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Gig review: 2016 ROADSTARS – 02 ACADEMY, Islington, London, 7 December 2016

The 2016 Roadstars triumvirate is a triumph of musical hunger and passion over cultural and musical diversity. Mancunian powerhouse Federal Charm have a punk like fervour that taps into classic rock sensibilities with an occasional bluesy undertow. Aaron Keylock is … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Roadstars, Aaron Keylock, Adam Abrashoff, blues, Cream, Eddie Hinton, Elad Shapiro, Fatal Charm, Federal Charm, funk, George Clinton, gig, guitars, JD Simo, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Keith Richard, Paul Bowden, Paul Bowe, psychedelia, review, rock, Rory Gallagher, Simo, Sonny Greaves, soul
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Album review: SIMO – Let Love Show The Way

Provogue [Release date 26.01.16] Sometimes a new band needs a relevant context to make a splash. Happily for Simo, they seems to be in the right place at the right time to explode on to the contemporary blues-rock scene with … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Abrashoff, album, Allman Brothers, blues, Cream, Elad Shapiro, Grateful Dead, guitar, JD Simo, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Mountain, Peter Green, psychedelia, review, Simo, soul, Ten Years After, Zeppelin
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Gig review: SIMO – St.Moritz Club, London, 23 November 2015

Sometimes you just have to dip into the past to make sense of the present and such is the case with alt. Nahville’s psychedelic tinged improvisational jam trio Simo. Their intense improvisational spirit draws from a wide variety of classic … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Abrashoff, blues, Cream, Elad Shapiro, Fleetwood Mac, gig, J.D.Simo, JOE COCKER, Leo Lyons, Let Love Show The Way, Mike Bloomfield, Mountain, Nashville, Peter Green, Phish, Pink Floyd, psychedelia, review, rock, Simo, soul, Ten Years After, The Allman Brothers. Grateful Dead, Umphrey McGhee, Vanilla Fudge, Widespread Panic
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