Coco Montoya, a true blues-rock giant. Formerly a member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers for a decade, alongside his pal Walter Trout...
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This one took me by surprise. Didn’t know the band at all; nor just what they are capable of. An outrageously stonking ‘blues and...
“Know My Name”. I didn’t. But I do now. Marty is a rock and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter of considerable talents from Atlanta...
Bumper six-disc box set, a total of 60 tracks, including three “bonus” mono singles, available on CD for the first time. Who is Rex...
What is Yorkshire famous for? Tea? Beer? Cricket? Beautiful countryside? Yummy cholestrol-bashing Sunday lunch pudding? The largest...
What can one say about jazz icon Dizzy Gillespie that has not already been said? A pioneer, an innovator, a giant as a trumpeter, composer and...
Picture the scene. Me, Little Richard and the two promoters of a historic arena tour that starred three rock and roll legends; Little...
Although he died forty years ago, at the age of 48, Matt McGinn left behind a legacy of more than 500 songs that he had written. Labelled...
This is an unusual one. A live double album taken from an astounding SIX HOUR concert by this sizzling jazz (and more), trio, recorded in...
Big fan of this cool cat. A sucker for Hammond stuff, and have seen and shot pix of a fair few of the greats over the years; Jimmy Smith, Jimmy...
Really fun album with a fabulous singer. British seven-piece band Steamchicken blend folk, jazz, gypsy-swing, reggae, blues, soul...
This one caught me by surprise. A very pleasant surprise. Never heard of the two musicians before. When I noted the instrumentation...
One of the best reggae bands to come from the UK, with a wondrous come-back album, 34 years since their debut album was released...
Debut release from quirky and unique Swedish singer songwriter Johanna Lillvik, offering five self-penned five songs that almost defy...
I am still having therapy after seeing the album cover photograph on Bob Cheevers’ 2002 release, “We Are All Naked”. Just...
In the PR paperwork that accompanies this new live album, Krissy uses a quote written by me in a review of a previous album...
* FIRST UK REVIEW * The album title made me wonder if Ms Collier was mates with Hank Marvin! Sorry, maybe that gag is well past...
The voice. The voice. No, not that TV talent show with the spinning red chairs and the mad as a box of frogs Will.i.am. No, I am...
Who invented rock and roll? Bill Hayley and his Comets? Little Richard? Chuck Berry? Jerry Lee Lewis? Elvis Presley? The list of...
It’s here. Country2Country Festival 2017; now in its fifth year. Bringing some of the biggest names in country music across...
Bill Kirchen and Austin de Lone are a force to be reckoned with. Having collaborated together on the road and as writers for more...
Ash Wilson is a UK-based singer-songwriter from Lincolnshire who knows how to inject power into a track and how to hold the...
Capturing the true spirit of New Orleans and its famed marching bands, this infectious and fun soundtrack to the summer we will...
This is a cracking release. A two-disc anthology of Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers – a band who were at the centre of the so...
Hmmmm… would I enjoy an entire album where cello is mostly the main instrument – and that’s NOT a classical...
This a lovely find. Previously unreleased nine-track album recorded in New Orleans in 1991, produced by British legend Chris Barber...
I am a great admirer of Otis Taylor. A true “one off” as an artist. For some he is an acquired taste and sometimes a...
This never-before-issued live album is an absolutely sparkling gem. I cannot stop playing it. It grooves like a mutha and...
A good few years before he was recruited to play guitar on many of Motown’s big hits, Dennis Coffey was tearing up a storm in the...
Middle of the road by name, but most definitely not by nature. One of the strongest blues releases thus far in 2017 and destined for a clutch...
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be, but this album is unashamedly retro. A hefty dollop of 1970s bluesy, rootsy, powerful...
Fabulous release from SoulMusic Records of the also fabulous Norman Connors; the American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and...
A brilliantly inventive and soulful, not to mention funky, multi-racial US group who refused to be pigeon-holed, their music spanning...
After a successful period at Blue Note, trumpeter Donald Byrd moved over to the Elektra label in 1978. With his ensemble 125TH Street, Byrd...
Back in 1978 and the final days of the punk era, I was just starting out as a music journalist and photographer, and having been spat upon and...
First of all, let’s play a little game of word association. I say Smokie and you say: “Who the fuck is Alice?” More on that...
We are well ahead of the pack on this one and really excited about this new band……………….Four young Manchester guys, late-teenage and...
In a previous life, as a columnist on an international music magazine before launching Music Republic Magazine, and taking up the...
Fairground Attraction founder and main songwriter Mark Nevin releases his fifth solo album in March, with a six date UK tour from 17th February...
There are said to be seven wonders of the world. As a guitarist, perhaps Aussie Tommy Emmanuel is the eighth? You can be the...
The tag line; “the singer who made Sir Tom Jones cry,” is gonna follow Ms Barker around for the rest of her natural days. Was she that bad that Tom...
Beautiful, sublime and coming from deep within British newcomer Rag ‘n’ Bone Man’s soul; each of the 19 tracks on his stonking...
A quartet of talented young musicians who met at University in Newcastle on the folk degree course six years ago, have committed their musical...
Here’s an obscure one that will appeal to collectors and fans of the 1960s British pop music scene. A group that many will not have come...
Dan Clews releases his third solo album, “While Middle England Mows Its Lawn” on 31st March 2017. Dan signed to Sir George...
* FIRST UK REVIEW * One of the very best soul releases this year thus far, and for a long time, in fact. Bound to appear...
Hands up who has danced around their white handbag to the timeless 1990 Deee-Lite gem, “Groove Is In The Heart”? A smash hit around...
Double-CD extended editions of two best-selling ‘80s albums by popular US R&B band Starpoint – with nine bonus tracks. Starpoint began as a Maryland...
Whenever I read the description “Supergroup” on a project, I expect an over-hyped and mediocre affair, usually with has-been once big-name...
Long forgotten by many, this British soft rock meets country meets folk band from the 1970s were taken under the wing of...