Bobby Bland Archives – Just Listen To This

Joanne and Pete catch up in London to talk about her new album for Silvertone ‘Reckless Heart’ and matters related. The tabloid press has just nailed actor Liam Neeson whose unguarded comments in an interview look like spiking his career… but all we seek is Joanne’s thoughts about hew new tracks…

Kenney Jones (Part One)

by Pete Sargeant | Mar 10, 2019

If there is a rock music autobiography you MUST read, it’s drummer Kenney Jones’ tome LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL. It’s informative, colourful and authentic as the life of this family man unrolls.

Kenney and I met over tea to talk about his story and the characters he learned from and worked with…

Joanne Shaw Taylor – Reckless Heart

by Pete Sargeant | Mar 3, 2019

So our guitar toting star returns..she’s carrying less and delivering more on this outing, as her producer has assembled a band of seasoned Detroit jazz alumni and what a glorious set of sound vistas they present on these recordings.

TAMI – My Blues Top Ten

by Pete Sargeant | Feb 2, 2019

The American blues-soul vocalist selects the classic songs that turned her on to the music she loves and performs, in conversation with Pete Sargeant…

Paul Carrack – These Days (Deluxe Edition)

by Pete Sargeant | Sep 30, 2018

Carrack imbues his songs with uncommon connectivity and warmth. It is easy for any human being to recognise a situation or a dilemma sketched out by this writer and empathise, understand, ponder.

Cornbury Music Festival 2018, July 2018, Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

by Pete Sargeant | Jul 16, 2018

A phoenix-style return to love for 2018 – and beyond – found us Cornbury fans trekking back to the middle of nowhere (aka the Tews) for more music and entertainment . And some winceworthy ‘comedy’..It’s quite Ok driving around this area in the day and we found the signposting somewhat better this year. At night, driving around is hideous, for a stranger to the area. Whatever the expenditure on facilities in this neck of the woods, it sure ain’t going on lighting!

Ladies Of The Blues, March 2018, Under The Bridge, Stamford Bridge, London, United Kingdom

by Pete Sargeant | Apr 18, 2018

This was the place to be in London tonight, for fans of blues and roots music. Mostly the audience heard men playing BUT each of the three acts was of course fronted by a female artist with something to say and the voice and chops to deliver it.

The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Strong Like That

by Pete Sargeant | May 15, 2017

Kim Wilson has become over time an almost John Mayall figure within US music – sticking to the music that brought him initial fame and always changing his backing musicians. I read a piece a while ago wherein Wilson opined that touring with younger players was refreshing as the old-timers did little but say how good things were Back Then….

Dreamgirls – OST

by Pete Sargeant | May 11, 2017

So… thirty five years after its original inception, a new theatre musical version the show and of course in the wake of the fabulously-received musical film heads for London and this double-CD album gives us all the songs.

Mike Zito – Make Blues Not War

by Pete Sargeant | Mar 31, 2017

A Tom Hambridge musical production is always worth a listen – just ask Buddy Guy or Quinn Sullivan ! – and with a talent such as Mike Zito you have virtual guarantee of quality singing and playing.

Beth Hart, November 2016, Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

by Pete Sargeant | Nov 27, 2016

Beth sure draws a crowd to her shows. This particular performance was throughout so raw and fractured and open that it felt little short of an exorcism.There are no taboos or forbidden song subjects for Hart, she tells it like it is or was to tell her stories.