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Electric Religion - Matthew Curry & the Fury - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Electric Religion, from Matthew Fury and the Fury and it is a solid balance between clever, well written radio blues/rock tracks and hot bothered blues guitar tracks. Opening with radio rocker, Love…
Continue Reading »Blind Alley - Marcus Bonfanti Band
From the first note of Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” sixteen-year-old Marcus Bonfanti knew he wanted to be a guitar player. After spending his youth as a trumpet player in brass bands, working 12 hours a day in a…
Continue Reading »Hoochie Coochie Man - Man of Oath
Man of Oath is a blues singer and songwriter born Othman Wahabi (26 September 1983) in Casablanca, Morocco and now based in Montreal, Canada. Solo or with a group, Man Of Oath offers an original sound that is…
Continue Reading »Police Dog Blues - Lost Jim & Robbi
Jim Ohlschmidt was featured twice in Fingerstyle Guitar magazine in 2009 for his work on “It’s The Wood,” a collection of original acoustic guitar music produced by Pete Huttlinger. A native son of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Ohlschmidt first appeared…
Continue Reading »Product Of A Southern Land - Rob Tognoni
From Tasmania, Australia & introduced to Europe by blues master Dave Hole in 1994, Rob Tognoni delivers a 100% powerfully charged experience with every performance. There is simply no compromise, which is strongly evident in his music. After…
Continue Reading »Electric Sunset - Rolan Bolan - New Release Review
I just received Electric Sunset, a pre release set of tracks from Rolan Bolan, son of T Rex leader Marc Bolan and Motown songwriter Gloria Jones and it's quite interesting. Opening with Trust, relaxed R&B pop track Bolan…
Continue Reading »She's Going To Mexico
SHE'S GOING TO MEXICO... I'M GOING TO JAIL Gossip, rumours, and innuendo… we love it! What’s this -- 8 Ball’s in jail? And what’s this about a hillbilly disco? The fibre-optic bush telegraph is heating up overtime as…
Continue Reading »Evil Woman Blues - The Willie Winter Band
The Willie Winter Band 1978- 2000 Arnott, Ray =Drums Bamford, Neil =Drums/Vocals Booth, Mal =Drums De Marco, Paul =Drums Italiano, Pat =Drums/Vocals Jacobson, Kerry =Drums Maughan, Steve =Bass/Vocals McCulloch, Barry =Vocals/Bass/Guitar Sandow, Alan =Drums Summers, Peter =Sound Engineer…
Continue Reading »Ollie Vee - Lonesome Girl - New release review
I just received the newest release, Lonesome Girl, from Ollie Vee and it's really got character. Opening with Ruby Red, a country styled ballad with a cool slide guitar solo and plenty of vibrato. Jesse Adamson (vocal and…
Continue Reading »MM Legend Dr. Burt Passes Away
We Will Miss Dr. Burt Dr. Burt Will Be Remembered Fondly By All Dom Flemons, Dr. Burt and Rhiannon Giddens at Dartmouth College We learned late last week that Dr. Burt, an iconic Music Maker artist, passed away…
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