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Album review: JULIAN TAYLOR BAND – Desert Star
Julian Taylor chatted to Pete Feenstra on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 28 March, 20:00 GMT including tracks from ‘Desert Star’. Aporia Records [Release date 28.05.21] Julian Taylor Band’s ‘Desert Star’ is the album that refuses to lie down. … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Radio interview
Tagged album, Canada, Desert Star, funk, Joey Landreth, John Mayer, Julian Taylor, Julian Taylor Band, Prince, R&B, review, rock, roots, soul, Stevie Wonder, Toronto
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Album review: SANDRA BOUZA – Falling Away From Me
Sabucedo Records [Release date 18.09.20] If Toronto has provided a creative backdrop to the recent renewed interest in all aspect of soul, Sandra Bouza takes things a step further with a cross genre, radio friendly album that is refreshingly lyrically … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Canadian soul, Falling Away From Me, funk, Hill Kourkoutis, Janis Joplin, jazz, Joni Mitchell, Motown, R&B, review, Sandra Bouza, soul, Toronto, vocal
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Album review: BYWATER CALL – Bywater Call
Gypsy Soul Records [Release date 21.11.19] Toronto is suddenly becoming a hothouse for new music with the enterprising 7 year old Gypsy Soul label at its heart. While the emphasis is on the familiar foundations of southern roots rock, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Hindle, album, Aretha Franklin, blues, Bywater Call, Canada, Canadian soul, Dave Branes, funk, Gypsy Soul Records, jam band, Julian Nalli, Julian Taylor Band, Meghan Parnell, New Orleans, R&B, review, rock, roots rock, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, soul, Tedeschi Trucks, The Band, Toronto, Van Morrison
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Gig review: HEART, JASON BONHAM’S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE – Toronto, Canada, 23 July 2013
Molston Canadian Amphitheatre While Heart came to the attention of the majority of UK fans for their big power ballads and soft focus videos in the eighties, the band prefer to see themselves in their earlier guise in which, with … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Wilson, Canada, gig, Heart, Jason Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Molston Canadian Amphitheatre, Nancy Wilson, review, Toronto
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