The career of Dana Fuchs began in her late teens when she ignited Manhattan’s blues-rock circuit with her burnt-honey vocal and bruisingly honest songwriting. With a voice acclaimed by Classic Rock magazine in a Blues album of the month review as “juke-joint dirty and illicit, evoking Joplin, Jagger and a fag butt bobbing in a glass of bourbon,” a trio of soul-drenched studio releases signalled her…
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Reviews roundup – Ghost vs. Matty T Wall vs. Gong Expresso vs. Willie Jackson vs. Ben Glover
Reviews roundup – Ghost vs. Matty T Wall vs. Gong Expresso vs. Willie Jackson vs. Ben Glover GHOST Prequelle Spinefarm Album number four from Ghost and it’s well, um, OK. Really. That’s it. Now that they (he) have been unmasked, the mythology and fun has been drained slightly. Add in the fact that this…
Joe Bonamassa Releases ‘Plynth (Water Down The Drain)’ Video From ‘British Blues Explosion Live’
Joe Bonamassa, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated blues rock guitar icon, released the video for ‘Plynth (Water Down The Drain)’ from his new British Blues Explosion Live album. The album is out now on CD/DVD/Blu-Ray & 3LP (Black / Red, White & Blue) via Mascot Label Group in Europe and J&R Adventures in North America.
Reviews roundup – Janiva Magness vs. Sarah McQuaid vs. Hollowstar vs. Gus Spenos vs. Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip
Reviews roundup – Janiva Magness vs. Sarah McQuaid vs. Hollowstar vs. Gus Spenos vs. Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip JANIVA MAGNESS Love Is An Army Blue Elan I took a long, long time but Janiva Magness finally got a Grammy nomination a couple of years back, which when you consider the musical travesties that…
Reviews roundup – Klaus Schulze vs. Darryl Way vs. The Rex Granite Band vs. Sydney Brown vs. Band of Gold
Reviews roundup – Klaus Schulze vs. Darryl Way vs. The Rex Granite Band vs. Sydney Brown vs. Band of Gold KLAUS SCHULZE Silhouettes Oblivion / SPV Well what do you expect from an icon of electronic ambience? Some nut crushing EDM? Of course not. So you’re getting exactly what you would expect from the septuagenarian…
Cherry Lee Mewis embarks on new “Voyage”
2018 marks a big year for Cherry. “It’s 10 years since I left my family home in north Wales and put all my musical eggs in one basket and headed for the bright lights of Bedford to pursue this crazy musical journey. I’ve also spent 20 months of the last four years out of the country…
