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Sugar Brown - Sugar Brown's Sad Day - New Release Review
I just received the newest release (March 4, 2014), Sugar Brown's Sad Day, from Sugar Brown and I really like it. Opening with Elmore James' Fishman's Blues, SB and Bharath Rajakumar on guitar capture a bit of the…
Continue Reading »DeChamp Records artist: JJ Thames - Tell You What I Know - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Tell You What I Know, from JJ Thames and it's excellent. The opener is Souled Out, a rich mixture of soul and spiritual with Thames rich lead vocals backed by warm harmonic…
Continue Reading »Train - Solomon King - New Release Review
I just received the latest release, Train, from Solomon King and it's actually quite good. Although not a simple blues release, it like most has blues elements. Opening with Baby Does Me Good with a Bo Diddley beat,…
Continue Reading »Montrose Records artist: Annika Chambers & The Houston All-Stars - Making My Mark - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Making My Mark, by Annika Chambers & The Houston All-Stars and it's got a lot of strengths. Opening with Move, Chambers does just that. A funky soul track. finds Chambers with a…
Continue Reading »Blues Root Productions: Debbie Bond & the Trudats - That Thing Called Love - New Release Review
I just received the newest release (January 21, 2014), That Thing Called Love, by Debbie Bond and the Trudats. Opening with You're The Kind Of Trouble, Bond immediately captures your attention with a tight blues based pop track…
Continue Reading »DeChamp Records artist: Eddie Cotton - Here I Come - New Release Review
I just received the newest release (January 21, 2014), Here I Come, from Eddie Cotton and it's a hot mix of Blues, Soul and R&B. Opening with the title track, Here I Come, Cotton wastes no time letting…
Continue Reading »Sky King - Morose Tales From The Left Coast - New Release Review
I just received the most recent release, Morose Tales From The Left Coast, by Sky King. A loose blues party rock band, Sky King is Garth Farkas and Walter Morosko, both guitar players and bass player Larry "Fuzzy"…
Continue Reading »Lead Foot Music - Mark T Small - Smokin' Blues - New Release Review
I just received the newest release (January 28, 2014), Smokin' Blues, from Mark T Small and it really is smokin! Opening with Blind Boy Fuller's guitar boogie, Step It Up And Go, Small is cooking right out of…
Continue Reading »Terry Gillespie - Bluesoul - New release review
From the opening Elmore James guitar riff Terry Gillespie's new release, Bluesoul, is a lot of fun. The Devil Likes To Win is a smooth little shuffle track, Gillespie exhibiting Bob Dylan style vocals and clean guitar riffs…
Continue Reading »The Mighty Bosscats - Boiling Point - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Boiling Point, from The Mighty Bosscats. Opening with I Need A Friend, having a sloitary Dire Straits sound is a likely radio play track for this release. Boiling Point is an easy…
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