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Rick Shea – Love & Desperation Tres Pescadores Records – 2020 www.rickshea.com 12 tracks; 49 minutes Rick Shea’s latest release “Love & Desperation” displays his consummate musical and songwriting skills. The Southern California musician plays electric & acoustic guitars, steel guitar, mandolin and dobro with precision, and conducted the band remotely, as they had to …
Dennis Jones – Soft Hard & Loud Blue Rock Records – 2020 10 tracks; 41:38 www.dennisjonescentral.com Singer/guitarist/songwriter Dennis Jones doesn’t hide his classic rock influences on Soft Hard & Loud, his seventh album. But he also doesn’t use rock history as a crutch, instead creating his own original blues rock that sounds effortlessly liquid, but …
Ray Cashman – Palmetto & Pine Pistol Blues Productions 11 songs – 38 minutes www.raycashman.net Ray Cashman has been holed up at home in Sam Houston National Forest outside of Montgomery, Texas, because of coronavirus for the better part of the past year, but that hasn’t stopped the veteran blues-rocker from delivering this rollicking paean …
Göksenin – Women’s Blues Self-Release – 2020 9 tracks; 29:31 minutes www.gokseninmusic.com It’s not surprising to see a blues album coming out of someplace other than the United States. There are thriving blues scenes all over the world, so an artist’s country of birth is no longer a musical plot twist. Instead, the fun of …
Mick Kolassa – If You Can’t Be Good, Be Good at It! Endless Blues Records MMK022020 12 songs – 42 minutes www.mimsmick.com Fresh off his all-acoustic Blind Lemon Sessions, which was recorded in Germany and released last summer, guitarist/tunesmith Mick Kolassa teams with blues-rock firebrand Jeff Jensen and members of the Memphis blues community for …
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Bill Roseman – Outskirts Self-Produced www.facebook.com/billrosemantrio CD: 12 Songs, 47 Minutes Styles: Contemporary Electric Blues Rock, Harmonica Blues, Zydeco, Hard Rock Any city, any town, any area where people congregate, has its Outskirts. They’re close enough to the center to be considered part of that area, yet far enough away from the center to allow …
Justin Howl – Wanderlust www.justinhowl.com self release 10 songs time – 37:04 Chicago based Mississippi native Justin Howl does it all as a guitarist, singer, harmonica playing songwriter and producer here on this his second CD. American Roots music with a blues undercurrent. His rhythmic guitar and harmonica are largely played in unison for maximum …
Kirk Fletcher – My Blues Pathway Cleopatra Blues www.kirkfletcherband.com 10 tracks/45 minutes Kirk Fletcher might be best known for his work with The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Joe Bonamassa but that is soon going to change as more and more people hear him fronting his own band. With six new tracks and four cool covers, Fletcher …
Dudley Taft – Cosmic Radio Big Woody Music/BMI www.dudleytaft.com CD: 12 Songs, 55 Minutes Styles: Guitar Monster Blues, Hard Rock, Contemporary Electric Blues Rock When it comes to parties, there are three high-water marks: Halloween, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve, with the last one being the highest. On the last day of the year, you …
Alastair Greene – The New World Blues Whiskey Bayou Records www.alastairgreene.com 11 tracks/47 minutes Alastair Greene left his band home and went to Tab Benoit’s home in Hoima, LA with a few songs in hand and left with what he calls, “the most stripped down blues-based album I’ve ever done.” Joined in Tab’s studio by …
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