JD Taylor – The Coldwater Sessions Vizztone Label Group 11 tracks Harp player JD Taylor picked up a harp at thirteen back home in Tennessee and went on to lead the band Little Boys Blue for over 25 years. With 5 albums under his belt, he has gone solo and remains with Vizztone. This album …
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Twenty years into his career, Joe Bonamassa is known internationally for his outstanding guitar abilities, songwriting and a vocal style that’s evolved through both hard work and study. Few artists have established such a devoted fan base — something that’s paid off with 23 albums that have reached the top of Billboard’s blues charts, including …
Cover photo © 2020 Laura Carbone In This Issue Marty Gunther has our feature interview with Jeff Jensen. We have 7 Blues reviews for you this week including new music from JD Taylor, Kat Pearson, Paul Gillings, Henry Turner Jr. & Flavor, Broke Fuse and Friends, Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam and John Fusco …
Joanna Connor – Rise M.C. Records www.mc-records.com www.joannaconnor.com 12 tracks Joanna Connor is the queen of slide guitar. She and Sonny Landreth are my two slide guitar heroes. When I got this album, I got something unexpected– Connor doing something different, and it works. Connor plays guitar and sings and even plays bass for a …
It has been more than six years since guitarist Dave Weld last talked with Blues Blast. In the earlier interview, writer Terry Mullins covered the early stages of Weld’s career from the time he arrived in Chicago in the mid-1970s and started fearlessly venturing into blues clubs all over the city to soak up the …
Johnny & The Mongrels – Creole Skies Self Released www.johnnyandthemongrels.com 10 tracks Johnny and the Mongrels are a great swampy and creole spiced band with a superb sound and hot new songs. Lead vocalists Johnny Ryan and Jeff Bostic front a great group on musicians and deliver a sound that is unique, fun and so …
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There’s no mistaking Jeff Jensen when he hits the stage. The blues-rocker’s a high-energy, high-intensity performer from the jump, crisscrossing the floor in rapid-fire movements, drawing a roar from the crowd as he doffs his cap and lets his freak flag of long locks fly free for the world to see. A gregarious road dog, …
Cover photo © 2020 Laura Carbone In This Issue Mark Thompson has our feature interview with Chicago Bluesman Dave Weld. We have 7 Blues reviews for you this week including a new book by Phil Wiggins and Frank Matheis about Blues in our nation’s capital plus new music from Johnny & The Mongrels, Joe Louis …
Anthony Geraci – Daydreams in Blue Shining Stone Records www.anthonygeraciblue.com CD: 12 Songs, 48 Minutes Styles: Piano Blues, Jazz-and-Soul-Influenced Blues Within the blues, different primary instruments produce different moods and effects in listeners. Electric guitar blues jolts you, makes you want to get down or zone out during Hendrix-type solos. Horn blues? Jovial, but not …
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Gerald McClendon – Can’t Nobody Stop Me Now Delta Roots Records www.geraldmcclendon.com CD: 12 Songs, 45 Minutes Styles: R&B, Horn Blues, Soul-Influenced Blues, All Original Songs The more I think about our cultural obsession with novelty, the more I realize it’s a paradox. We want what’s new, we crave what’s new, yet deep down we …
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