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Album review: MEDICINE HEAD – Warriors Of Love
Pete Feenstra chatted to John Fiddler in September 2021 playing tracks from the new album ‘Warriors Of Love’. Living Room Records [Release date 03.09.21] ‘Warriors of Love’ is a career high for Medicine Head founder member, British Lions and Box … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Allman Brothers, Americana, Belinda Campbell, blues, Bob Dylan, Box of Frogs, British Lions, Chuck Leavell, Dave 'Bucket' Colwell, drums, Dzal Martin, folk, interview, Jack Kerouac, JJ Cale, John Bonham, John Fiddler, Led Zeppelin, Medicine Head, Morgan Fisher, Pete Hope Evans, Pink Floyd, review, rock, Roy Shipston, The Waterboys, Tom Petty, Warriors Of Love
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Album review: LYNYRD SKYNYRD – Nothing Comes Easy
Cherry Red Records (5CD Boxset) [Release date 26.02.21] Arguably, it’s only when your roots run as deep and as wide as Lynyrd Skynyrd’s that you achieve the kind of longevity that sees you still running hard today, 48 years, 15 … Continue reading
Album review: THE STEEL WOODS – Old News
Thirty Tigers [Release date 18.01.19] The Steel Woods released their debut album ‘Straw In The Wind’ in 2017. ‘Old News’ (for that retro feel it is also released as a double vinyl) sees the band’s main songwriters Wes Bayliss (vocals, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Allman Brothers, bluegrass, country, folk, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Old News, review, rock, southern rock, Steel Woods, Tom Petty
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DVD review: GREGG ALLMAN – Live On Stage In Nashville
Store For Music [Release date 14.09.18] This new live Gregg Allman DVD was originally filmed live at The Cannery in Nashville in November 1988 and finds the Southern rock legend resurgent following his recent hit with “I’m No Angel”. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Allman Brothers, blues, classic rock, DVD, Gregg Allman, Live on Stage In Nashville, review, rock, southern rock
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Gig review: DEVON ALLMAN – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 4 September 2018
The legacy of the Allman Brothers Band unfortunately now needs to be secured by other means with the pioneering southern rockers having called it a day in 2014 and further members, including Gregg Allman having sadly passed away since. Fortunately … Continue reading
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Tagged Allman Brothers, blues, country, Devon Allman, Dickey Betts, Duane Betts, gig, Gregg Allman, Islinton Academy, London, Old Grey Whistle Tes, review, rock
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Album review: COCO MONTOYA – Hard Truth
Alligator Records [Release date 24.03.17] Coco Montoya’s ‘Hard Truth’ is a career highlight for Coco Montoya. It’s an object lesson in old school dynamics and an album glued together by an essential flow. It’s given a contemporary sheen by drummer … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, The Best of 2017
Tagged Albert Collins, album, Alligator Records, Allman Brothers, Billy Watts, blues, Bob Glaub, Coco Montoya, Dave Steen, Deb Ryder, funk, Hard Truth, John Porter, Johnny Lee Schell, Lee Roy Parnell, Mike Finnigan, review, rock, Ronnie Earl, soul, Teresa James, Terry Wilson, Tony Braunagel, Warren Haynes
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Album review: QUINN SULLIVAN – Midnight Highway
Provogue [Release date 24.03.17] Best known as Buddy Guy’s protégé, 17 year old Quinn Sullivan’s third album ‘Midnight Highway’ takes a major step up in carving out his own niche in the crossover blues rock-world He’s got the chops, he’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Allman Brothers, blues, Buddy Guy, electro, funk, George Harrison, guitar, Jerry Garcia, Midnight Highway, Quinn Sullivan, review, Tom Hambridge
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Album review: ADAM ECKERLSEY BAND – The Second Album
Universal Australia [Release date 15.08.15] Although released some 18 months ago, this album seems to be getting a more belated push in Europe. The Adam Eckersley Band infuse harmony laden country rock with a southern rock feel in well crafted … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Eckersley Band, album, Allman Brothers, Australian, Benny Elliot, Black Stone Cherry, blues, Charlie Daniels, country, Dan Biederman, harmonies, Little Feat, Neil Young, Rascall Flatts, review, rock, Scotty Greenaway, soul, southern rock, The Second Album
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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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Album review: DUNCAN MORROW & THE DELTA CURVE – Coming Home
Duncan Morrow [Released 16.04.14] Duncan Morrow & The Delta Curve are clear about who they are musically and their role as an essential link to the present: “We are not a rock band trying to play hill country blues; we … Continue reading
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
Album review: SWEETKISS MOMMA – A Reckoning Is Coming
Self Release [Release date 01.03.14] The Tacoma based Sweetkiss Momma defy all expectations by being a Washington state based, 70’s influenced, self sufficient, southern influenced roots rock outfit. Musically schooled in a church background and rooted in gospel, they’ve stepped … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Arnold, album, Allman Brothers, Boz Scaggs, classic rock, Green On Red, Jeff Hamel, Jeremy Hamel, Jimmy Hughs, Ken Coomer, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Moreland & Arbuckle, review, Richard Dodd, Robert Plant, roots rock, southern rock, Sweetkiss Momma, TomPetty, Wilco
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Album review: ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD – Songs From The Road
Ruf [Release date 18.11.13] Royal Southern Brotherhood ‘Songs From the Road’ cements their place as one of the most essential live experiences in 2013. From their self titled debut album to their incendiary live shows, it’s been a long time … Continue reading
Album review: JOHN KLINE – Different Drummers
Wet Present Records [Release date 23.11.12] With the exception of the title track which features drummer Michael Arata, ‘Different Drummers’ is a completely self penned, engineered and produced album by multi instrumentalist John Kline. He leads on guitar, but plays … Continue reading