Album Reviews
ALBUM REVIEW: Kevin Coyne & Brendan Croker – Life is Almost Wonderful
Those of a certain age and a penchant for nostalgia will remember the somewhat quirky, poetic songs delivered by Kevin Coyne, an English musician, singer, composer, filmmaker, and a writer of lyrics, stories, and poems. He was a John Peel favourite and did several...
ALBUM REVIEW: VARIOUS ARTISTS – THIS IS FAME 1964 – 1968 (Kent Soul)
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, still a place of pilgrimage for many artists looking to grab a piece of southern music action. Well, FAME Records (written that way, by the way: an acronym for Florence, Alabama Musical Enterprises) was founded by Rick Hall, and although his...
ALBUM REVIEW: ARTUR MENEZES – FADING AWAY (Vizztone Records)
Fading Away is Brazilian guitarist Artur Menezes’ fourth album and his second since his relocation to LA in 2016. In 2018 he won the Best Guitarist Award at the IBC’s, as well as coming third in the Band category. Produced by Josh Smith and featuring both Josh and Joe...
ALBUM REVIEW: THE WAYNE RIKER GATHERING – BLUES LIGHTNING (Independent Release)
Wayne Riker has dedicated most of his professional life to the Guitar, particularly the Blues element, he has written books and produced Teaching guides on the subject and has come to it with plenty of distinction having started playing in bands in the late sixties in...
ALBUM REVIEW: Uncut – Blue (Klonosphere Records)
Uncut are a powerful blues rock trio from France. They comprise of ;Alexy Sertillange on vocals and baritone guitar, Enzo Alfano on lead guitar and on drums, Pablo Fathi. They have their roots in old school rock. Their live shows are a thing to behold full on...
REVIEW: DUDLEY TAFT – COSMIC RADIO (American Blues Artist Group)
Half a century after his death, Jimi Hendrix is still inspiring grown men to pick up Stratocasters and record albums that clearly bear his imprint. But much in music has happened since, as evidenced by Seattle-based Dudley Taft. This guy has the master’s chops, while...
REVIEW: KATARINA PEJAK – OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (Independent Release)
With the plaudits and adulations for her album Roads That Cross, still resonating, it was the right time to release some more material. Constrained by the present pandemic, Katarina seems to have contemplated her own evolutionary musical journey. She toured recently...
REVIEW: MICK KOLASSA – IF YOU CAN’T BE GOOD, BE GOOD AT IT! (Endless Blues Records)
Memphis-based songwriter Mick Kolassa weighs in with a fine set of southern soul-soaked blues, which stand out by dint of wittily observed lyrics that centre on the genre’s traditional concerns. The title track offers some bad boy rules for living, with a horn section...
REVIEW: Johny Burgin Live (Delmark Records)
In these pandemic days we have all suffered from the shortage of live music and those whose weekly tonic is to see some blues played in a small and sweaty club, packed far too tightly for decency and with a band who play together for the fun far more than the money...
REVIEW – Alastair Greene: The New World Blues
Whiskey Bayou Records Nine of the eleven tracks on this album are written by Greene himself, with the other two co-written with Tab Benoit who joins the band as musician and producer. Living Today opens the album with a thundering drum beat and a heavy dose of the...
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