Sunday, August 29, 2021

Robert Jon & The Wreck - Shine A Light On Me Brother

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Robert Jon & The Wreck are not entirely what they seem.  The easy peg to hang them on may be Southern rock, but there’s more to them tha...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Quickies - Summer Singles from Sari Schorr, Dion, Elles Bailey and Davy Knowles

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Sari Schorr – ‘Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (In The Pines)’   It’s taken me a few weeks to get round to this one, for which the more fool...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

No Stone Left Unturned - Revisiting the Stones' A Bigger Bang

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In tribute to the late Charlie Watts, this piece written in 2010 is reproduced from a previous blog of mine. In my last post I suggested tha...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Brian Setzer - Gotta Have The Rumble

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“Can’t be humble, got to have the rumble,” goes the basso profundo tag line for Brian Setzer’s latest album, in opening track ‘Checkered Fla...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

GA-20 - GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor: Try It . . . You Might Like It

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Whooo-weee!  Itchy an’ scratchy!  Slippin’ an’ slidin’!  Buzzin’ with fuzz!  Movin’ an’ a-groovin’! In a nutshell, my friends, that is GA-20...
Friday, August 13, 2021

Quickies - Singles from Joanne Shaw Taylor, Jed Potts & The Hillman Hunters, Misty Blues, Wily Bo Walker and E D Brayshaw, and the Curse Of KK Hammond

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Today’s Quickies is a round-up of current singles in the blues and roots arena.   Joanne Shaw Taylor – ‘Let Me Down Easy’   Must confess, I ...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Daniel De Vita - Lost In Translation

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Maybe it’s because they’re from Argentina, but guitar gaucho Daniel De Vita and his band come at things from a refreshing angle.  On the evi...
Thursday, August 5, 2021

Troy Redfern - The Fire Cosmic

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“Get yer ya-yas out!”, as the Rolling Stones once demanded in typically dubious fashion.  Not that Troy Redfern’s new album The Fire Cosmic ...