​In 2021 there is now the long-awaited "Let's Talk About It", on the Brazilian label BlueCrawFish Records, from label owner Netto Rockfeller. Luca continues in this project elegantly through the blues, R&B and soul sound. And this with a lot of sentimentary interpretations. The album was produced, recorded and mixed in the Italian Sahsha Records studio by Fabio Colella.
Giordano wrote no fewer than eight original songs together. We also find cover songs by Mighty Mo Rodgers, Eric "Guitar" Davis and Sean Costello. Luca opens the album in style with a soulful instrumental title track. Chicago blues is its trademark. Add to this that impressive horn section, a captivating organ part and Luca's smooth fingerings on guitar. The closing and emotional song "Days Of My Life", is colored with mood-changing funky guitar riffs and those invigorating horn section. It is also the first time that Luca records that song. It was emotionally too hard to interpret Eric's "Guitar" Davis "song, but Luca felt the time was right. Luca Giordano is perfecting his Chicago blues sound to a higher level, although he diverges with a lot of soul, R&B  and funky guitar riffs. Great stuff, highly recommended..!

​With the exception of one song, the album consists of a whole series of exciting cover versions. Fortunately Endrick & The Sandwiches give their own twist to the many covers. They don't just play the song indiscriminately, but they still understand the art of preserving the identity of the songs. Not bad at all folks…!

​The American Jimmy Rushing was highly regarded in the period when big bands were extremely popular. He can certainly be counted among the greatest blues and swing jazz singers of his time. He gained his greatest fame as a vocalist with Count Basie. He was a member of his band from 1935 to 1948. Most of the attention on this collector therefore goes to the recordings that Rushing made with Count Basie's orchestra. You get 20 tracks, which are supplemented with 2 songs that he recorded with the orchestra of Johnny Otis and that of Jimmy Mundy.
Besides Rushing’s strong musical personality, this album is also an ode to the time when big bands hit the ballrooms.

Next up in the Bear Family ‘Rocks’ series is none other than Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown, a guitarist who would lead many youngsters to the six-string plank. Not only was he a multi-instrumentalist, he was also against categorizing music. He didn't call himself a blues, jazz or country artist, but he did call himself a musician. A definition that fits him like a tailored suit. This album is a wonderful collector that puts Brown in the spotlight in a formidable way. Both vocal and instrumental songs, blues, swing with or without jazzy twist, show Clarence's immense talent. A man who pioneered the development and evolution of the Texas blues.
In addition, a 34-page booklet accompanies this issue. Illustrated with beautiful photos, blues specialist Bill Dahl Brown describes his career. Detlev Hoegen in turn is responsible for ‘Gatemouth's’ discography. An insanely beautiful album!

​We recently reviewed volume 1 in the ‘Rock And Roll Vixens’ series, and now it is time for volume 2, which was released simultaneously with volume 1. Traditionally, this release also focuses on the rhythm & blues, blues and soul, which African-American ladies released from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. Once again this compilation contains superior blues, rhythm & blues and soul, sporadically with a jazzy twist.
Volume 2 of the ‘Rock And Roll Vixens’ is, just like volume 1, another hit from the KokoMojo label.

​With ‘Rock And Roll Vixens, Vol. 1', the Koko-Mojo label focuses on the recordings of African-American female singers from the early 1950s to the mid 1960s. These were the heyday of the blues, rhythm & blues and early soul, but also recordings by women's groups that guaranteed harmony vocals were very popular.
Keeping in mind the Koko-Mojo slogan ‘No Fillers, Just Killers’, we can only conclude that this has once again been 100% successful.

​This is the busker’s rebirth as a solo artist, and as a new “One Woman Band”. The magic, her philosophy and a month-long train journey with the renowned Armtrak. Even now it was no longer necessary to acquire a lot of inspiration for her writing talent. Fortunately, she had the bright idea to profile her as "One Woman Band". In November she moved to legendary Royal Sound Studios in Memphis. Almost in real time the songs were canned in a vintage way. Along with Lawrence Boo Mitchell Volt is also responsible for the production.
The release ‘One Woman Band’ is a beautiful, cheerful and inspiring album. And this in difficult times. Thanks Ghalia ...

​Early Times is a music veteran from Sacramento, CA affectionately known as the "Hobo Deluxe". From New York City he abandoned his musicality. And it is diverging like never before. Heavy blues rock, great instrumentals, some funky and jazzy tunes have almost become his tradmark here. This is a great and exciting CD!

​Besides Bobby Gentry's coversong 'Ode To Billie Joe', Cathy Grier wrote fifteen great songs. And they diverge from beautiful swampy funky songs to emotional ballads and delicious Chicago blues harp inspired songs. A well-balanced album!

​The Vancouver-based rock band Terminal Station confirmed with their third full-length release. The winter blues have already disappeared! Hell yeah..!!

Expected with Andy Cohen concert blues from Mississippi, Piedmont, Memphis and Chicago. As well as some ragtime, gospel and original tunes. Now he is promoting his latest album "Tryin 'To Get Home". And again he prefers himself as an excellent fingerpicking blues guitarist. But also his barrel house piano should not be missed..!

The release 'Live At The Isabel' is a very enjoyable and varied album by a strong singer. Miss Emily has songwriting credits for nine of the fifteen songs and opens her show with the melodic slow blues "Sometimes It's Better To Lose". Handsome..!

​Bill Booth and Bill Troiani are both established and experienced American musicians who have lived in Norway for many years. They have played together as a duo and in different bands over the years, but strangely enough they have never recorded and released music together. Until now!
In this way they create their own and unique sound. "Til The Blues Have Gone" is The Bills' debut album. The new songs follow traditional elements of deep blues, swing and country. They combine all this with a distinct vocal mix, Billy T's driving bass, Bill Booth's bluesy fiddle and guitar work and the rhythm of drummer Alexander Pettersen. The trio went to The Anneks Studio, Ellen’s Cellar and canned thirteen unadulterated blues tracks. Great stuff…!

​Jones' powerful sound includes a trio of guitar, bass and drums. It has long been a fundamental part of this rock and blues world. His trademark is surfacing in the blues rockers like ‘Gonna Be Alright','Revolves Around You  'and ‘Burn Down The Plantation . Handsome!  With these musical impressions Dennis Jones is now promoting his new record! Check it out on his website…

​Blues Lee is proud to present the new album "Twenty Five". The songs were released during the second Covid-19 lockdown, although guitarist Jan 'Catchy' Corthouts, JB Biesemans (vocals / saxophone), drummer Carlo Smeyers, bassist Steph Collart and Karel 'Helix' Phlix on guitar worked in the Hechtelse Rootshouse Studio between 2019 and 2020. A lot of original songs and 37 minutes, more was not needed again to overwhelm us. Almost every month, one song was ​taped, which now results in the album "Twenty Five". Swing, jump, blues and R&B, the diversity is almost like a trademark for the band.

​John is pleased to announce that his new double album ‘John the Revelator’ will see all proceeds going directly to the W.C. HANDY ARTS RELIEF FUND (HART Fund) established by the The Blues Foundation. This fund helps blues musicians and their families in financial need due to a broad range of health concerns, dental care, as well as funeral and burial expenses. John Fusco and The X-Road Riders integrate the trombone into their music in a very interesting way and he also gives a lot of freedom to solo to his Riders. John his band will follow up their critically acclaimed 2019 debut with the 20-track (and 18 brand new originals) double album "John The Revelator".

​Randy likes simplicity on his new album. He understands the art of keeping things fascinating and exciting with intimate instrumentation. An art in itself. And that half of the proceeds go to charity only makes this picture even better. Just like the human behind Randy Casey ..!
Actually, there is never a bad time to turn a hell of a record. With the holiday season approaching, Randy found the ideal time to present his new pitch to the world press and his extensive fan base. The album, which moreover contains eleven original songs, Randy needed only 24 hours of studio time. He, as a multi-instrumentalist also plays all the instruments and obviously returns to the basics of the blues. Studio tricks and special effects are foreign to him. And that’s something what we like here also.

​Little or say nothing is known biographically about Big Bob Kornegay. Hence the subtitle of this album, namely ‘28 Rockers, Blues & Ballads From The Mystery Man Of R & B’. And yet he managed to make a lot of nice recordings through his bass voice. On this album we hear it in various settings. What characterized Big Bob was the fact that he could not be pinned to one genre.
Uptempo rhythm & blues, blues ballads and some doo-wop were all among his vocal possibilities.
For whom Big Bob Kornegay is unknown, this compilation is definitely recommended. Bet you made a discovery with it?

​Slide guitar is a technique that was developed in the late 1920s and early 1930s and was mainly used in the Mississippi Delta blues. The intention is for the player to slide an object over the strings, creating a specific lilting sound.
The Jasmine label bundles 28 tracks on this collector, mainly focusing on the acoustic slide guitar. In addition to slide recordings by famous artists such as Homesick James, Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk, Johnny Shines and especially Hound Dog Taylor, this album also contains a number of less known artists.

​Billy J has recorded his most divergent album. From seventies rock, it goes to pleasant blues rock, some ballads and even some rare reggae tunes. Handsome release..! 

​This Jasmine collector contains, besides the full Blue Note album ‘Face To Face’, three tracks from the also by Blue Note released ‘Stop And Listen’, four bonus tracks from Willette's earliest recordings. From the first track, ‘Baby Face’ Willette emerge as an extremely creative organist, who knows how to combine jazz, gospel and blues in a masterful way. Let's hope Jasmine will release the rest of the ‘Stop And Listen’ album soon as well. After all, music by extremely talented musicians should not stayed unheard, especially not that of ‘Baby Face’ Willette. An absolute must have!

​Matt 'Guitar' Murphy was best known for his role in the two films by The Blues Brothers. At that time, Murphy had already had a serious career as a session musician with greats such as Memphis Slim, Junior Parker, Chuck Berry, Otis Rush and Muddy Waters. On this album you get 28 rhythm & blues tracks, which Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, recorded by their side between 1952 and 1961.

​Now there is the long-awaited "Are You Ready? The Mississippi Sessions ". The duo went into the studio with a whole series of guest artists. The result, twenty songs that depict the trials of life, love and hard life lessons. Danny Brooks has that voice timbre with a low, raw, almost growl voice. Rock songs like "Are You Ready" are colored with those supreme vocals, heavy guitar riffs and a Memphis soul horn section. 

​Peter Veteka is a great vocalist / guitarist who leads a tight rhythm section. His sound ranges from heavy bluesrock over funky tunes and some rare ballads. Strong album !

​‘Mojo Man’ Little Victor starts with ‘Doctor Velvet’ the new ‘Dancefloor Killers’ series. A series, which contains ‘the cream of the crop’ of danceable music. This first album brings together 24 well-known and less known tracks from the heyday of rhythm & blues, blues and rock and roll. Extremely danceable music and highly recommended!