Blues Enthused
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Albert Castiglia - Righteous Souls
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Regular readers will know that now and then I look askance at albums stuffed with special guests, especially if they rely heavily on covers ...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Connolly Hayes - Remember Me
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Some things just slip under the radar, y’know. Like London band Connolly Hayes, fr’instance. Earlier this year they won a UK Blues Award as...
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Ten Top Tracks from . . . Mike Zito
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C’mon everybody take a trip with me, down the Mississippi from St Louis – a clunky rhyme that doesn’t even work if you’re an American, I mus...
Friday, June 28, 2024
The Bad Day - The Irish Goodbye
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When a band sounds like they’ve said, “Fuck it, let’s do what the hell we want”, then set about it with a will, and then live up to that spi...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Robert Jon & The Wreck - Red Moon Rising
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When they’re good they’re very good, and when they’re not so good - yeah, they’re still pretty good. It’s a given that the Wreck are a songw...
Friday, June 21, 2024
Bison Hip - Welcome To The Rest Of Your Life
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Strong songs, smart arrangements, quality playing. What’s not to like? A few weeks back I did a Quickies piece doubling up reviews of the n...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Joanne Shaw Taylor - Heavy Soul
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As an indicator of where Joanne Shaw Taylor’s music is at these days, the title Heavy Soul is pretty accurate, as I’m sure she knows. As w...
Sunday, June 9, 2024
Troy Redfern - Invocation
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He keeps surprising me, does Troy Redfern. Being honest, every time he pops up, I get ready to write him off as just another one-dimensiona...
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