LADY A – Satisfyin’ – album review
I don’t know how the trademark battle with the artists formerly known as Lady Antebellum is going but I do know who I would rather listen to.
LIBBY RAE WATSON & BERT DEIVERT She Shimmy
Album Review for Libby Rae Watson & Bert Deivert – She Shimmy – Released via Hard Danger Records. Now here’s an interesting album, a collaboration between two mighty fine acoustic blues musicians. Deivert hails from Boston, Mass, but has now lived in Sweden for almost forty years with many albums behind him including a few […]
LUCAS HANEMAN EXPRESS – Catch The Westbound
Album Review for Lucas Haneman Express – Catch The Westbound, Released Independently. Another Canadian based band the Lucas Haneman Express features two lead singers, Lucas who also plays guitar and Megan Laurence. They are supported by Jeff Asselin and Martin Newman on drums and bass. The additional vocals of Megan certainly add an extra dimension to […]
LONNIE MACK Roadhouses & Dancehalls
Album Review for LONNIE MACK – Roadhouses & Dancehalls Released on RetroWorld Even back in the days long ago when most of the blues press focussed almost exclusively on African-American artists, there was a small group of white artists who would command respect even from the purists – the likes of Bobby Charles, Billy Lee […]
LITTLE BOYS BLUE W/ KID MEMPHIS Hard Blue Space
LITTLE BOYS BLUE WITH KID MEMPHIS HARD BLUE SPACE Vizztone For an R’n’B band led by a harp player, Little Boys Blue have a remarkably mellow sound – don’t expect to hear JD Taylor start blowing up a typhoon anywhere on this album. From Jackson, Tennessee, they have a soulful, understated style, at times lightly […]
LITTLE HURRICANE Same Sun Same Moon
San Diego’s Little Hurricane formed in 2010 when Celeste “C.C.” Spina, drums, and vocals advertised on Craigslist and met studio engineer Anthony “tone” Catalano Guitar and Vocals. 2011 saw the duo release Homewrecker, which won three San Diego Music Awards. Including album of the year. A covers album Stay Classy followed in 2013 and another […]
LOL GOODMAN BAND Just Wanna Say…a little bit more
One of the UK’s national blues treasures, the Lol Goodman Band have been around for nearly 20 years in various formations. The lineup on Just Wanna Say…..a little bit more, is Lol Goodman on guitar and vocals, James Horrocks on bass, Jon Firth and drums and Phil Barrett on the finest instrument known to man […]
LISA LYSTAM FAMILY BAND Give You Everything
Well, we have featured the band in an interview and on the cover of issue 94 already and it would appear that the review was missed for which we must apologise because this is a terrific CD. Jefferson magazine called her; “the new Swedish sensation” and on hearing, you certainly understand why. For a first […]
LOST IN PARIS BLUES BAND Lost In Paris Blues Band
Lost In Paris Blues Band Chuck a bunch of accomplished and compatible blues musos in a studio in Paris and what do you get? A collection of recordings like this. These are versions of mostly well-known songs by those who know how to play them. The band includes Robben Ford the blues master whose licks […]
LURRIE BELL Can’t Shake This Feeling
Lurrie Bell – Can’t Shake This Feeling Down home Chicago style blues playing as it should be Lurrie Bell has it all his life has been drenched in the blues and very blessed. Already this new release has been Grammy nominated and like his previous recording Blues In My Soul he has kept the winning […]
