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C.W. Ayon – What They Say www.cwayon.com Self Release 12 songs – 42 minutes Cooper “C.W.” Ayon is a New Mexico bluesman channelling the Hill Country Blues of the likes of Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside, but adding his own individual personality and creating something wonderfully timeless and yet thoroughly modern. What They Say is …
NoName James – Orange Live Bug Music www.facebook.com/nonamejamesmusic CD: 13 Songs, 63 Minutes Styles: Acid Blues, Contemporary Electric Blues Rock “This music is not mastered. If you want it loud, turn it up!” Orange is indeed a loud color, as exciting as red without being as fear-inducing. Red is for panic buttons. The latest album …
Laurie McVay – East Side Blues Reef Bay Records www.lauriemcvay.com CD: 12 Songs, 41 Minutes Styles: Soul Blues, Harmonica Blues, Ensemble Blues In order to discover the ethos of East Side Blues, the sophomore offering from the UK’s Laurie McVay, flip to the inside of the CD jacket. Its title is whimsically etched in beach …
Zack Walther Band – The Westerner www.zackwaltherband.com self release 10 songs time – 36:39 Although touted as an Americana-Roots band, the Texas based Zack Walther Band comes off sounding more like a Midwestern rock outfit. Zack handles vocals and guitar, Matthew Briggs on drums, guitar, vocals and bass with Mike Atkins on keyboards, vocals and …
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Johnny Rawls – I Miss Otis Clay Third Street Cigar Records www.johnnyrawlsblues.com 10 songs time – 37:25 Long time soul-blues singer’s latest is a tribute to his friend of about forty years, singer Otis Clay. Aside from vocals Johnny provides rhythm guitar and keyboards, while his four piece band and horn section take care of …
Soggy Po’ Boys – All in Favor www.soggypoboys.com self released 12 songs, 40 minutes New Orleans is the fertile basin of all things funky and syncopated; mixing Caribbean rhythms, R&B, Jazz, Indigenous People’s Folk music, Blues and everything in between. There are so many great bands that keep the New Orleans’ torch lit and so …
Andrew Alli – Hard Workin’ Man EllerSoul Records www.ellersoulrecords.com www.andrewallirva.com 36 minutes, 12 songs The Blues is heritage music. It is music that is passed down from the old guard to the youngbloods either in person or by recorded inspiration. Many youngblood musicians try to sound like the old masters with varying degrees of success. …
Chantel McGregor – Bury’d Alive www.chantelmcgregor.com Tis Rock Music Limited 11 songs – 68 minutes Chantel McGregor is an English guitarist/singer/songwriter, hailing from Yorkshire, and Bury’d Alive is a live album featuring songs from her first two albums together with one new track, “April”. The album was recorded at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds, …
Alex Dixon’s Vintage Dixon – The Real McCoy Dixon Landing Music 11 songs – 37 minutes www.vintagedixon.com No one in the world today is rooted in Chicago blues as firmly as producer/bassist/keyboard player Alex Dixon, and that comes through loud and clear on this CD. Serving as the recording debut of vocalist Lewis “Big Lew” …
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Dwane Dixon – Betting On A Gambling Man www.dwanedixon.com Self-release 9 songs – 37 minutes Betting On A Gambling Man is Dwane Dixon’s third self-produced album, following in the footsteps of 2013’s Black Satin Blues and 2016’s Working Man’s Blues. The Canadian singer/guitarist/songwriter mines a series of classic blues-rock veins across nine self-written tracks, all …
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