CD REVIEW 2017

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JUNI 2018

Big Georges Harp: Uptown Cool

Mai Khoi: Dissent

David Wahler: Mosaic

Michael Whalen: Kiss The Quiet

Gregor St. John: Wisdom + Single ‘Woman Warrior’

Grant Kennedy : Home

Gazpacho: Soyuz

John Lindberg Trio: Straight From The Heart

Ruben Hoeke Band: 25 Live

Son Of The Velvet Rat: The Late Show

Mean Mary: Blazing – Soundtrack of the novel ‘Hell Is Naked’

Sugar Brown: It’s A Blues World…Calling All Blues!

Phil Cook: People Are My Drug

Matty T Wall: Sidewinder

Blind Lemon Pledge: Evangeline

Ben*Jam: Revisited + Jesus Saves

I See Hawks In L.A. : Live and Never Learn

Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer: Whispers from Silence

Heidi Breyer: Moonlight in Empty Rooms

Astral Swans: Strange Prison

De-Phazz: Black White Mono

J.P. Soars: Southbound I-95

Parker Millsap: Other Arrangements

Needlepoint: The Diary Of Robert Reverie

Lamont Dozier: Reimagination

Lincoln Briney: Homeward Bound

Beady Belle: Dedication

Jake Mason Trio: The Stranger in the Mirror

Nick Hooper: 6 Strings

Edwin Starr: Soul Singer

Victoria Ginty: Unfinished Business

Bootleggers: Southern Roads

Mike Spine: Forage & Glean, Vol I & Vol II

Cowboy Junkies: All That Reckoning

Shelby Texas: We Are Shelby Texas

Dan McKinnon: The Cleaner

Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash: The Beauty Of Chaos-Live At The Citadel St.Helen 2016

Grand Marquis: Brighter Days

Gretchen and the Pickpockets: Falling Rising

V.A.: Guitar Masters Collection

Jeff Jensen: Wisdom & Decay

Dumont (feat. Elliott Murphy)

Procol Harum: Still There’ll Be More (An Anthology 1967-2017)

James Williamson & The Pink Hearts: Behind The Shade

Rebecca Angel: What We Had

Melanie Dekker: Secret Spot

Peter Banks: Be Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky (Best Of+Rarities)

Peter Banks: The Self-Contained Trilogy (3 original albums)

Bob Corritore & Friends: Don’t Let The Devil Ride !

Vandell Andrew: Thirty

K. Avett: Lioness

Buscemi: Luna Misteriosa

Ted & Majella: Better Together

Alan Simon: Big Bang

Billy Price: Reckoning

Deb Ryder: Enjoy The Ride

Cross & Jackson: Another Day

Zoë Schwarz Blue Commotion: The Blues And I Should Have A Party

Steve Hill: The One-Man Blues Rock Band

MEI 2018

V.A.: Slow Down – Ibiza Grooves

V.A.: Ibiza Beats volume 11

Mario Rojas: Lost Angelino

Willie Jackson: Chosen By The Blues

Keeshea Pratt Band: Believe

Gizelle Smith: Ruthless Day

Artur Menezes: Keep Pushing

Martin Kerr: Better Than Brand-New

Rick Parfitt: Over And Out

Magical Heart: Another Wonderland

The Richard Shulman Group: Turned into Lemonade

V.A.: Too Slow to Disco Brasil – compiled by Ed Motta

The Slocan Ramblers: Queen City Jubilee

Mongrel State: Mestizo

Sawdust & Rust: Leaving A Memory

George Lilly And The Alf-Fast Allstarz: Thinkin’ About You

Dany Franchi: Problem Child

Colin Carter: One

Tas Cru: Memphis Song

Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar: Run To Me

Vazah: Bxl-Tulear

Klangwelt: The Incident

Spencer MacKenzie: Cold November

Big Daddy Wilson: Songs From The Road

Florin Clonta: Saxoflone

John Clifton: Nightlife

David Gerald: N2U

The Glücks: Run Amok

The Glenn Crytzer Orchestra: Ain’t It Grand?

Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow: Music in my Mind

Brendan Rothwell: Time On My Hands

Matthew O’Neill: Trophic Cascade

Flav Martin & Jerry Marotta: Soul Redemption

Track Dogs: Kansas City Out Groove

Robin George: Rogue Angels

Dave Greenslade: Cactus Choir

Wasted Seeds: Last Blast

Leif De Leeuw Band: Live In Concert

Husky Tones: I Don’t Give A Damn Anymore

Hannah Sanders And Ben Savage: Awake

The Przmatics: Always Stuck Here In Between (12 inch vinyl)

Annie Keating: Ghost Of The Untraveled Road

Yuka & Chronoship: SHIP

Wishbone Ash: Twin Barrels Burning (1982)

Wishbone Ash: Raw To The Bone (1985)

Bekken & Gjems: Spell

Nitish Kulkarni: Listen

The Lucky Losers: Blind Spot

Pharis and Jason Romero: Sweet Old Religion

Slagr: Dirr

Jungsu Choi Tiny Orkester: Tschüss Jazz Era

Skydive Trio: Sun Sparkle

Splashgirl: Sixth Sense

Michael Kaeshammer: Something New

Lunden Reign: Confessions (Blue vinyl, 12 inch ltd edition)

Andrew Sheppard: Steady Your Aim

Ben Bostick: Hellfire

Darryl Way: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons In Rock

Yugen: Yugen

Fernando Perdomo: Out To Sea

Death By Unga Bunga: So Far So Cool So Good

Svein Finnerud Trio: Plastic Sun

Angel Forrest: Electric Love

Emily Johnson: Open Your Heart

Giulia Millanta: Conversation with a Ghost

Crystal Shawanda: VooDoo Woman

David Vest: David Vest

De Wolff: Thrust

Espen Berg Trio: Bolge

Eva Hillered: New Me

Ally Venable Band: Puppet Show

The New Mastersounds: Renewable Energy

Lucky Bones: Matchstick Men

APRIL 2018

Meg Williams: Maybe Someday

Kathy and The Kilowatts: Premonition Of Love

Carrington MacDuffie: Kiss Make Better

Mark Dunn: Melodic Voyage

Lio: Lio Canta Caymmi

J.J. Vicars: Irreverent Dissident

American Folk (OST) featuring Joe Purdy & Amber Rubarth

Aquaserge: Déjà-Vous?

Marcia Ball: Shine Bright

Mike Zito: First Class Life

Valeriy Stepanov: Live

Bettye Lavette: Things Have Changed

Dana Fuchs: Love Lives On

Danny Bryant: Revelation

Shaggy Dogs: All Inclusive

The Cavemen: Nuke Earth

Formosa: Sorry For Being Sexy

Subsonics: Flesh Colored Paint

Kid Ramos: Old School

Blue And Broke: Edward

Too Slim and The Taildraggers: High Desert Heat

Little Boys Blue w/Kid Memphis: Hard Blue Space

Laura Lalla Domeneghini: Lallabies

Cold Tone Harvest: After You

Ajay Mathur: Little Boat

V.A.: Praise Poems Vol. 6

Rob Zinn: Walk the Walk

Hion Martell: Trust Me On This One

Tank Full O’Gas: Sacrifice Paradise

Living Room Heroes: Welcome To The Circus

Achilles Wheel: Sanctuary

Matthias Beckmann: Mpenzi Wangu

Denis Agenet & Nolapters: Who Dat?

Flaata – Ackles – Busk: A Thing Called Love (The Gospel Album)

Bob Holroyd: The Cage

Suzie Vinnick: Shake The Love Around

Misha Piatigorsky Trio: Stained Glass and Technicolor Grooves

Fred Farell: Distant Song

Jared Gold: Reemergence

McClenty Hunter Jr.: The Groove Hunter

Mikael: Grooveology – The Finale

Marillion: Size Matters (Limited Edition)

Marillion: Holidays In Eden Live (Limited Edition)

Mark Huff: Stars For Eyes

Jack Bon: Standing Rock

Kris Lager Band: Love Songs & Life Lines

Joyann Parker: Hard To Love

Gerry Spehar: Anger Management

Goldfish: 10 Years Fruits de Mer Records

Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps: Here In Babylon

Joe Goldmark: Blue Steel

Emmy Lou & The Rhythm Boys: Live, Enviken

Bob Holz with special guest Stanley Clarke: Visions: coast to coast connection

Vive La Fête: Destination Amour

Tim Woods: Human Race

Eric Congdon: Into The Woods

Adam Hawley: Double Vision

Bob Arthurs and Steve Lamattina: Jazz It Up! – Ukrainian Songs for Three Dads

Sean Noonan: The Aqua Diva

Noshir Mody: A Burgeoning Consciousness

Diane Marino: Soul Serenade – The Gloria Lynne Project

Michelle Malone: Slings & Arrows

Case Garrett: Aurora

Tusky: Rated Gnar

Lin Rountree: Stronger Still

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The Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling: The High Cost of Low Living

Joan Baez: Whistle Down The Wind

Ghost Town Blues Band: Backstage Pass

Reverend Freakchild: Dial It In

Rob Mo: From Scratch

Peter V Blues Train: Running Out Of Time.

Brazzmatazz: Turbolence

Norman Baker: Staying Blue

The Ugly Guys: Senior Moments

Knut Reiersrud Band: Heat

Ian Siegal: All The Rage

Slim Loris: Wild & Untamed (EP)

Fruits de Mer Records: Tir Na Nog + The Honey Pot/Icarus Peel’s Acid Reign + Moonweevil

Kizzy Crawford & Gwilym Simcock with Sinfonia Cymru: Birdsong/Cân Yr Adar

Johanna Sillanpaa: From This Side

Veronneau: Love & Surrender

Wanja Slavin Lotus Eaters: Salvation

Rockwell Avenue Blues Band: Back To Chiacgo

The Juke Joints: 35 Years Of Rock Rollin Blues (Live)

Standup ’69: Communicate

Paula Atherton: Shake It

Dan Siegel: Origins

Ian Thompson: New World

’T Hof Van Commerce: Niemand Grodder

Caroline Wickberg: I’m Not Mad

Jim Pearce: A Piano Story

Karen Souza: Velvet Vault

Gurls: Run Boy Run

Permanent Clear Light: Maurice n’est pas Là (7”EP)

MAART 2018

Breezy Rodio: Sometimes The Blues Got Me

Interferencias Vol. 1 : Spanish Synth Wave 1980-1989

Heldon: Electronique Guerilla

Heldon: Allez Teia

Kristoffer Bolander: What Never Was Will Always Be

Darlingside: Extralife

Jake Calypso: 100 Miles

Karney: No Mercy

Sy Smith: Sometimes A Rose Will Grow In Concrete

Vanderson featuring Lambert: Sequenced Thoughts

Shob: Karma Obscur

You Are Wolf: Keld

Keno: Around The Corner

Brainticket: Vandroogenbroeck – Spoerri – Fürst in Zürich/Lausanne

Leo Sidran: Cool School (The Music of Michael Franks)

David Garfield: Jazz outside the Box

The Flying Horse Big Band: The Bat Swings!

Sundae + Mr. Goessl: When You’re Smiling

Sheesham And Lotus And ‘Son: Clear The Table

Andrew Gould: First Things First

OKB Trio: The Ing…

Jesse Terry: Natural

Jeb Barry and the Pawn Shop Saints: Texas, etc… (double album)

Torgeir Waldemar: Jamais Vu

Slow Pilot: Gentle Intruder

Scott Smith: Igniting The Flame

Mike Spine: Don’t Let It Bring You Down

Giles Robson & Chris Corcoran: Roller Coster! A Ride Trough Walter’s World

John Oates With The Good Road Band: Arkansas

Laurie Jane & The 45’s: Midnight Jubilee

Gus Spenos: It’s Lovin’ I Guarantee

Jenny Van West: Happiness To Burn

The Velvet Candles: Today

Supersonics: Close To You

Wilderman: Wilderman (vinyl en cd)

Chillociraptor: Chillociraptor

Michael Moss Accidental Orchestra: Helix

Other Animal: Other Animal

Todd Kessler: About Memory

J. Briozo: Deep In the Waves

Mud Morganfield: They Call Me Mud

Ricardo Bacelar: Sebastiana

Diane Moser: Birdsongs

Roch Lockyer: When Frank met Django

The Bluesbones: Chasing Shadows

Sara Lee: Heart Of Stone

Penny Leen: Still Waters/Savage Waves

R.X. Bertoldi: Strong Roots & Readings

PK Gregory: Honkabilly Blues

Gleb Kolyadin

Sule: Hold On

Crowd Company: Stone & Sky

The Zippers: debutalbum

Laurie Morvan: Gravity

The Bush League: James RiVah

World Electric Band: Confusion

Papik Presents: Fabio Tullio: Cocktail Sax

Steve Sainas: Simple As This

Janiva Magness: Love Is An Army

Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys: My Live

Various Artists: You’re Too Bad

Peter Karp: Blue Flame

Various Artists: Burning Frets

Kelsea Ballerini: Unapologetically

Birth Of Joy: Hyper Focus

Band of Gold: Where’s the Magic

Insecure Men: Insecure Men

Al Di Meola: Opus

Gong Expresso: Decadence

Bernard Allison: Let It Go

Patrick Coman: Three Of Live

Jamie Thyer and The Worried Men: Cafe Races

Marshall Laurence: Feeling Fine

Buffalo Tom: Quiet And Peace

Vanja Sky: Bad Penny

Aiming For Enrike: Las Napalmas

All The Luck In The World: A Blind Arcade

Various Artists: Give Me Some Groove Juice (10 inch vinyl)

Various Artists: Love Shock

Darling West: While I Was Asleep

Tautologic: Re:Psychle

And Then Came Fall

Michael Alan: Distant Worlds

The Daryl Beebe Project: Seasons Change

FEBUARI 2018

The Nut Jumpers: Boogie In The Shack

Various Artists: Move On!

Billy & Bloomfish: Happy Incomplete

Bruno Deneckere: I Remember The Day

Long Tall Deb And Colin John: Dragonfly

Katy Guillen & The Girls: Remember What You Knew Before

Professor And The Madman: Disintegrate Me

Above the sun: Make music not money

Funkallisto: Saturday Night Dogs

Maria Jacobs: Lucky Girl

Paolo Marini Latin Jazz Combo: The Soul of Tumbao

Gone Hepsville: Gimme!

Various Artists: Don’t Mess With Me, Baby

Various Artists: Fool Mule

Catch The Groove: Smilin’ in Paradise

3Hattrio: Lord Of The Desert

Korby Lenker: Thousand Springs

The Gardening Club

Sarah McQuaid: If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous

Takaaki: New Kid in Town

Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine: Tasty Tunes

Andrew Neu: Catwalk

Robert Vlaeyen: Late…but not too late

Shorty Jetson And His Racketeers: Shorty Jetson And His Racketeers

Beth Wimmer: Bookmark

Chris Ruest: Been Gone Too Long

Steven Troch Band: Rhymes For Mellow Minds

Strawbs: The ferryman’s Curse

Beth Nielsen Chapman: Hearts Of Glass

Keith Christmas: Crazy Dancing Days

Jim McCarty: Walking In The Wild Land

Borokov Borokov: Eerlijk Delen

Tricklebolt: Tricklebolt

Mon Réal: EP

The Commotions: Volume II

Radka Toneff & Steve Dobrogosz: Fairytales

Nicole Willis & Umo Jazz Orchestra: My Name Is Nicole Willis

Matthew Fisher: Strange Days

Ola Kvernberg: Steamdome

Voluptas Mors: Imagination

Billie Jo Spears: We Just Came Apart At The Dreams

Charlie Hightone & Carlos Slap: Two Cats & The Bass

The Reverend Shawn Amos: Breaks It Down

Carolyn Gaines: Beware My Dog

Johnny Tucker: Seven Day Blues

Hot Clover Club: Mean Old Man

Johnny Fink and the Intrusion: JFI

Aisha Khan: Aishaddiction

Dayna Kurtz: Here, vol. 2

Alan Haksten Ensemble: En La Ciudad De Los Pajaros

Cookin’ On 3 Burners: Lab Experiments vol. 1: Mixin’

Kim Myrh: You/Me

Patti Austin & James Morrison: Ella & Louis

Toby Tobias: Reach Out

Eric Valentine & Velvet Groove: Velvet Groove

TT Syndicate: TT Syndicate

Nils Økland Band: Lysning

TB FRANK & BAUSTEIN: Tock! (vinyl limited edition)

Greg Sover: Jubilee

Whiterward: The Anchor

The Rex Granite Band featuring Sarah Benck: Spirit • Matter • Truth • Lies

Backtrack Blues Band: Make My Home In Florida

Sugar Queen & The Straight Blues Band: 340 Blues

JANUARI 2018

Erik Honoré: Unrest

Gordon Giltrap: Peace Will Fall

Rick Shea & The Losin’ End: The Town Where I Live

The Pearls: The Pearls

Gregg Stewart : Gregg Stewart

Gregg Stewart : Twenty Sixteen

Steven Casper & Cowboy Angst: Sometimes Jesse James

Billy Walton Band: Soul Of A Man

Scott Kirby: Chasing Hemingway’s Ghost

Ferd: Music Without Borders

V.A.: Movements vol. 9

Under The Lake: Jazz, Groove & Attitude

Groove Planet: Groove Planet

Mary Gauthier: Rifles & Rosary Beads

Secret Rendezvous: For Real

Tess D. Smith: Fulfillment

Experience Deluxe: Q 17 (432 Hz)

Bjøro Häland: Tracks

Russell Suereth: Spiritual Odyssey

Denise King & Massimo Faraò Trio: The Best of Soul R&B Smooth Jazz

Gudinöv: Atelophobia

Tyler Morris Band: Next In Line

Muddy Gurdy: When French Hurdy Gurdy Meets The North Mississippi Hill Country Blues

Sebastian Caldas Zeballos: Nowruz

Hakon Kornstad + Kork: Live

Helge Iberg: Jazz-Kammer - A Musical Offering

Terra Guitarra: Spirit Wheel

Cousin Harley: Blue Smoke (The Music Of Merle Travis)

Mabel Greer’s Toyshop: The Secret

Andrew Heller: Sinatra All the Way featuring The Nelson Riddle Orchestra

Flow: Flow

Tyler Childers: Purgatory

Billion Dollar Babies: First Ever Live Show - Flint 1977

Freeworld: What It Is

Neil Tatar: After the Rain

Byron Metcalf & Jennifer Graise: They Were Here

Uwe Gronau: When Every Word Was Singing

Ilya Portnov: Strong Brew

Zachary Richard: Gombo

Emily Burgess: Are We In Love

Lex Grey and The Urban Pioneers: Asual Suspects

Emily Herring: Gliding

Jackie Moore: I’m On My Way: Expanded Edition

Jim Shaneberger Band: Above And Below

The Blues Foundation: International Blues Challenge #33

Shake n’ Cor & The Bonetones: Best Life

V.A.: Puttin’ on the Ritz – A Tribute to Fred Astaire

Lelle Dahlberg: These Words Are True

Rick Drost: Turning The World

Katie Garibaldi: Home Sweet Christmas