Album Reviews…
DUSTBOWL REVIVAL Is It You, Is It Me
Album Review for Dustbowl Revival - Is It You, Is It Me - Released Independently. Dustbowl Revival is a Los Angeles based band that really are breaking the rules in musical adaptation to the genre. They are constantly evolving as a group and on this thirteen track new...
JIM ROBERTS & THE RESONANTS – A Month of Sundays
Album Review for Jim Roberts & the Resonants - A Month of Sundays. Jim Roberts is no newcomer to the blues world. In a previous incarnation, he was the true mastermind behind the JRHB band, a US West Coast outfit that exploded onto the scene with the memorably...
RICHARD RAY FARRELL – Three Pints of Gin
Album Review for Richard Ray Farrell - Three Pints of Gin - Released on Blue Beet Records. ‘Three Pints of Gin’ is the first new release from US bluesman, Richard Ray Farrell, in a few years now. Farrell is mostly based in Spain these days, but this latest release was...
JIMMY ‘DUCK’ HOLMES – Cypress Grove
Album Review - Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes - Cypress Grove - Released via East Eye Sound. 72-year-old Bentonia, Mississippi bluesman back with a new album produced by Dan Auerbach (Black Keys) with an 11-song set of raw Juke-Joint blues. First up is Holmes singing and playing...
RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS Contemporary
Album Review - RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS - Contemporary - Released on Alligator Records. I work alongside an insufferably pompous experimental rock fan, who comes out with tosh like ‘all blues sounds the same to me anyway’ every time I argue that Einstürzende...
JAN JAMES Justify
JAN JAMES - Justify - Released on Blues Palace Records. Raised in Michigan where she earned her first accolade as Best Female Vocalist, Jan and her songwriter-guitarist partner Craig Calvert moved to Chicago and played the famous Legends and House Of Blues venues. She...
JOE BROWN 60th Anniversary Box Set
Album Review for Joe Brown - 60th Anniversary Box Set - Released via Absolute/Universal Records. Joe Brown is a hugely important, significant musician in the UK, having worked at the very top of the musical world for over sixty years, gaining countless plaudits and in...
THE LAST INTERNATIONALE Soul On Fire
Album Review for The Last Internationale - Soul On Fire - Released on Elephant Army, Firebrand Records. New York Blues-Punk-Rockers The Last Internationale have returned with their sophomore album, Soul On Fire. Written in the aftermath of a truly tumultuous point in...
GHALIA Mississippi Blend
Album Review for Ghalia - Mississippi Blend - Released on Ruf Records. Brussels born Ghalia Volt has brought out a second release following on from the success of the mostly New Orleans tinged “Let The Demons Out”. For Mississippi Blend, she delves into the Deep...
25 YEARS ANNIVERSARY Ruf Records Various Artists
Album Review for Ruf Records - 25 Years Anniversary, released through Ruf Records. I’m not a great fan of label samplers these days. Back in the day labels like Island, Atlantic and CBS produced some real classics. Anyone remember Nice Enough To Eat? But of late they...
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