Author: Glenn Sargeant

Cathy Grier + The Troublemakers — I’m All Burn

Cathy Grier has released her fourteenth album ‘I’m All Burn’ in which she enlisted the musical talent of her new home Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin having moved there in 2016. This sixteen-track offering opens with the title track which deals with the subject of gender equality covering issues of imagery and pay.

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Dick Taylor (The Pretty Things) — A Bare Bones Conversation

The Pretty Things have been making music for over fifty years and 2020 was no exception with a brand new acoustic album entitled ‘Bare As Bone, Bright As Blood’ released by Madfish Music. However, Phil May sadly passed away on 15th May 2020 so the record has now become a posthumous release and Glenn spoke with Mr Dick Taylor all about the new record and his dear bandmate and friend…

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Michael Landau — Liquid Quartet and Lockdown

Michael Landau is a name that you may not be familiar with but his talents as a guitarist and composer mean that it is highly likely that he is in your CD collection and you didn’t even know. Having played on albums by Alanis Morrisette, Mariah Carey, Richard Marx, Anastacia, Michael Jackson as well as touring with James Taylor and The Steve Gadd Band to name a few he is all over popular music in the 21st Century.

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Lucius Parr Band — Blues And Me

Singer-songwriter and musician Lucius Parr was born in the small country town of Yoakum, Texas and went from playing trombone in fifth grade to majoring in music at college and then being deployed to the Vietnam War after being drafted into the United States Army.

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The Smoke Wagon Blues Band — The Ballad Of Albert Johnson

Formed in 1996, The Smoke Wagon Blues Band are a seven-piece outfit with seven independent album releases and three Independent Blues Awards for their previous record Cigar Store. The title track kicks things off with Corey Lueck (vocals, harmonica) providing a punchy harp solo whilst Memphis Soul is driven by Jason Colavecchia funky bass riff with a Stevie Ray Vaughan Double Trouble influenced organ solo.

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