ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Brighter Days
Album Review: ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND – Brighter Days – Released on Provogue/Mascot Label. It feels like Robert Randolph has gone back to his musical roots on this outstanding new release. It is produced by Dave Cobb, who has produced lots of artists such as Chris Stapleton. Robert brings his family again, adding […]
THE KATE LUSH BAND Headlines
Album Review: THE KATE LUSH BAND – Headlines – Released Independently. Australian born Kate Lush leads the band on vocals, but this is definitely not just her with backing musicians. This album highlights that they are very much a band unit with additional horns along with Dave Hole playing slide guitar on a couple of […]
MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS I’m Gonna Play The Blues
Album Review; Magic Slim And The Teardrops – I’m Gonna Play The Blues – Released on Wolf Records. One of the foremost blues legends recorded live in Vienna in 2010, Magic Slim (Morris Holt) performs in one of his last ever gigs. Come On In This House is the opener and straight away you get the […]
EMMA WILSON Live & Acoustic
Album Review: Emma Wilson – Live & Acoustic – Released Independently. Emma is a Teesside based vocalist of some note who will be familiar among festival and gig-goers as she has fronted her own Emma Wilson Blues Band and shared stages with many other top-level performers. On this mini-album, she gets to showcase the purity […]
CHRIS TAVENER Bottle It Up
Album Review: Chris Tavener – Bottle It Up – Released – Independently. Ok, this is a strange one. I’ve never been sent a Single for review before and certainly never one like this. I think the first thing I want and need to say is that I totally support any effort being made by artists, sportsmen […]
ADAM HOLT Kind Of Blues
Album Review for Adam Holt – Kind of Blues released on Zenith Records. Ten songs, nine of which are original, from Alabama’s fine roots and blues performer Adam Holt. The opening track, Mr. Morning Drive, is pure Americana, showcasing that sunny enthusiasm of the US morning radio DJ. The song has an interesting back-story. It […]
SAM LEWIS Loversity
Sam Lewis – LOVERSITY. Released on Loversity Records. Nashville based singer, songwriter guitarist Lewis has been dubbed ‘a modern Townes Van Zandt’, and this latest project heralded as ‘the place where feel-good music meets vital social commentary.’ Sam’s third album comprises 12 original songs and one apiece written by John Mann and Loudon Wainwright. A country groove […]
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 […]
JOCK’S JUKE JOINT Various Artists
Jock’s Juke Joint – Various Artists – Independent Release. Jock’s Juke Joint Volume 4 along with the previous three albums in the series further highlights the quality, richness and diversity of contemporary blues in Scotland. Most of the 18 artists showcased here, whether relative novices, veterans or somewhere in between, compare favourably with the finest blues […]
BANJO BONES Ghostly Musings From The Delta
Album Review for Banjo Bones – Ghostly Musings From The Delta. Released on Boneyard Records. Banjo Bones is described as an exponent of “Americana” which in essence is an amalgam of Gospel, Folk, Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll, Country and Blues itself. That is an awful lot to live up to and at the […]
