Bman's Blues Report

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Recipe For The Blues , by Lady Adrena and it's a solid blend of soul, rock, blues and R&B. Opening with Blues Chose Me , Lady Adrena on vocal and guitar gets things going with a strutting track featuring power vocals and tight guitar riffs over keys and thumping drums. Stinging guitar riffs lead the way on Traveling Woman with great vocals by Adrena and drums and bass highlighting the strutting nature of the track. Very cool. Shuffle track, No Ring No Thang really has a moving bass line and Adrena with solid key work behind the vocal harmony. A cool guitar solo punches up the track and a nice piano solo adds nicely as well. Wrapping the release is slow, blues ballad, Recipe For The Blues , and Adrena digs deep for the grittiest of her vocals on the release. With understated guitar work, warm organ and nicely stated piano, this is a cool closer for the release.      If you support live Blues acts...

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Knock A Hole In It , by Mr. Sipp and it's a hot funky blues rocker. Mr. Sipp is the the alter ego of gospel guitarist, Castro Coleman and he's a force to be reckoned with. Opening with title track, Knock A Hole In It , Castro Coleman, vocalist and lead guitar player really shows fire with this band. Jeffrey Flanagan on bass, Carrol McLaughlin on organ and Stanley Dixon create an extremely heavy bottom for Coleman to romp and romp he does. Excellent! With up tempo R&B track, Bad Feeling , Coleman is charging vocally and with driving guitar riffs. The supporting organ work of McLaughlin is super over the solid bottom of bass and drums. Dropping back into the slot, Stalking Me is a grooving R&B track. Sounds along the Sam and Dave line, Coleman shows his roots in R&B but shows definite rock influences in rock, especially Hendrix. With a great, SRV style guitar lope, Gotta Let Her Go , is a super blues ...