Crawling Up A Hill
,

Various Artists

Crawling Up A Hill - A Journey Through The British Blues Boom 1966-71 Grapefruit Records This is an extensive look at the British Blues scene beginning with the release of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton and pushing through…
Anni Piper
,

Anni Piper

Blow Up Doll Sugar Daddy Records “Blow Up Doll” is Anni Piper’s first recording since relocating to Oregon several years ago. Produced at Jimi Bott’s Roseleaf Recording, Piper brought together an impressive collection of some of the…
Tom Gilberts ~ Old School

Tom Gilberts

Old School Polymerase Records Review by Greg Johnson On his sophomore release, Old School, guitarist Tom Gilberts continues to display his full-tone sound and tasteful string work. He hits the notes just as they’re supposed to be—with meaning…
Tinsley Ellis - Ice Cream in Hell

Tinsley Ellis

Ice Cream in Hell Alligator Records Review by Randy Murphy One could quite quickly exhaust a long list of adjectives trying to describe Tinsley Ellis’s new album, Ice Cream in Hell. “Searing? Sure. “Gutsy?” You bet. “Combustable?”…
Richard Ray Farrell

Richard Ray Farrell

Three Pints Of Gin Blue Beet Records Review by Greg Johnson There are those artists that, when you hear they have a new recording, you just can’t wait to get your hands on it and give it a spin. Richard Ray Farrell is exactly that type of…
LaRhonda Steele & Karen Haberman Trusty

LaRhonda Steele & Karen Haberman Trusty

Spirit Of Freedom Self Release Review by Greg Johnson This is a stunning work documenting the Civil Rights movement from first-hand recollection in spoken word by Karen Haberman Trusty alternating with song presentation by the incredible LaRhonda…
Ben Rice & RB Stone

Ben Rice & RB Stone

Out Of The Box Middle Mountain Music By Greg Johnson As the old adage goes, what’s more fun than a barrel full of monkeys? Why two barrels of course. And so what can be more fun on an album than a cigar guitar player. Well, you know where…
Watermelon Slim

Watermelon Slim

Traveling Man Northernblues Music By Greg Johnson Sometimes to truly capture a musician’s talent you need to witness them in their most vulnerable setting — on a stage, bare-bone solo, with nothing to back them but their voice and instrument.…
Gary Moore - Live From London

Gary Moore – Live From London

Live From London Mascot Label Group / Provogue Records By Greg Johnson This recording comes from a December, 2009 show in London’s Islington Academy, a smaller theater that makes the performance truly an intimate setting. Sadly, it was…
The Prime Movers Blues Band

The Prime Movers Blues Band

  The Prime Movers Blues Band Modern Harmonic Review by Greg Johnson Much like their contemporaries The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Ann Arbor Michigan’s The Prime Movers Blues Band took a grasp on the classic sounds of Chicago and…