Kai Strauss & the Electric Blues All Stars – Live In Concert www.electricbluesallstars.com CD: 14 songs, 65:54 minutes Live in Concert. is the new release from Kia Strauss and The Electric Blues All Stars. German artist Kai Strauss might be new to you but he has been performing for 25 years. He is a talented …
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He’s just getting started!
Thanks to the ravings and ramblings found on this SoundCloud mixtape.
Big Jack Reynolds – That’s A Good Way To Get To Heaven: The Music and Life of Big Jack Reynolds Third Street Cigar Records 20 tracks; CD and DVD 1:21:24 Big Jack Reynolds is a little-known blues man who hopefully gets noticed with this great CD and DVD package. A collection of 20 of his …
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Various Artists – Soul Explosion Stax Records www.staxrecords.com www.craftrecordings.com LP #1 – 14 Tracks/37:41 LP #2 – 14 Tracks/39:39 This two album collection comes with very little information other than small photos of the artists on the inside of the gate-fold cover, along with a complete tracklist. What listeners need to know is that 1969 …
(Sacred Bones) Devotees of the determinedly left-field Norwegian Jenny Hval may be gently thrown by her seventh album. Her last, Blood Bitch, tackled themes of vampires and menstruation with her customary tools of unsettling semi-spoken vocals and spare, folk-boned pop. The Practice of Love, by comparison, makes radical concessions to melody, rhythm and pleasure, a …
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(Atlantic) British pop auteur Charlotte Aitchison has been based in the belly of the beast – the US – for some years now, trying to disrupt the global mainstream with her own mischievous futurist agenda. For every chart success, she acknowledges, there has been a tussle behind the scenes over her direction and levels of …
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Joe Zook & Blues Deluxe – Good Mornin’ Blues www.joezookblues.com self release 10 songs time-44:37 I got dem ole’ Trenton, New Jersey blues again mama! I finally get to cover a blues a band from my home town. Joe Zook(Joe Zuccarello) & Blues Deluxe have been a mainstay of the East Coast blues scene for …
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Tove Lo is set to release her new album, Sunshine Kitty, on September 20th. Now, she’s announced a supporting North American tour for early 2020 tour. The 17-date outing takes place in February and features Alma and Broods in supporting roles. Tickets go on sale September 20th. You can find tickets to all of Tove …
(Ninja Tune)She’s charismatic and her challenges to western orthodoxy are welcome, but Sampa needs to find a fresher sonic palette Over the past decade, hip-hop has relaxed its borders – welcoming in a flood of new styles, characters and concepts. One thing that still unites most rappers, however, is braggadocio; the aggressive, occasionally tiresome boasting …