [Release date 02.06.17] Rotherham based blues rocker Tim Killner plays the blues the way he feels them. Uninterested in the disposable music that holds its thrall on many of his musical contemporaries, the young Killner taps into the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Chicago Blues, Cleopatra, guitar, guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, JOE COCKER, Muddy Waters, review, rock, southern rock, Steve Wonder, The Allman Brothers, Tom Killner, Tom Killner Live CD, Warren Haynes
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Album review: WALTER TROUT – We’re All In This Together

Pete Feenstra chatted to Walter Trout in October 2017 for his Sunday Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. In this hour special Walter chats about the album with several tracks featured. Provogue Records [Release date 01.09.17] ‘We’re All … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Charlie Mussellwhite, Chuck Leavell, Edgar Winter, Eric Corne, Eric Gales, funk, guitar, interview, Jimmy Trapp, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Louis Walker, John Mayall, John Nemeth, Jon Trout, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Mike Zito, Randy Bachman, review, Robben Ford, rock, Sammy Avila, Sonny Landreth, The Allman Brothers, Walter Trout, Warren Haynes, We're All In This Together
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Album review: BLACKWATER CONSPIRACY – Shootin’ The Breeze

Bulletproof 20/20 Records [Release date 09.06.17] Still barely 2 years old, Blackwater Conspiracy is a Northern Irish band whose debut album ‘Shootin’ The Breeze’ boasts their own take on classic rock, which they play with drive, purpose, passion, and deliver … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bad Company, Blackwater Conspiracy, Brian Mallon, Chuck Leavell, country, Guns 'N' Roses, hard rock, James Wilson, Kevin Brennan, Led Zeppelin, Phil Conalane, Phil May, review, rock, Rolling Stones, Sean Douglas, Shootin' The Breeze, southern rock, The Allman Brothers, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones
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Gig review: JFK BLUE – Old Finchleians, London, 26 March 2017

JFK Blue is a new band on the rock/blues circuit and tonight they take a step up by opening for the Stevie Nimmo Trio at the new ‘Spirit of the Torrington’ club at the Old Finchleians, Finchley. They immediately remind … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Chris Elliott, gig, Iago Banet, JFK Blue, Les Victor, Paul Blount, Paul Kossoff, review, Robert Cray, rock, Rough Round The Edges, Sol Ezra, Stevie Nimmo, The Allman Brothers, Warren Haynes
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Album review: LYNYRD SKYNYRD – One More For The Fans

earMUSIC [Release date 24.07.15] There’s nothing quite like an enduring back catalogue and a whiff of nostalgia to bring out the fans. And seeing as Bob Dylan, The Doobie Brothers and The Allman Brothers etc., have … Continue reading
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Tagged Artimus Pyle, Bob Dylan, Charlie Daniels, Cheap Trick, Drive By Truckers, Gov't Mule, Gregg Allman, Jamey Johnson, Jason Isbell, Jimmy Hall, John Hiatt, Johnny Van Zandt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, One More For The Fans, Peter Frampton, Randy Houser, Robert Randolph, Ronnie Van Zandt, southern rock, The Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, Warren Haynes
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Album review: ALL MY FRIENDS – Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman

Rounder [Release Date 14.06.14] ‘All My Friends – Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman’ is the sort of all star 26 track double album that the Americans do so well. It’s a multi-generational and all inclusive musical family … Continue reading
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Tagged album, All My Friends, Brantley Gilbert, Crosby Still Nash & Young, Derek Trucks, Devon Allman, Dr John, Eric Church, Gregg Allman, Jackson Brown, Jimmy Hall, John Hiatt, Keb Mo, Martina McBride, Muddy Waters, Pat Monahan, review, Robert Randolph, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Taj Mahall, The Allman Brothers, Trace Adkins, Train, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, Zac Brown
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Gig review: ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 28 September 2013

Royal Southern Brotherhood may be considered the latest super group on the circuit, but the label appeared irrelevant to a line-up that celebrated its wealth of talent with a breathtaking two hour set. RSB is the considerable sum of its … Continue reading
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Tagged 28 September 2013, Bob Marley, Boom Boom Club, Charlie Wooton, Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, gig, Mike Zito, Paul Butterfield, review, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Samantha Fish, Sutton, The Allman Brothers, The Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, Yonrico Scott
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Album review: MORELAND & ARBUCKLE – 7 Cities

Telarc [Release date 26.08.13] Moreland & Arbuckle are a power trio with a difference. They hail from Wichita Kansas and their blend of riff driven, southern influenced roots rock is shot through with essential blues influences, but not in the … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, boogie, guitar, harp, Kendall Newby, Moreland & Arbuckle, review, rock, roots, Tears For Fears, The Allman Brothers, The Yardbirds
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