by BluesMattersOnline | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Blues Matters Remembers the Great Lead Belly Huddie William Ledbetter (January 20, 1889 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer, musician and songwriter notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the...
by BluesMattersOnline | Jan 16, 2021 | Album Reviews Various Artists, News, Reviews
This is not really a review, but an urging to you all to go to your nearest Sainsburys and search the shelves for this album while its still there!. Why? Because it is a 3 CD set of 60 songs, that I am sure most of you will have several already, but for £4.00, yes...
by BluesMattersOnline | Jan 16, 2021 | Album Reviews, Album Reviews T, News, Reviews
Following up on his highly regarded first album, here we have a quick taster of things to come with a three track EP featuring Fran Wood on vocals on track 3, which with track 1 is the second original on the EP, the second track being Marks take on Bob Dylan’s George...
by BluesMattersOnline | Jan 16, 2021 | Album Reviews, Album Reviews B, News, Reviews
Perhaps my favourite blues track of all time is Have You Ever Loved A Woman, first recorded by Freddie King in 1960 and subsequently taken to the next level by Slowhand. It’s usually credited to songwriter Billy Myles. So, I was taken aback to hear Charles Brown’s...
by BluesMattersOnline | Jan 16, 2021 | Album Reviews, Album Reviews H, Reviews
The career of Andrew ‘Smokey’ Hogg spanned two decades, and this two-CD set offers purchasers 56 of the 70 or so sides he is known to have cut for various labels. Arranged chronologically, you can hear how Hogg develops over the decades in question. Born a Texas farm...
