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Bluesdoodles Picks of 2016 Recorded Music What a fabulous year for music at Bluesdoodles HQ. I have enjoyed listening to all the recorded music sent. Liz makes a note (must do better in 2017 and review more! I have started a new hopefully more organised system!). Album Highlights 2016 One Hundred and Forty-eight reviewed. What … Read more…
The Answer – New Single – Album Solas plus Tour Dates! THE ANSWER – NEW ALBUM: SOLAS OUT OCTOBER 28TH THROUGH NAPALM RECORDS Listen to the Single and Title track Both ‘Solas’ and ‘Beautiful World’ will be available as instant grat downloads with pre-orders of the album via digital stores, … Read more…
Robin Trower Knows Where You Are Going To The album is ten tracks of blues guitar that swirls with intent, blowing gusts of every shade of electric blue through the vocals. The blues are held close and then he shapes the music via freeform around his own pathway taking us on an interesting, … Read more…
Paul Cowley Album – Rural Independent Rural is an album crammed with good songs, endearing vocals and acoustic guitar that sings. This is country blues with a collection of classics and a handful of self-penned numbers showing that Paul understands the beating musical legacy of the blues. Rural is not an album lurking in … Read more…
Joe Louis Walker Everybody Wants A Piece Provogue/Mascot Label Group An album that is a powerhouse of blues that rocks, rolls and thrills as the eleven tracks have real attitude but never strays from quality blues that you simply have to sit back, listen and enjoy you will be smiling by the end … Read more…
BLUES GUITAR VIRTUOSO WALTER TROUT TRIUMPHANTLY RETURNS WITH NEW STUDIO ALBUM, BATTLE SCARS PROVOGUE RECORDS/MASCOT LABEL GROUP Released to the world 23 OCTOBER 2015 Added bonus on Tour U.K. November 2015 Listen – Pre Order – Book Tickets as simple as 1-2-3! BATTLE SCARS TRACK LIST Almost Gone Omaha Prelude Omaha Tomorrow Seems So Far … Read more…
Danni Nicholls Mockingbird Lane Danni Nicholls Music Release Date – October 23rd 2015 This second album confirms that Danni Nicholls has a voice that roots her in the category of singer/songwriter, writing lyrics with narrative, melodies that get the feet tapping and vocals that are as sweet as golden sunshine drenched mornings. Her relaxed, laid … Read more…
Mark Pontin Textures Moochee Records/Plastic Head Distribution Released Date 6th November 2015 What will be noticed are the opening chords of Mark’s guitar and vocals with a harder edge rock, he has laid down the gauntlet with the opening track Outside Inside, the squeal of the guitar in the controlled lead breaks full of shape … Read more…
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S ‘THE TIES THAT BIND: THE RIVER COLLECTION’ 4CD/3DVD BOX SET OUT 4th DECEMBER Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Ties That Bind: The River Collection’ on 4th December. A comprehensive look at ‘The River’ era, the set contains 52 tracks on 4 CDs with a wealth of unreleased material, and 4 hours … Read more…
Edgar Winter ‘Rebel Road’ European album release November 13 2015 Edgar Winter is back touring Europe for the first time since 2011 and releasing his new album Rebel Road in Europe on 13th November. ‘Rebel Road’ is Winter’s 10th solo album and features 11 new tracks. The inspiration for the concept came from playing biker … Read more…
