CD Review - Tim Lothar
2008-07-14 18:56:00
In It For The Ride M.D. SpenserThis engaging set of Delta stylings just might be the best acoustic Blues album you’ll buy this year.Deftly mixing fingerpicking with slide, Lothar creates that rarest of gems: a Blues album that’s deeply traditional yet utterly fresh.It’s done with such seeming ease that you wonder about the secrets of its charms, yet hesitate to deconstruct something so grace
CD Review - Reverend Gary Davis
2008-07-09 03:58:00
Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964DocumentBy M.D. SpenserReverend
Gary Davis
was pushing 70, a good 35 years past his heyday, when this live set was recorded in the UK. But his voice was still powerful, capable of roaring with religious fervour.And his skills on “Miss Gibson”, his jumbo acoustic guitar, remained impressive – making for a show that delighted the audience then and holds pleasure
CD Review - JT Ross
2008-07-21 09:48:00
LoadedSouth Side RecordsBy M.D. SpenserIf you’re looking for an album of hard-driving guitar-and-harmonica Chicago Blues, this is not a bad one to pick up.JT Ross was born in Chicago; his father, Michael Trossman, painted portraits of Blues and rock stars, including for Rolling Stone magazine. JT claims to have got his first harmonica as a baby, to have met Howlin’ Wolf and Hound Dog Taylor as
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