Fiona Boyes Professin’ The Blues Blues Reference Recordings Sixteen tracks in a new release from Bay area label Reference, show-casing the evidently earthy, considerable talents of Ozzie picker Boyes, Professin’ The Blues is an outstanding […]
SNEZ HOUSE ON FOUR WHEELS Regal Records/MGM/Green Distribution Singer-songwriter folk Like all the best songwriters, the Blue Mountains-based Snez is a sharp observer of the seemingly simple yet subtly unique characters that pass through all […]
STEVE RIVERA DIVIDING THE DARKNESS Independent/Little Hartley Music Contemporary instrumental/classical There’s a lilting elegiac feeling of melancholy but also a subtle meditative quality that underpins this beautiful collection of instrumental pieces by southern Californian pianist […]
Sarawak Cultural Village, Malaysian Borneo Many elements make the Rainforest World Music Festival unique. The ‘living museum’ setting, a 35-minute drive from the state’s capital Kuching, is a sprawling green and serene world of its […]
ZIGGY MARLEY ZIGGY MARLEY Tuff Gong Worldwide/Source Music Reggae and beyond Sixteen albums into a career that began when he was ten years old accompanying his legendary father in the studio, Ziggy Marley knows exactly […]
GAYE ADEGBALOLA & THE WILD RUTZ Is It Still Good To Ya? Hot Toddy Music/Gaye Adegbalola.com Acoustic blues Blues music can often be labelled as music with ‘attitude’; indeed attitude is generally at the very […]
DOUG MacLEOD LIVE IN EUROPE Under The Radar Music Acoustic blues Here we have a new album recorded live some years ago, back in 2006 to be precise. Now, a full decade down the road, […]
Cahors Blues Festival is now clearly the premier blues event in France, having comfortably overturned Cognac’s claim for the title by remaining firmly rooted in blues music with many quality US and European players guesting […]
Cognac used to host the premiere blues festival in France, if not Europe. Sadly, now however, it seems to have largely lost its way with blues players mostly sidelined to smaller side-stages, while mega-stars rule […]
The mysteries of the ’65/’66 recordings revealed (maybe)! How deep can you go into a song? As Greil Marcus’ two recent books, The History of Rock ‘N’ Roll in Ten Songs and Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations, […]
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