​Award-winning Canadian blues guitarist and bandleader Colin James has his 20th release in the stores with the album 'Open Road'. He has been in the business for more than thirty years and has a trophy cabinet that really bulges with many awards. The release 'Open Road' is yet another collaboration with his longtime creative partner Dave Meszaros as producer. The resulting record was mixed at Abbey Road Studios in London and bends into his Americana, roots and blues territory. Highly recommend release..! 

​Hughes Taylor hails from Macon, Georgia. He was drawn to the blues almost immediately when he first picked up a guitar. Hughes is therefore an experienced guitarist with a beautiful voice. Tayor has developed his signature style with that fiery blues rock. He has already grown again as a musician, songwriter and producer. The songs were pinned together during the pandemic and recorded at the legendary Capricorn Sound Studios. Musically it is a mixture of blues, blues-rock and Southern rock. There is enough diversity in the release 'Modern Nostalgia' to keep it all interesting. 

​The release 'Time Clocks' shows Joe Bonamassa's musical evolution. Who likes to resist and defy the laws of the music industry. It's another masterpiece from a blues rock artist who is deeply rooted in the blues scene.

Jan Jaspers (vocals, guitar), drummer Gert Servaes, Patrick Louis (vocals, guitar) and harmonica virtuoso Fabian 'The Lord' Bennardo form the basis for that exciting sound. The third release 'Love Me Some' is packed with twelve delicious and honest songs. The bonus tracks 'Howl' and 'Mine All Mine were even mixed in the studio by Jim Diamond, known for his work with The White Stripes. Boogie Beasts open in their appropriate blues style. The rough swampy harp and slide guitar, pounding bass lines and drum punches make this all so recognizable. And that is the identity of this band. Highly recommended release !

​The release "Flathead" is an album full of covers, but thankfully Seth Lee Jones gives a unique twist to the songs. Handsome, clever and so also highly recommended..!

​This album is a tribute to Chambers mentor, and friend, the late great Hubert Sumlin. With a penchant for blues rock, Sean also idolized some blues masters such as Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf and of course Hubert Sumlin. With these mentors in his mind, he founded his first band around the age of nineteen. Sean Chambers is an exemplary and highly talented guitarist who also is infused with a great voice. Highly recommended album…!

​In March 2019 Krissy released his latest studio album 'Monster in Me'. Until now on the label Ruff Records 'Pizza Man Blues' is presented. This includes nine songs all written during and about the worldly Lockdown, and how it all touched him personally. Krissy opens like a busy rocker with the heavy 'Mayday'. But also songs like 'The Man Said No' , the great observation in 'Anti-Social Media' , the transcendent 'Hairdryin' Drummer Man' and also that sublime version of 'Grateful' Unplugged, with the glorious vocal talent of Layla Zoe and Felix Peikli is a great song. Krissy Matthews gives the listener a rhetoric of his personal musical expression.

​The second album ‘Drowning In Blue’  blends hardrock and blues but forgets to surprise the listener. So If you want to learn more about Until The Sun, start with their debut Blackheart.
But if you are a blues addict, go straight for ‘Drowning in Blue’.  

​Strong album from the 79 years old ‘bard’ Roger Chapman. Almost six decades of being a rocksinger results in releasing one of his best albums.  Strongly recommended!

Raw but also gentle guitar-lead bluesrock album from the unknown talented Londoner Scott McKeon.  Time to look further than your bloody nose. This can turn into a legendary album.

​The Covid 19 pandemic, unfortunately we still cannot get out of it. And also Popa Chubby, like so many of us, is almost completely bored. Although a musician is always inspired to write a lot of songs. Popa used his time useful, wrote many songs together and recorded eleven unadulterated blues rock tracks. The result is the release "Tinfoil Hat",  an album that he dedicates in memory of all of Covid’s victims. The songs where recorded at his Chubbyland studio in Hudson Valley. As a multi-instrumentalist, Popa plays all the instruments by himself. He immediately denounces the policy that Trump pursued during the lockdown in the title track.
The tone has been set, the musical path has been paved. Popa Chubby is diverging like never before. Superb release...!

​As a production manager, Jamie found none other than Phil Andrews. The company went to the NAM Studio in Holt, Wilshire and recorded ten imperfect blues rock songs. It has become an exciting mixture of instrumentals and vocal numbers. But luckily, guitar wizard Jamie doesn't get into that, all too often narrow-minded and one-sided blues rock corner. No, this album is so much more. Variation is one of the strong points of culmination. The blues rocker "Aces And Eights" may open the dance. It would immediately guide the release. Handsome…!

​I don’t like using  superlatives, because it’s so personal.  But the album Heavy Gauge certainly  remains one of my favorite albums of the year. Recommended!

​Last year, Ally went to the Bessie Blue Studio in Stantonville, TN with producer Jim Gaines. Not an easy assignment given the known circumstances. Bassist Bobby Wallace and drummer Elijah Owings are, in addition to some notable guests, her regular soul mates. Ally Venable confirms her status as "The Hottest New Guitarist in Blues Music".

​Now they are promoting the new album 'Elmore James For President', which will be released on the Continental Record Services label. The line-up of Mama’s Boys will look slightly different in 2021. In addition to Johnny Mastro (vocals / blues harp) and guitarist Smokehouse Brown, the rhythm section now consists of drummer Jimmy Goodall, baritone guitarist John Fohl, percussionist Lisa Gee and saxophonist Tom Eisenhood. The album was already recorded in the summer of 2019 during a live session in Music Shed studio in New Orleans, LA. Johnny Mastro wrote ten of the thirteen tracks and only he is given to open very tight. Fat harptunes and those hypnotic guitar riffs and drum parts give offense to the title track.
Mud Fat New Orleans blues tunes, a rare ballad and some boogiewoogie.
Let’s boogie, all night long…!

A good thirteen minutes, neatly divided over four songs, that is our first encounter with the band Feverseed. Feverseed is a New York rock quartet founded in 2019 by singer-songwriter George Panagakos and bassist Chris Crosby. Both are multi-instrumentalists, have been writing and recording quite a few songs together for years. They have explored many musical genres, but the common thread of their melodic compositions is that exciting blues rock.

​Melodic blues and rock songs on Tim Woods third solo album.  For the intensive listener a wake-up call to mother nature.

​Inspired by the current and formerblues-rock pioneers, the band Beauwater was founded in 2008 in St. John's, Canada. And in that short span of time they have built up a versatile sound and fan base. Singer / guitarist Jonathon Reid, Greg Newhook (bass) and drummer Mike Maddox are now holding their third studio album 'Who Works For Who?' under the baptismal found. The basis remains solid blues rock, although the band aromatizes many songs with deep bluestunes. T The title track is an instant blast of a rock song. The dance is deployes…!

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

​The Bluesbones have a diverse music style. De band just walks between solid blues rock like 'Find My Way Out' and ‘Cruisin’, harmonious boogies as 'Psycho Mind', a great swamprocker ‘The Witchdoctor’ and a few relaxed ballads like 'Demon Blues' and ‘Seales Souls’. With six albums on their account, this is the third live recording. This means that The Bluesbones is a real stage band. With growing and well-deserved success, they will hopefully be towing their instruments throughout Europe in 2021..!

​Although Greg is from Brooklyn, New York, he is one of the hottest newcomers to the Philadelphia blues scene. His success story is also largely due to the three Philly blues and rock veterans who can look back on a more than successful career with an extensive resume. And then we're talking bassist Garry Lee, guitarist Allen James and drummer Tom Walling. The album was recorded in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia and was co-produced by Garry Lee and Mike Tarsia. It's a six-track EP, firmly rooted in the British blues boom, a sound that was so lush in the early 1970s. And that is almost immediately characterized in songs like "Wake Up".
Greg Sover crosses his musical swords with heavy guitar work and blazing solos. The release ends with "Never Gonna Stop", a Jimi Hendrix inspired rock song. Well, the circle is so full for Greg Sover Band. 

​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..! 

​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 !

Now there is Dudley Taft’s new release "Cosmic Radio", on the American Blues Artist Group label. Dudley rages as an occupied throughout its set list. Heavy guitar riffs and that pounding rhythm section of bassists Kasey Williams/Johnn Kessler and drummers Jason Patterson/ Walfredo Reyes Jr. are a constant for the sound. From start to finish Taft takes you by the throat. The title track rushes and also "Left In The Dust" and "The Devil" blast through the woofer. In "Goin’ Away Baby" and "One In A Billion" his foot going down fort he first time of that new Fuzz pedal. Anyhow, this is a great release! 

​Kerry Kearney is a slide guitarist who can set his musical foot against greats like Sonny Landreth and Roy Rogers. Swampy rocker and many blues rockers form the basis for his sound.