by Pete Sargeant | Feb 10, 2018 | Reviews
Laurence Jones The Truth (Top Stop Music/Sony) Jones is touring with his four-piece lineup and this new album overall explores contemporary rock elements rather than the rock-blues material upon which he has risen in the field as a live draw. Laurence and I met up to...
by Glenn Sargeant | Feb 3, 2018 | Reviews
Man With A Mission Feat. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Freak It! (Single) (Century Media) Every day we get new music through various sources to listen to and review and Man With A Mission is no different. A five-piece male band from Japan who wear menacing wolf masks...
by Pete Sargeant | Jan 28, 2018 | Reviews
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa Black Coffee (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) The ace guitarist and ensemble reconvene to create another album with blues and soul singer Beth Hart..and maybe it’s their best yet …. Four years on from the very successful SeeSaw album...
by Pete Sargeant | Jan 24, 2018 | Reviews
Matt Patershuk Same As I Ever Have Been (Black Hen Music) Produced by Steve Dawson, this Canadian release stars Matt Patershuk as – going by the tongue-twister titles as chief wordysmith. Sometimes You’ve Got To Do Bad Things To Do Good ( Adolf Hitler –...
by Pete Sargeant | Jan 24, 2018 | Reviews
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats Groovin’ In Greaseland (Alligator Records) This long-established harp-fuelled outfit know how to whack out a shuffle, marinate a slow blues and just rock out. There is no doubting the musical chops of Estrin, guitar and bass man Kid...
by Pete Sargeant | Jan 21, 2018 | Reviews
Sterling Ball, John Ferraro and Jim Cox The Mutual Admiration Society (Mascot Label Group/Favored Nations Entertainment) In which these three gentlemen – BFC as I am now naming them, to save time – create an album called The Mutual Admiration Society. Tongue in cheek...