BM Blues News
Redfish to release live EP: ‘Songs from the Fire Station’
Words: Colin Campbell Pictures: SuppliedOn Valentine’s Day, 14th February, UK-based rhythm and blues band Redfish release 'Songs from the Fire Station’. This is a new four track E.P. comprising four fan favourites. It was recorded live and without overdubs at the...
REVIEW: DUDLEY TAFT – COSMIC RADIO (American Blues Artist Group)
Half a century after his death, Jimi Hendrix is still inspiring grown men to pick up Stratocasters and record albums that clearly bear his imprint. But much in music has happened since, as evidenced by Seattle-based Dudley Taft. This guy has the master’s chops, while...
REVIEW: KATARINA PEJAK – OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (Independent Release)
With the plaudits and adulations for her album Roads That Cross, still resonating, it was the right time to release some more material. Constrained by the present pandemic, Katarina seems to have contemplated her own evolutionary musical journey. She toured recently...
REVIEW: MICK KOLASSA – IF YOU CAN’T BE GOOD, BE GOOD AT IT! (Endless Blues Records)
Memphis-based songwriter Mick Kolassa weighs in with a fine set of southern soul-soaked blues, which stand out by dint of wittily observed lyrics that centre on the genre’s traditional concerns. The title track offers some bad boy rules for living, with a horn section...
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...
Jed Potts & The Hillman Hunters new single release: Swashbucklin’
WORDS: Colin Campbell PICS: Allan FergusonOn Monday the 8th of February Jed Potts & the Hillman Hunters released the single Swashbucklin’ - the second of a new series of singles focusing exclusively on original material. Reassembling the same team responsible...
Brazilian blues band Bebop Blues debuts their new record, “Stray Cat”
Last year the quartet launched a daring album that walks the fine line between modern blues music, jazz and funk. When asked about the album, guitarist and songwriter Fernando Poiana says that “the record is full of stories of people who try to bend the circumstances...
Jane Lee Hooker release their new single “Jericho”
Jane Lee Hooker exploded out of New York City in 2015, and won acclaim in the US and abroad with their debut album of revved-up blues covers “No B!”. The band toured extensively and played to packed houses across the US and Europe, including Germany, Norway, Sweden,...
REMEMBERING Sherman Robertson – 1948-2021
REMEMBERING Sherman Robertson 1948-2021 Born October 27, 1948, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States) was an American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer, who has been described as "one part zydeco, one part swamp blues, one part electric blues and one part...
Arielle announces new album PLUS signature guitar with a major icon of British music
Arielle announces her ninth album ‘Analog Girl In A Digital World’ released Friday 7th May 2021. The album is available to pre-order on CD, vinyl and digital. The first single “Peace Of Mind” will be released on Friday 12th February. The second single “Inside &...
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