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Album review : STATUS QUO – The Early Years Vol 2 (1970-72) 5 CD Boxset
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Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Grits & Glory
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Album review : NINA ANTONIA AND THE LUNAR MOTHS – Dropping Like Butterflies
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Album review – PALLAS – The Midas Touch Boxset (8CDs+DVD)
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Album review: MIKE BROOKFIELD – Love Breaks The Fall
Self release [Release date 13.03.15] Irish based, Liverpudlian guitarist Mike Brookfield has enjoyed a rich musical career from playing in the west end orchestra pits to being music coordinator, arranger and musical director for RTE, as well as copping a former … Continue reading
Album review: THE WHISKEY POETS – Low Country
Red Dog [Release date 30.10.15] When asked what message the award winning author RJ Ellory had for his readers, he replied: ‘There is nothing so fragile, complex or fascinating as the human condition.’ And it’s that sense of wonder that … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, ELO, funk, Hossam Ramzy, Jack Kerouac, Low Country, Martin Smith, Paul Simon, Pete Atkin, review, RJ Ellory, rock, The Whiskey Poets
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Album review: WILY BO WALKER – Moon Over Indigo
Mescal Canyon [Release date 25.09.15] Blues award nominee, prodigious songwriter, multi band leader and genre hopping roots rock artist, Wily Bo Walker returns with the concluding part of his 2015 trilogy of solo albums. ‘Moon Over Indigo’ comes complete with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrews Sisters, blues, Captain Beefheart, Danny Flam, Dr John, Edgar Broughton, funk, George Clinton, Graham Hine, Howlin Wolf, interview, JOE COCKER, Kareña K, Moon Over Indigo, Nick Cave, review, rock, Scottish vocalist, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Tom Waits, vocals, Willie Dixon, Wily Bo Walker
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Album review: HEATHER CROSSE – Groovin’ At The Crosse Roads
Ruf [Release date 04.09.15] Heather Crosse is a bass playing soulful blues vocalist who recently introduced herself to European blues audiences on the back the 2015 Girls With Guitars/Blues Caravan tour. She draws on the rich … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Big Mamma Thornton, Blues Caravan, Dan Smith, funk, George Jackson, Girls With Guitars, Groovin At The Crosse Roads, Gwen McCrae, Heather Crosse, Heavy Suga & The Sweetones, Lee Williams, Louisiana blues, Mark Yacovone, Mississippi blues, review, soul
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Album review: CHANTEL McGREGOR – Lose Control
Tis Rock Music Ltd [Release date 09.10.15] For an artist who has made her mark by always being in control – she’s the songwriter, co-producer, guitarist, vocalist and is even responsible for the art work and photography of the CD … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, blues, Chantel McGregor, Coen Brothers, gothic, grunge, guitar, interview, Livingstone Brown, Lose Control, metal, review, rock, vocals
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Album review: BEAR SUCCESS – Brevira
Downport Records [Release date 01.07.15] New York instrumental outfit Bear Success describe themselves as new post-rock band outfit. Their debut album ‘Brevira’ comes with a Colin Fangicetto’s trippy art work and suitably places the emphasis on ambient moods, shifting rhythmic textures … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alex Roth, ambient, Bear Success, Brevira, Brian Eno, Colin Fangicetto, drone, indie, Jeff Morris, Jefferson Airplane, Kyle Gallagher, Post-rock, review, rock.metal, Spoon
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Album review: GERRY JABLONSKI AND THE ELECTRIC BAND – Trouble With The Blues
GJB [Release date 21.04.15] Anybody who has heard Gerry Jablonski’s ‘Slave To The Rhythm’ , the opening cut from their last ‘Twist Of Fate’ album will know the high standards the Scottish band set themselves. ‘Trouble With The Blues’ is … Continue reading
Album review: FULL TRUNK – Time For Us To Move
Full Trunk [Release date 04.05.15] Full Trunk is an interesting rock-blues outfit with a difference. They have a musical vision routed in early 70’s with occasional folky edges, and ‘Time For Us To Move’ has a refreshingly song driven quality, explored … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ariel Keshet, blues, Diana Golbi, folk, Full Trunk, Gal De Paz, Gal Nisman, Ofir Ventura, Pink Floyd, review, rock, Time for Us To Move, Yotam Elazari
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Album review: SOLOMON HICKS – Carrying On The Torch Of The Blues
Organic Recordings [Release date 08.06.15] 20 year old Solomon Hicks is a self proclaimed ‘jazz & blues innovator and keeper of the legacy’, who as his album title suggests is ‘Carrying On The Torch Of The Blues’. The guitar playing … Continue reading
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Tagged album, B.B. King, blues, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Miles, Carrying On The Torch Of The Blues, Freddie King, funk, Jake Clemons, Jeff Levine, Johnny Guitar Watson, R&B, review, Rick Brunermer, Solomon Hicks, Sonny Thompson, soul, Southside Johnny, Toby Scott, Willie Dixon
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Album review: SHWIZZ – My Good Side/My Bad Side
CD Baby [Release date 16.05.15] There’s something stirring on the Stateside prog rock scene, from the exciting new bands populating the festival circuit to the upswing in independent releases. Look no further than New Yorkers ShwizZ for further evidence. They … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrew Boxer, Andrew Boxer. Jethro Tull, Dream Theatre, electronica, Frank Coda, Frank Zappa, funk, Gianluca Trombetta, jazz, Jordan Rudess, Latino, Marryn Azoff, Matty Carl, metal, My Bad Side, My Good Side, Paul Hollands, Pink Floyd, prog, review, rock, Ryan Liatsis, ShwizZ, William Schmidt
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Album review: ANDREAS VOCKRODT – Adventures In Foggyland
7music (Membran) [Release date 13.03.15] From his opening shred on ‘21 is Only Half The Truth’, through several shifting rhythm patterns, an ever present melodic undertow and the gnawing riff conclusion of ‘Transition To Reality’, its obvious that German guitarist … Continue reading
Review: 4th EUROPEAN BLUES EXPO – Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, SW France, 11 July to 31 Aug 2015
The European blues scene is often over shadowed by its American counterpart and the 4th European Blues Expo gives you a clue as to why. For while the venue is refreshingly new and the photographic exhibition showcasing the work of … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th European Blues Expo, Aija Puurtinen, Alain Hiot, Candye Kane, Charlie Hussey, Chef Kivimäki, Drunk Lamb, European Blues Union, Fred Zicazic Delforge, Honey B & T-Bones, John Bull, Lefty Leppänen, Micke Björklöf, Norbert Schneide, Perti Nurmi, photo exhibition, SKAtomaTTO, The Travellin’ Brothers, Veronica Sbergia
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Album review: THORNE – At The Edge
CD Baby [Release date 20.06.15] Thorne is an international combo spanning three continents, whose members have never met. They are a prog and classic rock band with psychedelic edges, who met on line via the music collaboration site http://www.kompoz.com and … Continue reading
Album review: DAN DOIRON – Stand Back I Don’t Know How Loud This Thing Gets
Dan Doiron [Release Date 14.05.15] Every once in a while you stumble across a blues album that makes you wonder why you hadn’t come across the artist before. And with a title like ‘Stand Back I Don’t Know How Loud … Continue reading
Album review: FUSONIC – Fields Of No Man’s Land
DMI Records [Release Date 22.06.15] Fusonic is a Dutch symphonic prog rock band whose second album draws on the prog rock giants of the past and reaches for a new musical vocabulary for the present. The fact they don’t quite … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Camel, ECM, Eno, Fields of No Man's Land, Focus, Frank Zappa, Fusonic, Harry Ickelsheimer, Paul van der Feen, Pink Floyd, review, Ronald Hoogwourt, Teo
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Album review: ROBERT CRAY – 4 Nights of 40 Years Live
Mascot [Release date 04.09.15] In an age where volume, speed and showmanship dominate, Robert Cray is here to remind us of the value of heartfelt lyrics, a resonant tone and a soulful singer’s ability to explore every nuance of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 Nights of 40 Years Live, Albert Collins, album, B.B. King, blues, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, David Porter, Eric Clapton, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Isaac Hayes, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Louis Walker, Kim Wilson, Otis Rush, review, Richard Cousins, Robert Cray, Sam Cooke, soul, Steve Jordan, Willie Mitchell
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Album review: BRET COATS – Music For The People
Bret Coats [Release date 04.07.15] ‘Music For The People’ finds respected sideman Bret Coats in unfamiliar territory as a poacher turned gamekeeper. He cleverly draws on diverse, but related music styles to shape his own … Continue reading
Album review: ZOE SCHWARZ & BLUE COMMOTION – I’ll Be Your’s Tonight
33 Records [Release date 01.06.15] With 3 studio albums under their belt and a busy gig sheet, Zoe Schwarz & Blue Commotion have established themselves as a sophisticated blues band with their own unique selling point. … Continue reading
Gig review: HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE, LA BASTARD, GRYS GRYS – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 5 Aug 2015
There’s nothing quite like standing in the middle of a big French festival crowd while Welsh duo Henry’s Funeral Shoe light the fuse with an incendiary show that transforms a sense of anticipation into the second coming. Sandwiched between the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aled Clifford, Anna Lienhop, blues, Brennig Clifford, gig, Grys Grys, Henry's Funeral Shoe, Hound Dog Taylor, Jon Spencer Blues, Julia Watt, Keith Moon, La Bastard, Noel Gallagher, Relache Festival, review, rock, Rory Gallagher, The Dirt Bombs, The Pretty Things, Tom Waits
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Album review: CONSIDER THE SOURCE – World War Trio Parts II & III
Techne Records [Release date 02.06.15] Creative, inspirational and intense, but with enough subtlety and light and shade to tap into the true elements of Prog Rock, ‘World War Trio (Parts 11 & 111)’ is an essential purchase of all true … Continue reading
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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Gig review: ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD, CANDY KANE BAND, TEXAS CANNONBALLS – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 12 July 2015
As Candy Kane tells the crowd, the French have always supported music and the arts, and tonight it seems they are supporting an American blues export drive it. Texas Cannonballs do what it says on the tin. You can take … Continue reading
Album review: BACHMAN – Heavy Blues
Linus Entertainment [Release date 13.04.15] There’s no better time than in the autumn of your career to go back to the musical roots that inspired you in the first place, and so it is that the former Guess Who and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anna Ruddick, Bachman, Bachman Turner Overdrive, blues, Bo Diddley, Dale Anne Brendon, Guess Who, Heavy Blues, Jeff Healey, Joe Bonamassa, Keith Moon, Kevin Shirley, Luke Dourcet, Neil Young, Pete Townsend, Peter Frampton, Randy Bachman, review, Robert Randolph, rock, Scott Holiday
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Album review: DIXIE REPUBLIC – Redneck Way
Dixie Republic Music [Release date 30.01.15] Dixie Republic is a Nashville based trio with a big sound and a retro bent, who pen heartfelt songs that mirror both their culture and beliefs. However, once they stated their outlook as on … Continue reading
Album review: JEFF FETTERMAN – Bottle Full Of Blues
Green Tea Music [Release date 2015] Jeff Fetterman ticks all the right boxes on ‘Bottle Full Of Blues’, a rock solid blues-rock album that works hard to convince you of its stature. Jeff’s a tasty guitarist, decent songwriter who leads … Continue reading
