by BMonline | Jan 16, 2021 | Album Reviews, Album Reviews B, News, Reviews
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...
by BMonline | Jan 16, 2021 | Album Reviews, Album Reviews H, Reviews
The career of Andrew ‘Smokey’ Hogg spanned two decades, and this two-CD set offers purchasers 56 of the 70 or so sides he is known to have cut for various labels. Arranged chronologically, you can hear how Hogg develops over the decades in question. Born a Texas farm...
by BMmanager | Jan 8, 2021 | Album Reviews, News
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...
by BMmanager | Dec 2, 2020 | Album Reviews, News
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...
by BMonline | Nov 2, 2020 | Album Reviews, News
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,...
by BMmanager | Oct 18, 2020 | Album Reviews, News
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? MARCUS LAZARUS This appear to be the 6th album from Marcus, who despite the convincing sounds on the CD, currently is based in Watford! That never stopped Elton John did it? 11 tracks, 10 of which are self-penned by Marcus and shared credits with...
