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Ruf Records artist: Jane Lee Hooker - Spiritus - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Spiritus, from Jane Lee Hooker and it's smoking! Opening with How Ya Doin?, Hooker opens up where they left off on their hot release, No B! back…
Continue Reading »VizzTone Label Group artist: Little G Weevil - Something Poppin' - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Something Poppin', from Little G Weevil and it's really different. Opening with high energy rocker, Here I Come Knocking, Little G leads the way on vocal and…
Continue Reading »Ruf Records artist: Ghalia & Mama's Boys - Let The Demons Out - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Let The Demons Out, from Ghalia & Mama's Boys. Yes, this is Johnny Mastro's Mama's Boys. Opening with 4AM Fried Chicken, a driving rock n roller, Ghalia…
Continue Reading »Nina Simone's first recordings, 'Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Sessions,' coming Feb. 9 from BMG.
REDISCOVER THE REMARKABLE FIRST RECORDINGS OF ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE NINA SIMONE ON MOOD INDIGO: THE COMPLETE BETHLEHEM SESSIONS 2018 marks the 60th anniversary of these recordings made for Simone’s landmark debut album Little Girl…
Continue Reading »Announcing the 1st Annual Temecula Blues Festival
Multiple BMA Nominee, vocalist Tad Robinson, headlines 1st Annual Temecula Blues Festival. (TEMECULA, CA) - The burgeoning SoCal Inland Empire finally has it's very own Blues Festival with the advent of the 1st Annual Temecula Blues Festival, Civic…
Continue Reading »Billy Thompson - BT - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, BT, from Billy Thompson and it's terrific! Opening with Burn It Down, Bernadette, Billy is smoking right out of the can with an extremely funky rocker. leading…
Continue Reading »Jim Shaneberger Band - Above and Below - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Above and Below, from the Jim Shaneberger Band and it's quite good. Opening with Jimi Hendrix flavored rocker, My Way has a classic Stone Free feel but…
Continue Reading »Orleans Records artist: Rockie Charles - Born For You
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Born For You, by Rockie Charles and I really like it. Opening with title track, Born For You, Rockie Charles quickly establishes that he is going his…
Continue Reading »Janiva Magness' 'Love is An Army'
GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER JANIVA MAGNESS REACHES A NEW CREATIVE APEX WITH THE POWERFUL, GENRE-SPANNING LOVE IS AN ARMY She’s reunited with producer Dave Darling for her 14th album, which fuses the classic sounds of Memphis and Nashville with a…
Continue Reading »The Jimmy Zee Band - What you see is what you get. - New release review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, What you see is what you get, from The Jimmy Zee Band and it's a solid rocker with diverse flavors. Opening with title track, What you see…
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