Tag Archives: Tinsley Ellis

Album review: TINSLEY ELLIS – Ice Cream In Hell

Posted on April 11, 2020 by petefeenstra

Alligator Records [Release date 31.01.20] ‘Ice Cream In Hell’ is a tasteful album that reaffirms Tinsley Ellis’s contemporary blues-rock credentials. He counterbalances a melodic bent with stinging guitar lines and relationship narratives. It’s an album shot through with generic songwriting … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIKE ZITO AND FRIENDS – Rock ‘N’ Roll: A Tribute To Chuck Berry

Posted on October 14, 2019 by petefeenstra

Ruf Records [Release date 01.11.19] ‘Mike Zito And Friends – Rock ‘N’ Roll: A Tribute To Chuck Berry’ is a pit stop, or a pause for breathe in a career that has brought him critical acclaim as both a musician … Continue reading →

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Album review: TINSLEY ELLIS – Winning Hand

Posted on February 17, 2018 by petefeenstra

Alligator Records [Release date 12.01.18] Tinsley Ellis has long been a dependable roadhouse rocke who is equally happy tearing things up as he is searching for an emotive connection. Following in the slipstream of his last CD the soulful ‘Red … Continue reading →

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Album review: ELI COOK – Primitive Son

Posted on June 11, 2014 by petefeenstra

Cleopatra [Release date 19.05.14] You can’t knock LA troubadour Eli Cook for trying something new. He attempts to fuse old school blues values with grungy influenced alt.rock. He does so with the help of guest appearances from the likes of … Continue reading →