JIMMY CARTER – Blind Faith – album review
JIMMY CARTER – Blind Faith – album review
Eric Clapton – The Lady in the Balcony: Lockdown Sessions: CD/DVD review
With ‘Lady in the Balcony’ Clapton settles in a Sussex country house with a few of his band to record an eclectic range of modern blues material
THE CASH BOX KINGS Hail To The Kings!
Album Review: THE CASH BOX KINGS – Hail To The Kings! – Released on Alligator Records. Although this album is dedicated to Matt ‘’Guitar‘’ Murphy, Otis Rush and Eddy Clearwater this is by no means a tribute album. All thirteen songs are original and penned by Joe Nosek and Oscar Wilson primarily. Ain’t No Fun […]
CHRIS TAVENER Bottle It Up
Album Review: Chris Tavener – Bottle It Up – Released – Independently. Ok, this is a strange one. I’ve never been sent a Single for review before and certainly never one like this. I think the first thing I want and need to say is that I totally support any effort being made by artists, sportsmen […]
CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS + LUCINDA WILLIAMS Vanished Gardens
Album Review for CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS + LUCINDA WILLIAMS – Vanished Gardens Release on Blue Note There are times like this when it soon becomes clear that whilst not a blues album in the traditional sense, the music is so inspirational and original that you want to hear it over and over again […]
CHARLEY PATON Down The Dirt Road Blues 1929 – 1934
Charley Patton Down At The Dirt Road Blues 1929-1934 Charley Patton is arguably THE inspiration for the blues we all love today. Charley’s repertoire has provided material for artists from Canned Heat Pony Blues to Joe Bonamassa High Water Everywhere and listening to these two discs you can imagine many more artists who were […]
CHRISTIAN BLEIMING Boogie-Woogie With A Touch Of Blues
CHRISTIAN BLEIMING Boogie-Woogie With A Touch Of Blues. Acoustic Music Records. This is the ninth release by acclaimed German pianist hailing from the back street down town honky tonk area of Cologne and is affectionately known as the Westfaila boogie king. This is a seventeen track release of old classic blues numbers such as the […]
THE CITY BOYS ALLSTARS – Blinded By The Night
THE CITY BOYS ALLSTARS Blinded By The Night Independent Allstars is a bit of a claim for any band, but if anyone can justify it, then it’s The City Boys Allstars. After all, any blues fan with even a cursory knowledge of the genre will recognise the names “Blue Lou” Marini and Tom “Bones” Malone. Yes, […]
CHUCK E. WEISS Red Beans And Weiss
CHUCK E. WEISS Red Beans And Weiss Anti There’s no doubt Mr Weiss’s name is more famous than his music, he can thank Rickie Lee Jones for that courtesy of her hit Chuck E’s In Love way back in 1979. Also, there’s the fact that Weiss has not been exactly prolific, releasing only five albums […]
CHUCK BERRY Greatest Hits
CHUCK BERRY Greatest Hits Chess CDX 2 CD set I first heard Chuck Berry in the early hours of one morning in 1957 as his pile-driving guitar cut through the static on Europe’s American Forces Network radio. At school later that day, the conversation buzzed around the yard. Jeesus! Did you hear that? What was […]
