by Pete Sargeant | Mar 13, 2019 | Reviews
JD Simo Off At 11 (Crows Feet) Our man Simo returns with a new album in his name. His last release with the trio Simo was soaked in what is best termed psychedelic soul, his fluid and skybound guitar riffing to the fore. He is a love-totin’ hippy at heart, so his...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 12, 2019 | Reviews
Tiwayo The Gypsy Soul Of Tiwayo (Wrasse Records) Tiwayo looks lean and hungry on the album cover…presumably hungry for career success. The mixture of influences drawn upon here includes reggae, folk, blues, soul and gospel. Mark Neill helms the production...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 3, 2019 | Reviews
Joanne Shaw Taylor Reckless Heart (Silvertone Records/Sony Music) So our guitar toting star returns..she’s carrying less and delivering more on this outing, as her producer has assembled a band of seasoned Detroit jazz alumni and what a glorious set of sound...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 10, 2019 | Reviews
Ward Thomas Restless Minds (WTW Music/Sony Music) The twins’ latest release finds them in a good place, working decent venues and festivals and producing new material that develops their fresh-air harmonic flow into one or two new lyrical areas....
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 6, 2019 | Reviews
Eric Gales The Bookends Provogue/Mascot Label Group A release from the loose cannon Eric Gales always turns out to be intriguing. I reckon this is because he will listen to Holst, Howlin’ Wolf, Herbie Hancock..,to Blues, bluegrass, Brahms and Billie...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 6, 2019 | Reviews
Walter Trout Survivor Blues (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) Using an album title suggested by Marie Trout, wife of Walter through some grim times and now this more pastoral and pleasingly creative period, this release gives fans something different. Though it’s...
