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Reference Recordings artist: Doug MacLeod - Exactly Like This - New Release review
I just received the newest release (March 10, 2015), Exactly Like This, from Doug MacLeod and it's quite good. Opening with piano boogie, Rock It Til The Cows Come Home, MacLeod on guitar and vocal is joined by…
Continue Reading »Real Gone Music: Apollo Saturday Night/Saturday Night At The Uptown - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Apollo Saturday Night/Saturday Night At The Uptown, from Real Gone Records and it's a real R&B party. Originally released on Atlantic in 1964, these two original LP's are combined onto a single…
Continue Reading »20 Years and Counting: Larry "Fuzzy" Knight's Blowin' Smoke Rhythm & Blues Revue
20 YEARS AND COUNTING: LARRY "FUZZY" KNIGHT'S BLOWIN' SMOKE RHYTHM & BLUES REVUE FEATURING THE FABULOUS SMOKETTES - STILL GOING STRONG AFTER TWO DECADES Catch This Most Superb R&B/Blues/Soul/Party Band In Concert, Saturday, February 21 At Harvelle's Blues…
Continue Reading »Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar - Send The Nightingale - New Release Review
I just received the newest release (February 17, 2014), Send The Nightingale, from Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar and it's powerful. Opening with country/gospel flavored Give Me Your Mercy, Samantha shows her take no prisoners approach vocally blowing…
Continue Reading »Midnight Circus Records artist: JP Blues - Live At Darwins - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Live At Darwins, from JP Blues and it's a cool heavy blues rocker. Opening with Keep On Walking, JP sets a solid base with a steady blues form. This track reminds me…
Continue Reading »Soul Revelation artist: Mitchell Coleman Jr. - Soul Searching - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Soul Searching, from Mitchell Coleman Jr. and it's smooth! Opening with Flow, a groovin' funky slap bass track with Coleman laying it down and Michael Bolivar hitting the sax with sweet soul.…
Continue Reading »New West Records artist: Terraplane - Steve Earle & The Dukes - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Terraplane, from Steve Earle and its a cool mixture of blues, country and all Earle! Opening with easy shuffle track, Baby Baby Baby, Earle leads off with vocal and harp and Chris…
Continue Reading »BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS--EASY SKANKING IN BOSTON ’78
BOB MARLEY’S 70TH BIRTHDAY WILL INCLUDE YEARLONG CELEBRATION OF RARE AND UNRELEASED MATERIAL FROM THE MARLEY FAMILY VAULTS AND PRIVATE COLLECTION 1ST COMMEMORATIVE RELEASE OUT ON FEBRUARY 17th WITH BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS--EASY SKANKING IN BOSTON ’78…
Continue Reading »Robben Ford - INTO THE SUN - Coming March 31
GUITAR LEGEND ROBBEN FORD’S NEW ALBUM INTO THE SUN CAPTURES HIS CONTEMPORARY SONGWRITING MASTERY To Be Released Via Mascot Label Group On March 31st Guest Appearances By Blues Icon Keb’ Mo’, Vocalist ZZ Ward, And Fellow Guitar Heroes…
Continue Reading »Leo "Bud" Welch, 82-year-old Mississippi bluesman, readies second-ever album for March 24 release.
82-YEAR-OLD MISSISSIPPI BLUESMAN LEO “BUD” WELCH RAISES SONIC HELL ON HIS RAUCOUS SECOND ALBUM FOR BIG LEGAL MESS RECORDS Garage-rock flavored I Don’t Prefer No Blues features guests Jimbo Mathus and Sharde Thomas, and production by Bruce Watson.…
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