by Pete Sargeant | Jul 10, 2019 | Reviews
Mark Butcher Now Playing (Man In The Moon) A long-awaited second album from the singer and guitarist, who often appears in the all-star Boom Band (featuring our pals Matt Taylor and Jon Amor) live performances. Here, Mark is in the company of Smiley Barnard, drums and...
by Pete Sargeant | Jun 24, 2019 | Reviews
Savoy Brown City Night (Quarto Valley Records) Now a well-established trio, this new set of songs has the crew with nothing to prove bar the quality of the material. A good place to be! Starter Walking On Hot Stones has that voodoo touch that Savoy often brings in and...
by Pete Sargeant | Jun 15, 2019 | Reviews
Jamie Cullum Taller (Deluxe Edition) (Island Records) It’s been a long old wait for Cullum fans – including Sargeant Jnr – but at last a new album is here. The vocal element is expanded and judiciously used but the instrumental fire seems undiminished. The...
by Pete Sargeant | Jun 13, 2019 | Reviews
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band The Traveler (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) Kenny’s problem is self-made – how on earth does he top his last studio album Lay It On Down? That had such great songs, arrangements, playing and singing it was the best release in that genre...
by Pete Sargeant | May 27, 2019 | Reviews
Rory Gallagher Blues (3-CD Edition) (Chess/UMC) Rory had a sure grip on blues, roots, folk and even jazz styles…in this collection you can hear all these elements and plenty of steaming rock’n’roll. His enthusiasm and attack are undoubted but the sensitivity is...
by Pete Sargeant | May 12, 2019 | Reviews
The B B King Blues Band The Soul Of The King (RUF Records) An assemblage of B B King band members and guests celebrating the great man and his music. The Hoax of course celebrated Riley King a few years back on a terrific album and it is pleasing that this set in the...
