Tag Archives: blues

Allgood bridges the openness of the 20th century's hardcore bop with the soothing melodic sensibilities of the 21st century.

Over the past five years, these guys – Chris Robinson and Neal Casal – have managed to build a sound and a feeling in their music that I wasn’t even aware I’d been craving...

'On Safari' is a great musical journey with The Kentucky Headhunters.

The Blue Poets bring together 1970s classic rock, modern alternative rock, and blues in their self-titled album.

Bonamassa and his band fire on all cylinders on this live 2-CD or 2-DVD set. Recorded, amazingly, at a single sold-out Los Angeles concert in 2015, the selections pay tribute to the three "Kings" of the blues: Freddie King, Albert King, and Bonamassa's mentor B.B. King.

'What Happened, Miss Simone?' is a great documentary about an amazing woman that comes with a bonus CD containing some of her greatest songs.

'Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel' is a dream of an album. Continuing much of the spacey jam-rock of the band’s previous three albums, it also breaks rank from those other releases and manages to forge along in a new and seemingly less restrained path.

With its emotional extremes, seriousness, sadness and laughter following one another, this album is a realistic representation of life, superbly performed by Kolassa and the musicians and sensitively produced by Jensen.

While the overall feel of ‘Mean Business’ seems quite homogeneous, there are enough details varying here and there that make it an ear-grabbing listen.

This is a meticulously crafted album by talented musicians and songwriters who know how to deliver emotion in any musical style they choose.