by Pete Sargeant | Sep 30, 2018 | Reviews
Tony Joe White Bad Mouthin’ (Yep Roc Records) Our man heads straight back to elemental blues for this release. His voice if anything is even deeper and more grizzled than before and his mainly electric guitar rich and spiky. Some tracks have drums and some are...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 30, 2018 | Reviews
Cyril Neville Endangered Species: The Essential Recordings (World Order Entertainment) A collection that highlights the artistry and pure soul of this fine vocal stylist. His career began with The Meters and The Neville Brothers and more recently he has...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 30, 2018 | Reviews
Rod Stewart Blood Red Roses (Decca) A new album from The RodFather – as daughter Ruby calls him – and we are not trawling through The Great American Songbook…it’s his 30th studio album. Ten of the cuts are Stewart originals, Kevin Savigar co-produces....
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 30, 2018 | Reviews
Austin Gold – Our Blues Top Ten Pete Sargeant asked English blues-rockers Austin Gold to tell JLTT which recordings really turned them on, so here are their picks. Pete is a champion of democracy, so it’s two from each group member. Thanks, lads! David...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 30, 2018 | Reviews
Paul Carrack These Days (Carrack UK) Carrack imbues his songs with uncommon connectivity and warmth. It is easy for any human being to recognise a situation or a dilemma sketched out by this writer and empathise, understand, ponder. That Paul attains this ambience...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 25, 2018 | Reviews
Lenny Kravitz Raise Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Roxie/BMG) The quirky musician/singer/songwriter/lensman/designer returns with a new set of compositions. This is an artist who seems to avoid rehashing past successes yet many of his records strike a chord with the...
