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Friday, June 12, 2015

Jim Singleton - 8 O'Clock InThe Afternoon - New Release Review

I just received the newest release, 8 O'clock In The Afternoon from Jim Singleton and it's pretty cool. Opening with Peter Green's Rattlesnake Shake, Singleton lays down a dynamite interpretation of this classic rocker with a cool rhythm pattern. Screaming guitar work and solid vocals are the ticket here and they hit head on! Excellent! Next up is a lumbering, Nothing To Do With Love, with just a super groove. Grinding guitar tones carry Singletons vocals, complimented nicely by Charlie Musselwhite on harp and Michael "The Professor" Hensley on Hammond. This is a real nice track with the catchy feel of Bad Company but with more teeth.... I like it! Winding it down a few notches, Singleton sings a quiet ballad, Don't Take, with basically only acoustic guitar and Hammond, growing to include Mark Vacavone on accordion, John Martin on drums and Joe Osborn on bass. Rory Gallagher's rocker, What's Going On, hits like a hurricane. Nicely crafted together, this is a great blues rocker with solid lead guitar work and classic Gallagher like riffs! A quiet redo of Whitesnake/Coverdale's, Here I Go Again, shows a lot of sensitivity and possibly a better overall track than released by Whitesnake. Gary Clark Jr.'s Don't Owe You A Thang is a great blues driver with a lot of raw feel. Martin hits it clean and hard, leading the way for sizzling guitar leads throughout this stripped down blues track. Very cool! Ballad, Heart With A Mind Of It's Own, has a solid melody and just enough guitar solo tocarry it making it the number one prospect for cross playing on multiple radio stations. Bernie Marsden's Place In My Heart is a nice slow blues number featuring Marsden on guitar and Charlie Musselwhite on harp. Hensley's Hammond work on this track really adds to the tension and dynamics of this track. Excellent harp and guitar work on this track make it on of my personal favorites. Chris Issak's gigantic hit, Wicked Game is up next and is a nicely covered with minor new embellishments. Wrapping the release is Rory Gallagher's A Million Miles Away. This is an excellent track with clean articulate guitar work throughout. Does this release show guitar chops as well as straight up vocals... you betcha. Excellent closer to this very cool release!

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

New Victor Wainwright CD Charts at Billboard!




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NEW VICTOR WAINWRIGHT CD BOOMS OUT OF THE GATE!
#5 On Billboard Sales Chart
Boom Town, the new release from Victor Wainwright and the WildRoots, popped onto the Billboard blues sales chart at #5 this week!
Boom Town

Boom Town is a tour de force of American blues and roots music highlighted by excellent songwriting, musicianship and production, and a unique and edgy sound that captures the energy of the band's live shows.  Wainwright, one of the most dynamic and exciting keyboard performers around, is a raucous, high-octane dynamic performer and a crowd pleaser with soul to spare.

Living Blues
magazine said, "Listening to Boom Town is like walking into a party that will never end. This eight-piece band specializes in supercharged blues and boogie-woogie piano, smart and sophisticated arrangements and an all-consuming passion for delivering songs with confidence and joy."

Upcoming dates for Victor Wainwright and the WildRoots:
June 12
Marietta, GA
Darwin's
June 14
St. Simon's Island, GA
Lighthouse Grounds
June 20
Henderson, KY
W.C. Handy Blues Festival
June 23
Bradley, IL
Moose Lodge
June 24
Chicago, IL
Buddy Guy's Legends
June 25
Mishawaka, IN
The Midway Tavern
June 26
Columbus, OH
Woodland Terrace
June27
Cadiz, OH
Blues For A Cure
July 16
Panama City Beach, FL
Summer Music Series
July 17
Birmingham, AL
Ranelli's
July 18
Merigold, MS
Crawdad's
July 19
Memphis, TN
Levitt Shell at Overton Park
July 23
Martinsville, VA
Rives Theater
July 24
Durham, NC
Blue Note
July 25
Washington, DC
Madam's Organ
July 26
Lake Harmony, PA
Pennsylvania Blues Festival
July 27
Ellicottville, NY
Balloon's
July 29
Tuscarawas, OH
Canal House
July 31
Woonsocket, RI
Chan's
Aug. 1
Damariscotta, ME
Dam Blues Fest
Aug. 2
Kingfield, ME
Sunday Blues in the 1827 Barn
Aug. 3
Rockland, ME
Time Out Pub
Aug. 6
Magnolia, DE
Jonathan's Landing
Aug. 7
Ellicottville, NY
Balloon's
Aug. 8
Ellicottville, NY
Balloon's
Aug. 9
Wheeling, WV
Heritage Music Bluesfest



Buddy Guy's New Album Out July 31




LEGENDARY AWARD-WINNING BLUES ICON BUDDY GUY TO RELEASE
NEW ALBUM BORN TO PLAY GUITAR ON JULY 31

Buddy Guy, the legendary award winning blues icon, will release his brand new studio album Born To Play Guitar on July 31 via RCA Records.  The follow-up to his 2013 double disc release, Rhythm & Blues, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums chart, Born To Play Guitar is produced by Grammy Award winning producer/songwriter and Buddy’s longtime collaborator Tom Hambridge. 

The recent recipient of the 2015 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Buddy Guy’s incredible career spans over 50 years with just as many albums released. Career highlights include seven Grammy Awards, 28 Blues Music Awards, Kennedy Center Honors, NARM Chairman’s Award for Sustained Creative Achievement, Billboard Music Awards' Century Award for distinguished artistic development, Presidential National Medal of Arts, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to name just a few.

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Sadson Music artist: The Rusty Wright Band - Wonder Man - New Release Review

I just received the newest release, Wonder Man, from the Rusty Wright Band and these guys know how to rock! Opening with title track, Wonder Man, RWB sets a pop rock pace with a catchy tune and a solid rhythm. Wright, backed by Laurie LaCross-Wright on guitar and vocal, Dennis Bellinger on bass and vocal, Robert John Manzitti on keys and Marc Friedman on drums. Ain't That The Blues slows the pace a bit but maintaining a solid blues rock feel. Wright has a good voice to lead this band and his guitar riffs are fresh and fluid. Manzitti leads the way on Black Hat Boogie, a rolling boogie with a driving bottom. Blended vocals coupled with the styling puts me in mind of a polished Molly Hatchett. Rusty pulls out the slide and shows his clean sliding style. Smooth blues rocker with a jazz flare, You Know I Know,  shows the versatility of the band. Nicely articulated guitar soloing and meaty organ riffs give this track a nice kick. Straight up rocker, Love's Gonna Treat You Right has all of the good components of John Cougar and 38 Special rolled into one. A straight to the airwaves track. Gonna Come A Day is a cool, down to earth blues track built along a T-Bone Walker theme. Wright's lead vocals and meaty guitar solo's make this my stand out favorite track on the release...oh yeah! Corvette Sunday has a 60's rock kind of flavor with twin leads, bass and drum solos and even keyboard leads. Rabid guitar riffs and solid drumming keep this track just outside of the surf scene. Cool! Arms Of Another is an easy paced rock track. Manzitti takes a nice key solo and Wright and Bellinger's vocals blend nicely. There is a particularly nice guitar bridge in this track that stands out nicely. Whiskey Drinkin' Woman is a heavy bottomed blues rocker with the feel of a modern Willie Dixon. Wrapping the release is Chinfoot Ball, a hot rocker with a driving drum beat. Wright not only has a solid hold on great melodic composition but also know the fine art of dynamics and harmonics. Cool release!

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Omnivore Recordings artist: Carl Hall - You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972 - New Release Review

I just received the newest release (June 23, 2105), Carl Hall's You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972 and it's incredible! This 19 track release includes 6 singles that were released previously and 13 tracks that have never seen the light of day. Opening title track, You Don't Know Nothing About Love, is an incredibly soulful track and an incredible demonstration of Halls voice. Wow! This is sweet soul music at it's best. Been listening to this all day and it is at the edge... but it is terrific! Just Like I Told You has a 60's Stevie Wonder feel and a solid melody. He'll Never Love You is a terrific track that runs the seam between soul and blues. Great track and great performance! It Was You That I Needed is a super gospel style track again really showing the strength of Hall's music. This is not passive listening... sit back and watch your hair blow back! Classic What Kind Of Fool Am I is an absolute treasure. Yes, most everyone has heard this tune...but not like this! Amazing! Sometimes I Do is another gospel like track with a definite touch of Stevie Wonder. Hall has a voice of his own and man what a voice. Lennon and McCartney's Long And Winding Road has never sounded so great...I mean absolutely incredible! Change With The Seasons is a beautiful soul ballad. The range of Halls voice is astounding and the mix is really super. The release closes with a really different cover of Time Is On Your Side. Hall has such a delicate hand on vocal that can turn to dynamite in a split second. This release is an incredible soul music spectrum in one package. It's really a travesty that this has been mostly obscured for so many years. I haven't given a play by play on every track, but if you aren't convinced that you need to hear this by now, it's probably not your bag. I love it!  

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Guitar Master Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters Celebrate "Father's Day" with a New CD Coming July 17 on Stony Plain Records





Guitar Master Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters Celebrate Father’s Day with a New CD Coming July 17 on Stony Plain Records

EDMONTON, AB – Stony Plain Records proudly announces the release on July 17 of Father’s Day, the new CD from Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters. Voted by The Blues Foundation as “Blues Guitarist of the Year” in 2014, guitar master Ronnie Earl and his band return with an even stronger package of music, his ninth album for the label. Added to Ronnie Earl’s spellbinding intensity and soulfulness on guitar, the presence of a horn section for the first time in decades on Father’s Day adds another dimension to his sound. Stony Plain also plans to release the album as a vinyl LP later this year.

The 13 tracks on Father’s Day also feature two special guest vocalists throughout: Diane Blue, whose previous work with Earl created a sensation; and Chicago-based Michael Ledbetter, best known as lead singer of the Nick Moss band. Ledbetter is also a distant relative of the iconic Huddie William “Leadbelly” Ledbetter, whose 12-string blues style has influenced generations of blues, folk and rock musicians.
With this added vocal firepower, the new disc utilizes the two singers’ voices to great advantage on 12 tracks, the lone instrumental being Earl’s blues-ifying take of the Bobby Timmons’ jazz classic, “Moanin’.”

As always, the Ronnie Earl songbook dips mightily into several of his musical mentors on Father’s Day, with two songs each from Otis Rush (“It Takes Time” and “Right Place, Wrong Time”) and Magic Sam (“What Have I Done Wrong” and “All Your Love”). Earl’s bright guitar tones and patterns on these tracks perfectly illustrate the “West Side Sound” as exemplified by the two blues legends. He also tips his guitar to the late, great B.B. King on “I Need You So Bad;” drips soul on Van McCoy’s “Giving Up” and Brook Benton’s “I’ll Take Care of You;” and takes a side trip down to New Orleans on Fats Domino’s “Every Night About this Time.” He closes the CD by taking everyone to church on Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey’s gospel classic, “Take My Hand, Precious Lord.” On the original songs, Earl adds more soul into one of his early classics, “Follow Your Heart,” and speaks to the power of love and forgiveness in two new tunes: “Higher Love” and “Father's Day.”  

Throughout the new CD, Earl’s guitar work is simply stunning, as Living Blues magazine so eloquently stated in an earlier review: “Ronnie Earl is one of the most sensitive, refined and exquisite guitarists on the international blues scene.”    

On Father’s Day, he is joined once again by The Broadcasters (Lorne Entress – drums, Dave Limina – keyboards and Jim Mouradian – bass), his band of over 25 years, whose sound perfectly meshes together like a hand-in-glove. Produced by Earl and recorded at Wellspring Sound in Acton, Massachusetts, the album also features guest guitarists Nicholas Tabarias (who also worked on his last CD, Good News), Tim O’Connor and Larry Lusignan; as well as a horn section of Mario Perrett on tenor sax and Scott Shetler on baritone sax.

The Father’s Day packaging includes a photo of Ronnie’s dad reading a newspaper feature about his son and includes this dedication from Earl: “This album is made for my beautiful father, and we came to peace in the end. Don’t ever give up on your family and don’t quit until the miracle happens.”

Any day a new Ronnie Earl album is released is cause for celebration, but on Father’s Day, he and the band truly create a new blues holiday.

Massachusetts-based Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters are booked exclusively world-wide by
The Kurland Agency (http://www.thekurlandagency.com/).

For more information, visit www.ronnieearl.com and www.stonyplainrecords.com.