04 May
The Return Of The Formerly Brothers by Amos Garrett - Doug Sahm - Gene Taylor
Tuesday, 04 May 2004
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Stony Plain Records is offers a reissue of a 1989 classic session. Guitarist Amos Garrett, piano-man Gene Taylor and the late Doug Sahm appear in a truly eclectic blend of …
30 Apr
They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! by The Treniers
Friday, 30 April 2004
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It's been kept from The People far too long -- they don't teach in school, they act like it never happened in Jazz College and Jazz Academia, 60 Minutes has yet to d…
29 Apr
African Winds by Dan Treanor and Frankie Lee
Thursday, 29 April 2004
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African Winds is an extraordinary album of blues with an African twist. R&B singer Frankie Lee teams up with a veteran Colorado bluesman, Dan Treanor f…
Tony Monaco is a superb musician and his performances with the Hammond organ are incredibly perfect, classy, and filled to the brim with much sensitivity. In FIERY BLUES, T…
28 Apr
Bury Him At The Crossroads by Janiva Magness
Wednesday, 28 April 2004
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Janiva Magness is making here presence known. Although the Detroit bred blues belter grew up in the east, her success seemed limited to the west where she enjoys hig…
Bluesman Paul Reddick follows up his highly successful 2002 effort titled Rattlebag with even better session. Villanelle has a wonderful down-home feel…
Some critics have panned this record.... um, CD, because it's not "raw" enough, like they're expecting some wild-eyed, scorching king-Hell epiphany because the words "Rober…
In my mind, I felt that this, my 400th review for JazzReview, was a personal milestone. Then this CD landed on my desk. My little milestone is dwarfed by this release by th…
September 21 marks the release of Takin’ It Easy, E.G. Kight’s fourth CD for Blue South Records. The Georgia born W.C. Handy nominee strikes a pleasing chord with th…
When they (you know, them) speak of "last of their kind"-type performers, one of the artists they'll be talking about (if "they" have any brains) is Clarence "Gatemo…
Toronto, Canada, native Nick Cuda showcases the best of cool blues, hot latin and retro/disco music in a six-track album, "Cichi (A Beautiful Woman)".Dedicated "t…
Ray Charles proved wrong the image of a genius as a solitary personality, disengaged from society and lost in thought as the larger issues of the universe or the special in…
Boz Scaggs is smooth, there is no getting around it, and he always has been that type of performer. I have always appreciated his distinct vocals and the fact that he is an…
27 Mar
Lonely Street by The Dare Ya Blues Band
Saturday, 27 March 2004
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I took a walk on Lonely Street today courtesy of a great blues-rock band named The Dare Ya Blues Band. Well, ya gotta love the name of the band, its original and it …
Larry Carlton is a one-of-a-kind guitarist who can play anything he wants to play. And, he makes it sound like he’s played it all his life, with improvisational notes, long…
Classic Rock is as popular as it ever was. For this listener, it never lost its appeal. Mountain was always one of those bands that were hard to forget with songs like "Mis…
Joe Vicino & The Smokedaddys sure are smokin’, oh yeah. Their new record Shine tells the story in so many ways. They could not have chosen a better name for the albu…
GENIUS LOVES COMPANY is a fine tribute to the late Ray Charles, for it reveals the genius of the man who helped form so many different styles. His voice is perfect, and tho…
12 Mar
Singles, 1963-1965 by The Rolling Stones
Friday, 12 March 2004
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En route to laying their claim to the title of "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band," the Rolling Stones paved the way by mastering the form of the blues. Singles, 1963-…
The Blues: Memphis, St. Louis, Sweet Home Chicago...and now, apparently, Dear Old Stockholm. Anybody still questioning the universal nature of the blues needs to give a lis…
Although Ronnie Earl already has many recording session behind him over several decades as a performer, Now My Soul is my introduction to the talent of the Boston bl…
This CD is placed in the blues category for only one reason; the media kit states File Under Blues. The music of master guitarist Amos Garrett has always defied clas…
Fresh from winning his fourth "Best Guitarist" award at the 25th annual W.C.Handy Blues Awards, Duke Robillard offers a new CD dedicated to the music of Aaron "T-Bone" Walk…
The band Jessie Rae, named after the bandleader Joan Meyer’s grandmother (first name) and her sister (middle name), sustain a funky, blues, rock, reggae beat, with dashes o…
It’s great to see the return of a vintage rocker. Gary U.S. Bonds arrived on the scene in 1960 with his single, New Orleans and the record peaked at #5 on the Billbo…
16 Feb
My Kind of Evil by JW - Jones Blues Band
Monday, 16 February 2004
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May 18, 2004 heralds the street date of My Kind of Evil, the third NorthernBlues release by JW-Jones and his hot Canadian blues band. Guitarist Jones continues his s…
Mississippi Delta blues legend Robert Johnson is among many artists who received more fame after death than before. His life has been fictionalized on stage and in film. An…
09 Feb
I'll Play The Blues For You by Albert King
Monday, 09 February 2004
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A modern blues classic gets the hi-tech treatment: Albert King's 1972 I'll Play The Blues For You is now available in the SACD format (which is compatible with regul…
06 Feb
One Way Out-Live At The Beacon Theater by The Allman Brothers Band
Friday, 06 February 2004
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At this point you are probably wondering how many more live albums from the Allman Brothers Band are going to come out. Well, if there are as good as this two CD set; I say…
01 Feb
John and the Sisters by Kevin Breit and John Dickie
Sunday, 01 February 2004
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Kevin Breit and his band, The Sisters Euclid are fixtures on the Toronto music scene. John Dickie has been around the city for three decades and joins Breit for this…
29 Jan
George Thorogood & the Destroyers Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock by George Thorogood
Thursday, 29 January 2004
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It is hard to believe that George Thorogood has been spinning a yarn and rockin’ audiences for over 30 years now. It seems like only yesterday that the blistering riffs fro…
28 Jan
Almighty Blues: London and Beyond (SACD) by Wishbone Ash
Wednesday, 28 January 2004
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Wishbone Ash is back in a big way with an incredibly powerful performance on this live SACD Almighty Blues: London and Beyond. It seems like a perfectly suitable tit…
28 Jan
L.A. Getaway by Joel Scott Hill / Chris Ethridge / Johnny Barbata
Wednesday, 28 January 2004
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Blues and blues-rock fans, don’t be put off by the sticker on this disc’s shrink-wrap that calls this album a "country-rock supergroup" or some such - this is a blues and N…
I think Tinsley Ellis has reached the pinnacle of his career on The Hard Way. As a recording artist and producer, it does not seem he could get much better, however …
Can you believe it? Charlie Musselwhite has been on the scene for 40 years and released 33 albums. Here comes Number 34. In a departure from his normal fare, the har…
Think: Hill Street Blues. Think: Steely Dan. Think: Fourplay Think: Larry Carlton the man with the golden fingers-- can do anything he wants with his guitar. He …
Hop "On The Blues Express" with blues mama Allison Thrash. She ain’t talking trash mind you, its all about Talking Thrash. This is the deep-down-from-the-soul blues …
14 Jan
Live on the BBC (SACD) by Deep Purple
Wednesday, 14 January 2004
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As Yes has their classic lineup so does Deep Purple, and this configuration of Blackmore, Gillan, Paice, Glover and Lord is undoubtebly the overwhelming fan favorite.P…
12 Jan
Gods And Freaks (2 CD Set, Video Enhanced) by Scott Finch
Monday, 12 January 2004
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Scott Finch is back hitting it harder and faster than ever before with rockin’ blues licks that will get your booty shakin’ and those bones rattlin’ like never before on
I heard about Omar and The Howlers when they first arrived on the blues-rock scene many years ago. If you can remember the Midnight Special TV show in the seventies and the…
07 Jan
The Legend Live by Robert Lockwood Jr.
Wednesday, 07 January 2004
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At 89 years young, Robert Lockwood, Jr. looks and sounds great. Lockwood made his first record for the Bluebird label in 1941. Think about it! He’s been recording for 63 ye…
Paul James is one of the finest blues talents in Canada. His history in the music business dates back decades - from the age of 14, when he sat in with folk and blues "g…
When you are an apprentice to blues legends such as Louisiana Red and Eddie Kirkland, you must be a very special person with an enormous amount of potential. Niko Riippa…
06 Dec
Zoo Bar Blues by Travis Travis and the Flamekats
Saturday, 06 December 2003
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Travis and The Flamekats had the kittens in the audience purring at theirCD's "Zoo Bar Blues" release party in Lincoln. It was great to see so manyfans out to support the b…
15 Nov
The Complete Trix Recordings by Robert Lockwood Jr.
Saturday, 15 November 2003
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The well-traveled Robert Lockwood, Jr. is one of the most recorded guitarists in the history of the blues. His unique playing, at once sophisticated and down-home, is featu…
The latest release from guitarist/vocalist Chris Bergson is a blues album, entitled appropriately enough, "Blues". It was recorded live at Smoke and features Matt Wilson on…
Alan Lomax made it his life's work to record "indigenous" music wherever he could get to it, especially in the good ol' U.S. of A. The 2-CD set Blues Songbook presen…
Rick Woodward and Rick Seale call their music an acoustic gumbo, and rightly so, they are the Hoodoo Papas. This guitar duo from the heart of central Louisiana strut their …
01 Oct
A Life In The Blues by Charles Brown
Wednesday, 01 October 2003
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Rounder Records have a winner on their hands with this new CD/DVD combo package. It’s a gem and the set includes everything a collector looks for. The liner notes by Chi…
Every once in a while, a great blues anthology arrives on the scene. Blues Story is one of them. While most serious blues collectors will already own much of this ma…