by Pete Sargeant | Sep 8, 2018 | Reviews
Josh Taerk Beautiful Tragedy (Misty Creek Records) Josh Taerk is a Canadian singer-songwriter and this is his first album since his Here’s To Change set three years back. He has co-produced this collection with Teddy Morgan, utilising facilities in Nashville and...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 8, 2018 | Reviews
Darius Rucker Straight To Hell (HumpHead Country/Wrasse Records) This new single stars Darius Rucker but also features Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Charles Kelley (from Lady Antebellum, no less) so quite an assemblage of stardom and talent. The latest album from...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 8, 2018 | Reviews
Gus McKay Talisman (Rollin’ Plains Media) The musicians featured here include McKay on guitar and harp, Ronan Charles drums sax and keys, Phil Waldron bass banjo cello trumpet fiddle and pedal steel (lazy sod), Paul Andrews on sax – all on a set of McKay-penned...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 7, 2018 | Reviews
Stephen Dale Petit Soul Of A Man (Single) (333 Records) A new single from the established blues journeyman, with special guests. Soul Of A Man was, if memory serves the name of a Donny Hathaway album which I raided for Valdez In The Country, for a set-closer. This...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 1, 2018 | Reviews
Mahalia Barnes + The Soulmates Hard Expectations (Independent) Mahalia Barnes and The Soul Mates return with a fresh set of songs, in the company of some notable guests. If the song titles look to be the stuff of human dilemmas and relationship matters..well, they...
by Pete Sargeant | Aug 31, 2018 | Reviews
Dennis Herrera You Stole My Heart (Prescott Kabin Records) He may look like a blend of Gene Simmons and that clever dude in the Spy Kids films, but Dennis plays a sharp guitar and sings from the heart. This set, co-produced by Rich Wenzel the keyboard ace features...
