Mike Bowden & The A 917 – Timepieces: Album review
This is a blues soundtrack to the summer – Mike Bowden & The A 917 – Timepieces: Album review
Bees Deluxe – Mouthful of Bees: Album Review
It’s all blues music, just with a different coating that makes this band stand out from the rest.
Review: CHARLES BROWN – The Collection 1947-57
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 1950 recording Did You Ever Love A Woman […]
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 genres, and themes, and his backing band is superb. JJ Johnson on drums […]
SUSAN SANTOS No U Turn
Album Review: Susan Santos – No U Turn – Released on TWH Records Susan Santos is an American blues musician who is now plying her trade in Europe, specifically Spain where this her fifth album release was recorded. Last year Susan was awarded the Best Musician Performance at the European Blues Awards, highlighting the pedigree […]
THE B.B. KING BLUES BAND – The Soul Of The King
Album Review: The B.B. King Blues Band – The Soul Of The King Released through Ruf Records – 11th May 2019 An assemblage of The B.B. King Blues Band members and guests celebrating the great man and his music. The Hoax, of course, celebrated Riley King a few years back on a terrific album and […]
BANJO BONES Ghostly Musings From The Delta
Album Review for Banjo Bones – Ghostly Musings From The Delta. Released on Boneyard Records. Banjo Bones is described as an exponent of “Americana” which in essence is an amalgam of Gospel, Folk, Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll, Country and Blues itself. That is an awful lot to live up to and at the […]
BIG HARP GEORGE Uptown Cool
Album Review for BIG HARP GEORGE – Uptown Cool Released on Blues Mountain Records This is my first experience of Big Harp George even though this is his third album and I have to say I’m extremely impressed. The album is interesting, well written and George has surrounded himself with musicians of the highest quality […]
BOBBY G PhD In The Blues
BOBBY G PhD IN THE BLUES Third Street Cigar Records Any band that can call its guitarist Larry “Entertainment” Gold is setting its bar pretty high. Not a problem for The Third Street Cigar Blues Band, who have all their musical abilities at a similarly excellent level. The arrangements are sublime, with lots of gentle […]
BIG JOE WILLIAMS Southside Blues, Recorded Live, July 1963
Big Joe Williams is one of the true pioneers of blues music from throughout the middle part of the last century. From humble beginnings as a busker to his success at Vocalion and Bluebird recording labels, he remains an inspiration to so many blues artists today. This rare but brilliantly captured performance at the Fickle […]
