GHALIA Mississippi Blend
Album Review for Ghalia – Mississippi Blend – Released on Ruf Records. Brussels born Ghalia Volt has brought out a second release following on from the success of the mostly New Orleans tinged “Let The Demons Out”. For Mississippi Blend, she delves into the Deep South. Here she got in touch with some star performers […]
GRACIE CURRAN Come Undone
Album Review for Gracie Curran’s Come Undone. Released via Vizztone. This is Gracie Curran’s second album but follows a five-year hiatus since her debut which garnered a BMA nomination for Best Debut. Now based in Memphis, Gracie wrote all the material and recorded in Memphis and Florida, involving several local musicians such as Memphians, Victor […]
GREG COULSON What’s New
Album Review for GREG COULSON – What’s New? Released Independently Greg Coulson is a very talented multi-instrumentalist, who has performed at the Great British Rock and Blues Festival, the Top Secret Blues Festival and HRH Blues IV. His debut album What’s New? is a collection of nine self-penned tracks, covering a variety of styles, which […]
GIULIA MILLANTA Conversation With A Ghost
GIULIA MILLANTA CONVERSATION WITH A GHOST Ugly Cat Music This is the sixth album release by Giulia. A very thought-provoking album that is so dependent on the message conveyed through the lyrics. The opening track Blinded by The Sun is melancholy, to say the least, but keeping within the inner workings of the mind in […]
GEOFF CARNE AND THE HATZ 4 Play
GEOFF CARNE AND THE HATZ 4 PLAY Advision UK Geoff Carne has been around for a while – he had a solo album out in 2014 – and Mick Hatz released an album Get Close in 2016 but this is the first release from the pair as a band. And it isn’t bad. I didn’t […]
GEORGIE BONDS Stepping Into Time
GEORGIE BONDS Stepping Into Time. 8th Train Records. This album opens with a short a Capella version of St James Infirmary which immediately establishes Bonds’ credentials as a tough, gritty soulful and rich baritone vocalist with plenty of depth and emotion. Bonds is from Philadelphia and spent fifteen year’s working with horses before a friend […]
GARY HARVEY BAND Ghost Dance
GARY HARVEY BAND Ghost Dance. Independent. New Zealand blues can sometimes be a contradiction in terms, maybe because I can’t recall too many bands/artists coming from that part of the world. Anything missing from the spirit of its North American home, you might think is going to lack much of what has made the blues […]
GUITAR SLIM I Got Sumpin For You 1953-1958 Recordings
GUITAR SLIM I Got Sumpin For You 1953-1958 Recordings Hoodoo Records Guitar Slim was born Edward Jones in Mississippi in 1926 but throughout his short life Eddie was known by the stage name of Guitar Slim although just to confuse matters he was not alone in using this name during the period, this CD package […]
GRAHAM DEE The Thirteenth Man
GRAHAM DEE The Thirteenth Man Tin Kan Records Graham Dee has been around a long time, mainly in the Northern soul scene and this album is Blues but in the soul genre. His guitar work is on the money and sets a nice groove but I found it a bit samey. Graham’s forte is that […]
