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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
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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: BILLY WALTON BAND – Wish For What You Want

self release [Release date August 2014] Things may come and things may go but there’s always a better than average chance that the New Jersey shore line will periodically produce a band worth spending your leisure time on. The Billy … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy Walton, Billy Walton Band, blues, funk, Ian Gray, Jimmy Hendrix, John D'Angelo, John Porter, Mike Finnigan, Randy Friel, review, Robert Cray, rock, Rolling Stones, Sean marks, soul, Southside Johnny, Tony Braunagel, William Paris, Wish For What You Want
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Album review: CURTIS SALGADO – Soul Shot

Alligator Records Curtis Salgado is the latest in a raft of American blues artists who are re-exploring their soul roots. And he’s well qualified to do so with a career that has included stints with Robert Cray and The Roomful … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alligator Records, blues, Curtis Salgado, Jimmy Hughes, Joe Sublet, Johnny Guitar Watson, Mike Finnigan, review, Robert Cray, Roomful of Blues, soul, Soul Shot, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, The Blues Brothers, The Nighthawks, Tony Braunagel, vocalist
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