LOST IN PARIS BLUES BAND Lost In Paris Blues Band
Lost In Paris Blues Band Chuck a bunch of accomplished and compatible blues musos in a studio in Paris and what do you get? A collection of recordings like this. These are versions of mostly well-known songs by those who know how to play them. The band includes Robben Ford the blues master whose licks […]
THE MIKE ZITO BAND & THE BLUE HORIZON gig review
The Mike Zito Band by Rockrpix The Mike Zito Band and The Blue Horizon at the Boom Boom Club, Sutton, Friday 31st March 2017 Sleep was at an absolute premium last night as the adrenaline coursed through my veins and my senses were filled with the sights and sounds of another truly memorable gig at my […]
Gig Review: Eric Clapton Live In San Diego W/ Special Guest JJ Cale
Gig Review: Eric Clapton Live In San Diego W/ Special Guest JJ Cale by Pete Sargeant ERIC CLAPTON LIVE IN SAN DIEGO WITH SPECIAL GUEST JJ CALE Reprise/Bushbranch Records – Warners It’s May 1977, and already a renowned songwriter, Eric Clapton brings his band over from America to play in Victoria in London. The curtain […]
THE PRETTY THINGS Live At The 100 Club
THE PRETTY THINGS Live At The 100 Club LMS There are few people in the world that I look up to more than Pretty Things vocalist and songwriter Phil May and one of my proudest moments was opening for the Things at this very venue a few years ago. May calls me ‘Sargeant Major’, tongue […]
JON ALLEN Deep River
JON ALLEN Deep River Absolute via Universal There’s a brand of music pretty much spearheaded by Jon Allen that you might dub Anglicana…I say that tongue in cheek as I don’t care for labelling. But it embraces acoustic and folk elements, blues, early Rock ’n’ Roll, Celtic – especially as regards the major-scale melodies – […]
Walter Trout – Fire and Water
WALTER TROUT – FIRE AND WATER VERBALS: PETE SARGEANT VISUALS: JEFF KATZ Guitarist and singer WALTER TROUT is laid up in hospital in the States post-transplant, but spared our man a few moments to bring us up to date. His sense of humour is intact and far from feeling sorry for himself…..well, read on BM: […]
Web Exclusive: Sarah Gillespie
SARAH GILLESPIE Self-taught on guitar and able to work with a wide range of jazz, blues and world musicians, we corralled the singer – songwriter on the eve of several live shows Sarah is performing a full band show at The Albany Theatre, Deptford, London as part of The London Jazz Festival on Saturday 23rd […]
ROADHOUSE Gods & Highways & Old Guitars
Album Reviews: Roadhouse – Gods & Highways & Old Guitars That the sturdy blues/rock/Americana sound of London area band Roadhouse travels has been evidenced time and time again by the international airplay that the ensemble garners with each successive album release. Thus far this new set seems to be gathering traditional attention and then some. […]
Gig Review KING KING ‘LIVE” at the 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, London.
King King by Laurence Harvey King King ‘LIVE’ at the Shepherds Bush Empire, London 17th January 2018 It’s been a rocky road for King King in recent times. Led by one of the recently unlucky Nimmo brothers, Alan. Alan Nimmo by Laurence Harvey The last few months have also seen a change of keyboard player […]
Review: Beth Hart, Cambridge Corn Exchange 11/05/15
Review: Beth Hart Monday 11th May 2015 Corn Exchange, Cambridge, United Kingdom Photos: Laurence Harvey / Kieran White On a cloudy day in Kingston, Surrey my friends Jim and Kieran (both gifted photographers on the live music circuit) and I got in Jim’s car and set the Satellite Navigator to Cambridge (Cambridge in the United […]
