Tag Archives: soul

Album review: GEORGE BENSON – Walking To New Orleans

Posted on March 27, 2019 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 26.04.19] George Benson’s ‘Walking To New Orleans’ continues where his last Nat King Cole covers album left off 3 years ago. It’s not so much a leap of faith , as simply discovering whether his timeless vocal … Continue reading →

Album review: REESE WYNANS AND FRIENDS – Sweet Release

Posted on February 18, 2019 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 01.03.19] It’s hard to dislike a guest filled covers album that beats with a southern heart, be it Texas rocking blues, white boy soul meets Muscle Shoals, or out and out Southern Rock. But it takes the … Continue reading →

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Album review: TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – Signs

Posted on February 13, 2019 by petefeenstra

Concord [Release date 15.02.19] ‘Signs’ is the Tedeschi Trucks Band’s 6th album and it finds them unwittingly embracing middle age with mature songs, deep emotion and intricate playing. What it lacks is a sense of equilibrium, as there’s surfeit of … Continue reading →

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Album review: MUSCLE SHOALS – Small Town Big Sound

Posted on February 9, 2019 by petefeenstra

BMG Soundstage [Release date 28.09.18] ‘Small Town Big Sound’ is an ambitious attempt to update the famous Southern Muscle Shoals sound for the new generation. A well received documentary led to this all star affair, on a musical meeting of … Continue reading →

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Album review: CLIMAX BLUES BAND – Hands Of Time

Posted on February 8, 2019 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date 05.01.19] The Climax Blues Band moniker has existed since 1972 when after 5 years as a blues-rock band they quietly dropped the Chicago part of their name to reflect a broadening of their musical palette. The … Continue reading →

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Album review: ERIC GALES – The Bookends

Posted on January 17, 2019 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 08.02.19] Back in his psychedelic rock days, I always used to think that it was Eric Gales’s second solo that defined both the song itself and the guitarist’s signature style. Just like a boxer he bobbed, weaved … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIKE SPONZA – Made In The Sixties

Posted on January 15, 2019 by petefeenstra

In January 2019 Pete Feenstra chatted to Mike Sponza and played tracks from the album ‘Made In The Sixties’ First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 20 January 2019 Epops Music [Release date 22.06.18] “Made In The Sixties” is … Continue reading →

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EP review: STEVE BALSAMO – Circle The Wagons

Posted on January 6, 2019 by jason

www.stevebalsamomusic.com Steve Balsamo came to my musical attention via the country rockers the Storys, who are well worth checking out and sadly another of those bands that had heaps of talent, yet never got the musical success they deserved. He … Continue reading →

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Album review: IAN PARKER – Spoonful Of Gold (Blues For Willie)

Posted on December 7, 2018 by petefeenstra

Eye Pea Records (Release date 23.10.17) It’s over 15 years since Ian Parker originally signed to Ruf records and confounded his fans and probably his record company too by cutting a deeply introspective album that became a best seller. Since … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: BEN DE LA COUR, SAM LEWIS

Posted on November 20, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

BEN DE LA COUR The High Cost Of Living Strange Flour Sack Cape Records [Release date 06.04.18] Having trodden a path from NYC to Europe, and then back to LA, to New Orleans and now (yes, somewhat predictably it would … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: THE WILLOWS, ME AND MY FRIENDS, JEROME MAZZA

Posted on November 12, 2018 by jason

THE WILLOWS Through the Wild [Release date 30.11.18] ‘Through the Wild’ is the third album from the Cambridge folk band the Willows, who have picked up praise from the likes of Bob Harris and Mike Harding. Listening to this album … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALBIE DONNELLY’S SUPERCHARGE – Get Hip

Posted on November 4, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

3MS Music [Release date 18.01.19] On a number of occasions back in the early 1970s, fellow scribe David Randall and I would venture to the Sportsman Bar in Liverpool, often post gig, to catch Albie Donnelly’s Supercharge. The band – … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBBEN FORD – Purple House

Posted on October 29, 2018 by petefeenstra

Ear MUSIC [Release date 26.10.18] There’s a lot to be said for a blues oriented guitarist willing to explore new directions deep into a lengthy career that has straddled rock-blues, jazz and fusion. Robben Ford makes much of the fact … Continue reading →

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Album review: TOM KILLNER – Get Back Up

Posted on October 24, 2018 by petefeenstra

OTE [Release date 26.10.18] Imagine an endless library of rock-blues CD’s, or perhaps a laptop full of similar audio files that are all of a certain standard and leave you scratching your head as you listen for something that really … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBREAKERS – Face To Face

Posted on October 16, 2018 by jason

www.therainbreakers.com [Release date 31.08.18] The Shrewsbury based Rainbreakers have now recorded their debut album, after releasing a couple of well received EPs and touring with the likes of Corky Laing (Mountain) and played a handful of festivals. Comprised of Ben Edwards … Continue reading →

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Album review: SARI SCHORR – Never Say Never

Posted on August 31, 2018 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Sari Schorr for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 24 March 2019. Manhaton Records [Release date o5.10.18] Sari Schorr returns with ‘Never Say Never’, an album that goes a long way to establishing her own … Continue reading →

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Album review: CONNOR SELBY – Made Up My Mind

Posted on August 22, 2018 by petefeenstra

3Ms Records [Release date 07.09.18] With a soulful wash of blues, r&b, funk and nascent songcraft, Connor Selby works hard to pull together an album that slowly, but surely unveils his own imprint He’s a white boy soul singer with … Continue reading →

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Album review: DANA FUCHS – Love Lives On

Posted on August 21, 2018 by petefeenstra

Get Along Records [Release date 14.05.18] Having established herself as a Janis Joplin influenced rock chick with emotive autobiographical lyrics, Dana Fuchs celebrates the launch of her own Get Along Records with a surprisingly soulful album built on the conceptual … Continue reading →

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Album review: TAS CRU – Memphis Song

Posted on August 12, 2018 by petefeenstra

Subcat Records [Release date 01.06.18] Tas Cru is a blues artist and an observatory story teller for whom the combination of songcraft, feel and an underlying groove are sacrosanct. He also leaves plenty of room for quirky lyrics, ironic humour … Continue reading →

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Album review: BIG APPLE BLUES – Manhattan Alley

Posted on August 2, 2018 by petefeenstra

On Sunday 5 August in his weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Pete Feenstra chatted to Admir Hadzic from Big Apple Blues, playing tracks from ‘Manhattan Alley’ Stone Tone Records [Release date 19.04.18] Big Apple Blues is a … Continue reading →

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Album review: BEN POOLE – Anytime You Need Me

Posted on July 26, 2018 by petefeenstra

Manhaton Records [Release date 14.09.18] ‘Anytime You Need Me’ is a very accessible, funk laden album with one eye firmly on the mainstream. From the hook led title track, through 10 groove laden cuts which come to rest on the … Continue reading →

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Gig review: CORNBURY FESTIVAL – The Great Tew Estate, Oxfordhire, 14 July, 2018

Posted on July 16, 2018 by jason

After 14 years and appearances by some of the world’s biggest names in music the Cornbury Music Festival held its ‘last ever’ showcase of music and performances in July last year. However, barely three months after many fans asked for it … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAMSEY LEWIS – Funky Serenity, Solar Wind, Sun Goddess (reissue)

Posted on June 9, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

RAMSEY LEWIS - Funky Serenity (reissues)

BGO Records www.bgo-records.com [Release date 18.05.18] I immediately recognised three of the albums on this 2-disc four album compilation. In fact that’s the great thing about BGO releases. They tend to bring together a series of albums spanning a couple … Continue reading →

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Album review: NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN – Looking At You…, The Nature Of Things, Divine Emotion (reissue)

Posted on June 9, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN - Looking At You, Looking At Me (reissues)

BGO [Release date 18.05.18] Back in the late 1970s/early 1980s it wasn’t unusual for fusion funk bands to be drummer-led. We might recall Maurice White in Earth, Wind & Fire but then of course, there was Lenny White and Harvey … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues | Tagged album, Angela Bofill, Divine Emotion, funk, fusion, Jazz rock, Looking At Me, Looking At You, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Narada Michael Walden, Patti Austin, reissue, review, soul, soul jazz, The Nature Of Things | Leave a comment

Album review: VICTOR WAINRIGHT AND THE TRAIN – s/t

Posted on June 7, 2018 by petefeenstra

Ruf Records GmbH [Release date 09.03.18] Victor Wainwright is a musician in motion. Where once he led the ‘Wildroots’ and briefly settled on ‘Southern Hospitality’, he’s spreading his musical roots again with ‘Victor Wainright And the Train’. Newly signed to … Continue reading →