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Album review: CACTUS – Evil Is Going On (The Atco Albums 1970-72, 8 CDs)

Posted on October 24, 2022 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date 28.10.22] Quite some Cactus boxset. Cherry Red have repackaged all of the Blues Rock legends’ releases into a sturdy 8 CD box. It contains the 4 studio albums recorded 1972-74, and 4 albums’ worth of live … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIKE ZITO – Resurrection

Posted on July 12, 2021 by petefeenstra

Gulf Coast Records And Hillside Global [Release date 16.07.21] It is 13 years since Mike Zito cut his first major label album, the David Z produced ‘Home’. 7 collaborations later, the duo reunite again on a project that sounds as … Continue reading →

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Album review: FRANKIE MILLER – Once In A Blue Moon, High Life and The Rock (remasters with bonus tracks)

Posted on June 1, 2021 by brianmc

Rock Candy Records [release date 7.05.21] Glasgow singer/songwriter/actor, Frankie Miller always seemed to have more success when other people sang the stuff he had written. And no matter the critical acclaim his own releases enjoyed, reviews always seemed to end … Continue reading →

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Album review: SASS JORDAN – Rebel Moon Blues

Posted on April 14, 2020 by petefeenstra

Stony Plain [Release date 31.01.20] Canadian blues -rock vocalist Sass Jordan’s ‘Rebel Moon Blues’ is a relatively speaking short album which despite some rather obvious song choices still rocks on several levels. She transforms 7 blues covers and one original … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALBERT CUMMINGS – Believe

Posted on January 28, 2020 by petefeenstra

Provogue Records [Release date 14.02.19] ‘Believe’ is Albert Cummings debut album for Provogue records. It’s a surprisingly understated affair full of quality musicianship, but a few songs short of being a definitive album. Indeed, some of the best moments are … Continue reading →

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Album review: BILLY PRICE– Dog Eat Dog

Posted on December 24, 2019 by petefeenstra

Gulf Coast records [Release date 02.08.19] Billy Price’s ‘Dog Eat Dog’ is a well crafted slice of contemporary soul. This is the peerless soul singer’s 17th album and he surrounds himself with an intuitive band, a killer horn section and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: DOUG MACLEOD –The Authorized Compact Biography by Vincent Abbate

Posted on April 30, 2019 by petefeenstra

Create Space Independent Publishing Platform [Published 18.09.18] Vicente Abbate’s 143 page paperback ‘Doug MacLeod: The Authorized Compact Biography’, takes a unique approach in his appreciation of his blues hero. Abbate dives straight into the first time he came across the … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE BETTERDAYS – Backlash

Posted on September 7, 2018 by petefeenstra

NTB Records [Release date 14.09.18] The Betterdays were the South West’s leading British r&b band in the mid-60′s. They paid their dues, did the mileage, filled the clubs and enthusiastically played a compelling mixture of rhythm and blues, all neatly … Continue reading →

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Album review: WILY BO WALKER – Moon Over Indigo

Posted on September 17, 2015 by petefeenstra

Mescal Canyon [Release date 25.09.15] Blues award nominee, prodigious songwriter, multi band leader and genre hopping roots rock artist, Wily Bo Walker returns with the concluding part of his 2015 trilogy of solo albums. ‘Moon Over Indigo’ comes complete with … Continue reading →

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Album review: SOLOMON HICKS – Carrying On The Torch Of The Blues

Posted on September 3, 2015 by petefeenstra

Organic Recordings [Release date 08.06.15] 20 year old Solomon Hicks is a self proclaimed ‘jazz & blues innovator and keeper of the legacy’, who as his album title suggests is ‘Carrying On The Torch Of The Blues’. The guitar playing … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GIRLS WITH GUITARS 2015 – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 25 April 2015

Posted on April 29, 2015 by petefeenstra

What a difference three months touring makes. Last February the 2015 Blues Caravan/Girls With Guitars made a splash at the Skegness Rock & Blues Festival, but only got about 45 minutes to show what they can do. A few months … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROGER CHAPMAN – Peaceology

Posted on November 3, 2014 by petefeenstra

Hypertension [Release date 24.11.14] ‘Peaceology’ is a successfully re-mastered version of the 2007 Americana influenced album ‘One More Time For Peace’. It comes with a new title, new art work, three new tracks and a completely different running order that … Continue reading →

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Album review: LUCKY PETERSON – I’m Back Again

Posted on August 29, 2014 by petefeenstra

Blues Boulevard [Released 08.07.14] Lucky Peterson’s ‘I’m Back Again’ is an 11 track live CD, culled from the mammoth 3 3DVD/2 CD ‘Live at the 55 Arts Club in Berlin’ box set. For those who can’t face such a huge … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOE LOUIS WALKER – Hornet’s Nest

Posted on March 5, 2014 by petefeenstra

Alligator Records [Release date 25.02.14] Joe Louis Walker rips into the incendiary title track of ‘Hornet’s Nest’ with a riff heavy piece that suggests it’s a kick ass rocking album. Truth is, it’s a more adventurous album than that, but … Continue reading →

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Album review: OMAR DYKES – Runnin’ With The Wolf

Posted on July 15, 2013 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 09.07.13] ‘Runnin’ With The Wolf’ is pretty much in keeping with Omar Dykes’s new found role as an interpreter of the blues. It’s a role far removed from his 90’s heyday with Provogue records, the label he … Continue reading →