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Album review: ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION – Chameleon
33 Records [Release date 03.04.20] ‘Chameleon’ is Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion’s 6th and best release so far. It’s a superbly crafted contemporary blues album with a dozen self penned track and a hidden bonus, full of musical diversity, imaginative arrangements, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Chameleon, Eartha Kitt, funk, fusion, Ian Ellis Patrick Hayes, Jimmy Smith, John Hiseman, Latino, Nina Simone, Paul Robinson, Pete Whittaker, review, Rob Koral, rock, rumba, shuffle, Steely Dan, vocal, Zoe Schwarz, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion
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Album review: ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION – This Is The Life I Choose
33 Jazz [Release date 10.03.17] From the way she attacks the opening note of ‘Hold On’, to a sultry Nina Simone style finish on ‘Feeling Good’, Zoe Schwarz dominates a diverse album rooted in the blues but not bound by … Continue reading
Gig review: SHAKURA S’AIDA, The Howlin Blues Trio – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 20 July 2016
In an age of instant celebrity where the mundane too often passes for the exceptional, the Canadian double Maple Blues award winner Shakura S’Aida (pronounced Shack-oora Sigh-ee-da), is here to remind us of the true merits of a soulful blues … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, funk, gig, gospel, harp, Jean-Noël Hereve, Jeff Thomas, Keb Mo, Long John Baldry, Nina Simone, Paige Armstrong, Relache Festival, review, Shakura S'Aida, soul, The Doobie Brothers, The Howlin Blues trio, Tina Turner, vocals
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Album review: NO SINNER – Boo Hoo Hoo
Provogue [Release date 14.01.14] ‘Boo Hoo Hoo’ is an impressive debut album from Canadian rock-blues band No Sinner. The Vancouver based quartet readily venture beyond their core genres to explore rock, blues, soul, jazz, garage rock and jam band sensibilities, … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Boo Hoo Hoo, Canada, Canadian, Cannonball Adderley, Colleen Rennison, Eric Campbell, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, No Sinner, Paul Kossoff, Provogue, review, rock, vocal
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Interview with AYNSLEY LISTER – 29 Aug 2013
Aynsley Lister is back with his first studio album for 4 years. It’s suitably titled ‘Home’, because it’s his debut recording on his own Straight Talkin’ Records label. It also features his current tour band and is overseen by his … Continue reading