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Specialty Records artist: Little Richard - Directly From My Heart: The Best Of the Specialty & Vee-Jay Years - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Directly From My Heart: The Best of the Specialty & Vee-Jay Years from Little Richard and it's a blast! This 3CD set features 64 tracks spanning the mid fifties through the mid…
Continue Reading »Music Theories Recordings artist: Neal Schon - Vortex - New Release Review
I just received the newest release (June 23, 2015), Vortex, from Neal Schon and it's quite good! Opening with Miles Beyond it is immediately recognized that you are listening to something different. With it's heavy bottom, almost like…
Continue Reading »WaxEater Records artist: JC Crossfire - AWOL Blues - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, AWOL Blues, from JC Crossfire and it's pretty straightforward and bluesy. Opening with shuffle track, It Is What It Is, Crossfire on vocal and his notoriously snarling guitar tone is joined by…
Continue Reading »13th Almost Annual Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival - Concert Review - Stilladog - Guest writer
This year’s festival started off under partly cloudy skies with Patty Reese rendering an acapella version of the Star Spangled Banner. As she sang you could gaze out over the Chesapeake Bay and imagine, as I did, the…
Continue Reading »Michele D'Amour and the Love Dealers - Ante Up - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Ante Up from Michele D'Amour and the Love Dealers and it's lively. Opening with She's Got Sway, a groovy rocker, D'Amour takes the lead on vocal with Greg Dolan on guitar, Patrick…
Continue Reading »Blue Groove artists: Hans Theessink & Terry Evans - True & Blue - New Release review
I just received the newest release, True & Blue, from Hans Theessink & Terry Evans and it handles the roots of blues with modern sophistication. Opening with Demons, an easy paced country blues, Theessink leads the way on…
Continue Reading »JL Fulks - Live in Studio 101/Heading Back To Memphis - New Release Reviews
I just received two new EP releases, Live in Studio 101 and Heading Back To Memphis from JL Fulks and they are quite good. Live in Studio 101 opens with shuffle track, Before I Go Insane. With it's…
Continue Reading »Butter & Bacon Records artist: Voo Davis - Midnight Mist - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Midnight Mist, from Voo Davis and it's hitting on all 12 cylinders! Opening with When I Get Back To You, Davis is on track and laying down an easy to love melody…
Continue Reading »Painted Rock Records artist: Amy Hart - Live At The Mayne Stage - New release review
I just received the newest release, Live At The Mayne Stage, from Amy Hart and it a soft and rocky blues performance. Opening with In The Zone, Amy plays guitar and performs lead vocals backed by Wally Hoffmann…
Continue Reading »VizzTone Label Group artists: The Texas Horns - Blues Gotta Holda Me - New Release review
I just received the newest release (May 19, 2015), Blues Gotta Holda Me, from the Texas Horns and it's a hot one! Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff, John Mills and Al Gomez kick out the windows on opener track Soul…
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