ALBUM REVIEW: DEGURUTIENI – DARK MONDO (Voodoo Rhythm Records)
The subtitle for the album is “frightening music for scared people” which is not a bad description for this weird but very unique release
ALBUM REVIEW: BRIGITTE DEMEYER – SEEKER (BDM Music)
It is one of those songs that you’ll find yourself asking if you’ve heard it before or if it’s Norah Jones or possibly Joni Mitchell, which in itself is very high praise.
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 native Scotland where he played the 1970s, bustling, influential folk-circuit, a club-scene that […]
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 Dennis has a distinctive style of delivery and that he writes […]
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 years ago, long before it met its inevitable demise, to […]
DUSTBOWL REVIVAL Is It You, Is It Me
Album Review for Dustbowl Revival – Is It You, Is It Me – Released Independently. Dustbowl Revival is a Los Angeles based band that really are breaking the rules in musical adaptation to the genre. They are constantly evolving as a group and on this thirteen track new release, there are so many layers and […]
DEEP BLUE SEA – Strange Ways
Album Review for Deep Blue Sea – Strange Ways – Released on Razor Edge Records – 2019. This is a four-piece band with an international flavour. Combining two guys and two girls the band cut a swathe through blues, rock, folk and Americana with ease. Rock Star Status opens proceedings as a hard rock/blues no […]
DAVID LUMSDEN & FRIENDS Hues of Blues
Album Review – David Lumsden & Friends – Hues Of Blues. Release – Independent From the explosive opening track, Earl Hooker’s You Got To Lose with its scorching guitar work its clear that this is going to be a barnstorming romp through blues and rock classics reinterpreted by experienced journeyman and now bandleader, David Lumsden. You […]
DENNIS JONES BAND – WE3 Live
Album Review for Dennis Jones Band – WE3 Live Released on Blue Rock Records The sixth album by this Los Angeles power trio was recorded at a gig in Montana and finds bluesman Dennis drawing on his previous albums for his material, plus finishing off the proceedings with a storming version of Albert King’s Born […]
DAMON FOWLER The Whiskey Bayou Session
Album Review for DAMON FOWLER – The Whiskey Bayou Session Released on Whiskey Bayou Records With a thumping rhythm section, funk blues guitar riffing, and inventive song craft The Whiskey Bayou Sessions opens at a furious pace and continues throughout its eleven songs. The seventh album for leader Fowler, finds him exploring rock and blues grooves […]
