STEPHANIE MANNS Fool Like Me
STEPHANIE MANNS Fool Like Me. Independent. This Glaswegian singer/songwriter has been making waves with her brand of folk and blues-laced Americana, and I am pretty sure that this attention will only increase with the release of this excellent CD, the follow-up to 2014’s Come Closer. Her assured, sweet but powerful vocals deliver songs of love […]
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES Terraplane
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES Terraplane. New West Records. This is Steve’s sixteenth album and he has focused solely on the blues, this decision came about whilst he was touring around Europe alone and armed with the skeletal ideas for numbers in his head; they became fully developed whilst in Nashville’s famous House of The […]
STEVE HILL Solo Recordings Volume 1 / Solo Recordings Volume 1 1/2
STEVE HILL Solo Recordings Volume 1 / Solo Recordings Volume 1 1/2. No Label Records. Montreal bluesman Hill won Best Album Of The Year Award back in 2012 with this raw one man band effort containing 12 tracks of rough and ready, bold and mostly self-penned blues. Hill sings, plays guitar, bass drum, hi-hat, shakers […]
STEVE LURY & ANDRES ROOTS Live In Lerwick
STEVE LURY & ANDRES ROOTS Live In Lerwick. Tartan Blues. I have often been asked, mainly by classical and jazz buffs, why I like to listen to different artists take on Blues classics and I usually respond with something along the lines of “been to see Beethoven/Miles lately?” – it is all about how different […]
THE SIMON KENNEDY BAND Make Up Your Mind
THE SIMON KENNEDY BAND Make Up Your Mind. LOJO Records. Simon is one of those rare people in music nowadays who want not only to play the blues but, they also want to pass on the message of the Gospel without making the music sound ‘preachy’ no, he simply wants you to enjoy the music […]
THE SNYDERS Growing Pains
THE SNYDERS Growing Pains. Independent Release. The Snyders are a family trio from Indiana comprising of father and lead bandsman previously having had several solo releases under name of Southside Denny Snyder this is their second release and comprises also on electric bass guitar and vocals his daughter Lorrie and finally brother Philip on drums […]
SHANE DWIGHT This House
SHANE DWIGHT This House Rock House 12 tracks from a very experienced Blues rock guitarist, this being his 9th album release. Shane has written all of the tracks and co-written 2 of them with Bekka Bramlett who sings with him on the album. This is another album that is just right from the word go, […]
SAM COOKE Bring It On Home To Me 1954-1962
SAM COOKE Bring It On Home To Me 1954-1962 Hoodoo Records Another definitive Sam Cooke odyssey comprising fifty songs on this re-mastered original recording. This wonderful 2CD edition includes all the hits he recorded for different labels, such as Specialty, Keen, SAR and RCA-Victor, between 1954 and 1962. It contains the finest moments and most […]
