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Gary Moore releases new album: How Blue Can You Get
Provogue will be releasing a new album, featuring previously unreleased material, from the iconic blues-rock master Gary Moore. How Blue Can You Get will be released on 30 April. This month marks ten years since the tragic passing of the iconic Northern Irish musician...
ALBUM REVIEW: DAVE RILEY & BOB CORRITORE – TRAVELIN’ THE DIRT ROAD (South West Musical Arts Foundation)
Bob was born in Chicago 1956 picking up the harp aged 12 having heard Muddy Waters on the radio. Studied all the great players before he moved to Pheonix in 1981 where he has basically remained. Dave was born in Hattiesburg Mississippi and following a stint in Chicago...
ALBUM REVIEW: BILLY J – RISE ABOVE (Independent Release)
This is Billy J’s debut album on which he has drawn together a superb pedigree studio band that has Dave Fields at the helm producing and playing slide guitar and piano. Additionally, there is a rhythm section that includes the late Yonrico Scott, Charlie Wooten and...
ALBUM REVIEW: JOHNNY NICHOLAS – MISTAKEN IDENTITY (Valcourre Records)
Regular readers will be aware that I am particularly fond of artists who set their stall out from track one, and Johnny Nicholas comes out of the traps running with She Stoke My Mojo, a cautionary tale about getting mixed up with a woman who has shady talents in...
ALBUM REVIEW: JOHNNY IGUANA – JOHNNY IGUANA’S CHICAGO SPECTACULAR (Delmark Records)
Johnny Iguana a.k.a Brian Berkowitz has been around the blues music scene for a while. He used to play piano for Junior Wells Here he shares his passion for this genre with an assembled all-star band, including John Primer, Billy Flynn, Bob Margolin and Billy Boy...
ALBUM REVIEW: BEN HARPER – WINTER IS FOR LOVERS (Reservoir Music)
An album of short and sweet instrumentals written for solo Lap Steel Guitar may not be an album for partying to, but there are times when music like this has a place in any record collection. With a soundscape that takes as much from the work of Brian Eno, Erik Satie...
ALBUM REVIEW: Kevin Coyne & Brendan Croker – Life is Almost Wonderful
Those of a certain age and a penchant for nostalgia will remember the somewhat quirky, poetic songs delivered by Kevin Coyne, an English musician, singer, composer, filmmaker, and a writer of lyrics, stories, and poems. He was a John Peel favourite and did several...
New music video from Layla Zoe – Nowhere Left to Go
It has been a while since Canada’s “darling of the blues” released a new music video, but coupled with the release of the title track from her new album “Nowhere left to go”, the self-produced new video (directed by Christiaan Kanis) was worth the wait in 2020. Filmed...
Alligator Records 50th Anniversary Streaming Concert Set For March 13, 2021 Premiere
Alligator Records 50th Anniversary Streaming Concert Set For March 13, 2021 Governors State University Center For Performing Arts Hosts "Sweet Home Chicago -- An Online Blues Celebration" Featuring Blues Stars Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues, Shemekia...
BLUES MASTER CHRIS CAIN TO RELEASE “RAISIN’ CAIN”, ON APRIL 9
World-renowned blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Chris Cain will release his Alligator Records debut album, Raisin' Cain, on Friday, April 9, 2021.The album features 12 originals, each showcasing Cain's fiery musicianship and deft, memorable songwriting skills....
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