Album Reviews
SID WHELAN – Waiting For Payday
Album Review for Sid Whelan - Waitin’ For Payday - Released via Presidio. New York-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Sid Whelan has a varied background that includes associations and working with the likes of acoustic blues guitar ace Woody Mann, country and...
ROBBIE REAY – Up and Down
Album Review for Robbie Reay's new album - Up and Down - Released Independently. Loving the vibe on this new release from Robbie Reay, ten original songs influenced heavily by an authentic delta blues inflexion. There are different styles, blues, roots, even folk...
LIBBY RAE WATSON & BERT DEIVERT She Shimmy
Album Review for Libby Rae Watson & Bert Deivert - She Shimmy - Released via Hard Danger Records. Now here’s an interesting album, a collaboration between two mighty fine acoustic blues musicians. Deivert hails from Boston, Mass, but has now lived in Sweden for...
DIK BANOVICH In Transit
Album Review for Dik Banovich - In Transit - Released Independently. Banovich is one of those journeyman musicians with a near-baffling history that includes birth in Scotland followed by many years growing up in US blues hot-spot Chicago before returning to his...
KERN PRATT – Greenville Ms, …What About You?
Album Review for Kern Pratt - Greenville MS, ...What About You? - Released on Endless Blues Records. With more than sixteen musicians playing on the 10 songs on the album, there is a mismatch of styles and no real musical cohesion, but it is still an excellent and...
DENNIS SIGGERY & NEIL SADLER – Half & Half
Album Review for Dennis Siggery & Neil Sadler - Half & Half - Released via Southside Music. Dennis and Neil have a history of working together going back many years mostly on several Eric Street Band releases. Anyone familiar with that band will know that...
8 BALL AITKEN – Swamp Blues 2
Album Review for 8 Ball Aitken - Swamp Blues 2 - Released Independently. This is the Australian flame-haired swamp blues rocker’s eleventh album to date and follows on from the success of his last release, Swamp Blues. Thirteen songs, all originals with differing...
DAVID KNOPFLER Last Train Leaving
Album Review for David Knopfler - Last Train Leaving - Released via Paris Records. David Knopfler is a UK musician who probably needs little introduction. A founding member of the legendary rock outfit, Dire Straits, he left his brother, Mark, and the band behind many...
ALLEN FINNEY – In A Blue Frame
Album Review for Allen Finney - In A Blue Frame - Released by MoJo Music, Stockholm. Allen Finney may not be a name in the blues that jars any immediate recollections, however, he is a staple and living legend in Sweden. An American ex-pat originally from Michigan,...
SEAN TAYLOR – Live In London
Album Review for Sean Taylor - Live In London - Released Independently via Sean Taylor Songs. The intimate, iconic venue of Green Note in Camden provides the setting for this live album which represents the pinnacle of Sean’s musical achievements after two decades as...
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