RUTHIE FOSTER Live At The Paramount – Interview & Review

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In conversation with Ruthie Foster by Colin Campbell. Three times Grammy Nominee Ruthie Foster brings her Big Band – and her Glam – to go Live At The Paramount, out on 15th May 2020 on Blue Corn Music. Austin, Texas – For her latest album, Ruthie Foster decided she wanted to change things up, to step out, and […]

THE JAMES HUNTER SIX – Nick of Time

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Album Review for The James Hunter Six – Nick of Time Released on Daptone Records Album number eight from the British soul singer who’s doing very nicely over there in the home of soul music. Unless you count the four records he made when he was still Howlin’ Wilf from Essex. Yes, it’s a long […]

DUSTBOWL REVIVAL Is It You, Is It Me

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Album Review for Dustbowl Revival – Is It You, Is It Me – Released Independently. Dustbowl Revival is a Los Angeles based band that really are breaking the rules in musical adaptation to the genre. They are constantly evolving as a group and on this thirteen track new release, there are so many layers and […]

JIM ROBERTS & THE RESONANTS – A Month of Sundays

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Album Review for Jim Roberts & the Resonants – A Month of Sundays. Jim Roberts is no newcomer to the blues world. In a previous incarnation, he was the true mastermind behind the JRHB band, a US West Coast outfit that exploded onto the scene with the memorably excellent eponymous ‘Devil on a Dirt Road’ […]

RICHARD RAY FARRELL – Three Pints of Gin

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Album Review for Richard Ray Farrell – Three Pints of Gin – Released on Blue Beet Records. ‘Three Pints of Gin’ is the first new release from US bluesman, Richard Ray Farrell, in a few years now. Farrell is mostly based in Spain these days, but this latest release was mastered, produced and recorded with […]

JIMMY ‘DUCK’ HOLMES – Cypress Grove

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Album Review – Jimmy ‘Duck’ Holmes – Cypress Grove – Released via East Eye Sound. 72-year-old Bentonia, Mississippi bluesman back with a new album produced by Dan Auerbach (Black Keys) with an 11-song set of raw Juke-Joint blues. First up is Holmes singing and playing solo on his variation of Skip James’ classic Hard Times. […]

RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS Contemporary

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Album Review – RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS – Contemporary – Released on Alligator Records. I work alongside an insufferably pompous experimental rock fan, who comes out with tosh like ‘all blues sounds the same to me anyway’ every time I argue that Einstürzende Neubauten have to be the most boring band in the world. Hearing […]

JAN JAMES Justify

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JAN JAMES – Justify – Released on Blues Palace Records. Raised in Michigan where she earned her first accolade as Best Female Vocalist, Jan and her songwriter-guitarist partner Craig Calvert moved to Chicago and played the famous Legends and House Of Blues venues. She was initially signed up by the prestigious Provogue record label and […]

JOE BROWN 60th Anniversary Box Set

Album Review for Joe Brown – 60th Anniversary Box Set – Released via Absolute/Universal Records. Joe Brown is a hugely important, significant musician in the UK, having worked at the very top of the musical world for over sixty years, gaining countless plaudits and in general being viewed very much a musician’s musician. As a youngster, Brown worked […]

THE LAST INTERNATIONALE Soul On Fire

Album Review for The Last Internationale – Soul On Fire – Released on Elephant Army, Firebrand Records. New York Blues-Punk-Rockers The Last Internationale have returned with their sophomore album, Soul On Fire. Written in the aftermath of a truly tumultuous point in their lives and careers, Delila Paz (bass and vocals), and Edgey Pires (guitar) cite Tom Morello as giving […]