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Sweet Daddy Cool Breeze – 28 Years With The Blues http://sweetdaddylive.com Self-release 9 songs – 39 minutes The magnificently monikered Sweet Daddy Cool Breeze are a Chicago-style blues band, originally formed by front man Wally “Sweet Daddy” Greaney back in 1990. 28 Years With The Blues is the band’s first release since 2004 and is …
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Brandon Isaak – Rise ‘N’ Shine Self Released www.brandonisaak.ca 13 tracks Brandon Isaak presents an all-original album of 13 blues tunes presented as a solo effort. Recorded in Vancouver’s Tin Can Alley, many of his local friends joined in with the making of this CD. The tunes range from raw, primitively recorded roots music to …
Pete Madsen And Celeste Kopel – From The Delta & Beyond Self-released www.petemadsenguitar.com 13 Tracks/44:55 For the past four years, guitarist Pete Madsen has been teaching prewar acoustic blues, with his “From The Delta & Beyond” program being an offshoot of the information he taught, including classic blues songs. This disc offers his renderings of …
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Eric Schenkman – Who Shot John? Vizztone Label Group https://ericschenkman.com/ 10 tracks/36:27 Eric Schenkman is the lead guitar player from New York City’s The Spin Doctors. Originally hailing from Canada, Schenkman set up shop with them and still plays with them after all these years. Here Schenkman’s band is Shawn Kellerman on bass, Van Romaine …
Gaye Adegbalola – The Griot Hot Toddy Music/VizzTone Label Group VT-HTM-2420 17 songs – 68 minutes www.adegbalola.com Gaye Adegbalola has never been shy about speaking her mind through music. As a 25-year member of Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women, she delivered the truth – both frankly and with a wry sense of humor. And …
Walter Trout – Survivor Blues Provogue Records – Mascot Label Group www.waltertrout.com 12 tracks The old blues are therapy for Walter Trout. On days when he is down, hurting, having issues or the like, he finds that old blues songs perk him up. Neither he nor anyone else can describe why these old songs and …
Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton – The Life And Times Of Blind Boy Billy Peckerwood Publishing www.sauceboss.com 135 pages CD – Blind Boy Billy Burning Disk Records 7 Tracks/22:27 With a career that spans more than five decades, Bill Wharton has morphed from a high school drummer to gumbo-cooking guitarist who is also a singer/songwriter. He …
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The Liam Ward Band – Uprising Green Bullet Records www.liamwardband.com CD: 10 Songs, 45:38 Minutes Styles: Harmonica Blues, R&B, All Original Songs, Debut Album When it comes to this magazine’s favorite genre, many fans prefer one instrument above all else. Some favor guitar, others horns, and still others low-down bass. In the case of …
Mission Brown – Moorabbin www.facebook.com/missionbrownband self release 10 songs time-35:48 Punk attitude meets Hill Country Blues or as their promo sheet declares-Lo-Fi Hillbilly Trainwreck Blues. This trio from Victoria, Australia possesses a gritty energy powered by raucous lead, slide and rhythm guitars and a foot-operated drum kit. Gus Kelly plays the stripped down drum kit …
Josh Lief – Love In Disguise www.joshlief.com Self-release 8 songs – 28 minutes Love In Disguise, the new album from Richmond, VA singer-guitarist-songwriter, Josh Lief, is a short (just 28 minutes) but enjoyable slab of guitar-heavy blues-rock, with enough variety between the songs to keep the listener engaged. Opening with the heavy blues-rock of the …