REVIEW: MICK KOLASSA – IF YOU CAN’T BE GOOD, BE GOOD AT IT! (Endless Blues Records)
REVIEW: Johny Burgin Live (Delmark Records)
In these pandemic days we have all suffered from the shortage of live music and those whose weekly tonic is to see some blues played in a small and sweaty club, packed far too tightly for decency and with a band who play together for the fun far more than the money have suffered most […]
REVIEW – Alastair Greene: The New World Blues
Whiskey Bayou Records Nine of the eleven tracks on this album are written by Greene himself, with the other two co-written with Tab Benoit who joins the band as musician and producer. Living Today opens the album with a thundering drum beat and a heavy dose of the blues to accompany it. Raspy bluesy guitar […]
REVIEW: JOANNA CONNOR, 4801 SOUTH INDIA AVENUE
IMAGE BY: Maryam-Wilcher This is Joanna Connor’s fourteenth album. It follows on from her highly acclaimed release Rise. Here she has got in tow with producer and acclaimed guitarist Joe Bonamassa. He assembled the stellar band for Joanna that has Josh Smith on guitar throughout. Her version of Josh’s It’s My Time, the finale;is spoken […]
Review: MARK T – Circle of Sounds
Following up on his highly regarded first album, here we have a quick taster of things to come with a three track EP featuring Fran Wood on vocals on track 3, which with track 1 is the second original on the EP, the second track being Marks take on Bob Dylan’s George Jackson. Somehow, this […]
Review: CHARLES BROWN – The Collection 1947-57
Perhaps my favourite blues track of all time is Have You Ever Loved A Woman, first recorded by Freddie King in 1960 and subsequently taken to the next level by Slowhand. It’s usually credited to songwriter Billy Myles. So, I was taken aback to hear Charles Brown’s 1950 recording Did You Ever Love A Woman […]
Review: ANDREW “Smokey” HOGG – The Collection 1937-57
REVIEW: Emma Wilson, Loveheart
Emma Wilson, like many other emerging artists, was just getting into her stride, making a name for herself and starting to get regular gigs when Covid struck. Emma freely admits how much she misses gigs , but has been hard at work honing her skills and writing material for her next album, Siren, which should […]
REVIEW: JAMES WILLIAMSON & DENIZ TEK: TWO TO ONE
Sometimes you have to just put your hand up and say sorry but I have never heard of your previous band. So I do just that in respect of Deniz Tek out of Australia and the band in question Radio Birdman. On the other hand James Williamson is well known as a member of proto […]
CRISTINA VANE – OLD PLAYED NEW
Self Release Cristina originally hails from Turin, but to listen to her smooth vocals and authentic steel resonator guitar you could be forgiven for thinking she was born and bred somewhere in the Mississippi Delta. Cristina had been based in Venice Beach, California, but has recently moved to Nashville. An extremely accomplished musician, having studied […]