Blues Album reviews - Page 2

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Buffalo Nichols

Buffalo Nichols

Buffalo Nichols - Buffalo Nichols 7.9

Album review

Blues
Folk
Buffalo Nichols keeps his debut small, but its feelings are large. Guitar and his rough voice carry most of the music. Additional…

Spectacular Class

Jontavious Willis

Jontavious Willis - Spectacular Class 8.5

Album review

Blues
Spectacular Class shows how lively traditional blues can remain. Jontavious Willis knows the old forms, but uses them to tell his…

Hill Country Love

Cedric Burnside

Cedric Burnside - Hill Country Love 8.0

Album review

Blues
Cedric Burnside sounds relaxed and assured on Hill Country Love. His blues keeps enough roughness to make an immediate impression…

Blood Harmony

Larkin Poe

Larkin Poe - Blood Harmony 8.1

Album review

Blues
Country Rock
Rock
Blood Harmony makes Larkin Poe's strengths easy to hear. The guitars have weight and character, the singing is assured, and the…

Gifts from the Holy Ghost

Dorothy

Dorothy - Gifts from the Holy Ghost 7.8

Album review

Blues
Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Gifts from the Holy Ghost makes its case through Dorothy Martin's ability to sound certain. The songs deal in recovery, defiance…

I Be Trying

Cedric Burnside

Cedric Burnside - I Be Trying 8.2

Album review

Blues
Cedric Burnside needs little to give a song character on I Be Trying. A guitar pattern, a firm rhythm and his warm voice usually…

Rockisdead

Dorothy

Dorothy - Rockisdead 7.7

Album review

Blues
Hard Rock
Rock
Dorothy Martin gives Rockisdead its strongest reason to exist. The songs use familiar blues rock ingredients, but her voice makes…

Bloom

Larkin Poe

Larkin Poe - Bloom 8.6

Album review

Blues
Rock
The guitar playing on Bloom is very good. That will probably surprise nobody who knows Larkin Poe. The more useful thing to say is…

Self Made Man

Larkin Poe

Larkin Poe - Self Made Man 8.0

Album review

Blues
Country Rock
Rock
Self Made Man gives Larkin Poe's blues-based rock a strong melodic outline. Rebecca and Megan Lovell build the songs around clear…

All of This Life

The Record Company

The Record Company - All of This Life 8.0

Album review

Blues
Rock
All of This Life gives The Record Company's blues rock a fuller sound without losing the simple appeal of the trio. The bass and…

The Way

Dorothy

Dorothy - The Way 7.8

Album review

Blues
Hard Rock
Rock
Dorothy Martin has a voice that can make a fairly ordinary rock arrangement feel like an event. The Way gives her plenty of…

Ah Via Musicom

Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom 8.6

Album review

Blues
Jazz Fusion
Rock
Ah Via Musicom makes a strong case for guitar music that puts melody first. Eric Johnson can move through a fast passage with…

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