Bman's Blues Report

After making a name for himself as a young guitar prodigy in the Southern Ontario region,Mike Branton has evolved into a triple threat. His signature fluent and exciting guitar playing is as potent as ever.Alex Erasmi(View Magazine) described it as “Michael Bloomfield meets T-Bone Walker at a Buddy Guy concert style of playing”,adding “continually inventive improvisational soloing” in a View Magazine feature article. Mike has now emerged as a highly talented and original singer and songwriter as well. The Oakville-based Branton is not just borrowing from the classic blues repertoire but adding to it in the form of original compositions. His talent as a singer/songwriter was showcased on his 2001 solo debut, Dirty Feet.In a review of Dirty Feet Warren Dallin wrote.”In short, this disc defines the blues”. In the studio for Dirty Feet. Since then, Mike has been honing his songwriting chops, and is currently in the studio recording a keenly-anticipated new album. Branton first picked up th...