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 […]

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 […]

STACY MITCHHART Live My Life

STACY MITCHHART Live My Life. Dr Sam Records. The talented songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Stacy Mitchhart presents a series of twelve tracks, of largely original pieces, two instrumentals and choice covers on Live My Life. Leading on a range of guitars, lap steel, cigar box guitars, and hand percussion, this album sounds like Seasick Steve, […]

SHIP OF FOOLS Sea Of Rocks

SHIP OF FOOLS Sea Of Rocks. Independent. Blues from the Delta is what we have come to expect, but not from the Rhone delta in France! 13 tracks all originals from what appears to be a 4 or 5 piece with additional guests as required. This is the first release from the band and if […]

SARAH DUNN BAND You Or The Whiskey

SARAH DUNN BAND You Or The Whiskey. Audacity Records. Twenty-five year old Sarah was born in Monet, Barry County, Missouri; as far back as she can remember her home was filled with music, mostly provided by her grandfather playing dextrously on the fiddle also, music by Bob Wills, Ella Fitzgerald and Tracey Lawrence, filled her […]

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 […]