Tag: Chess
Rory Gallagher – Blues (3-CD Edition)
Rory had a sure grip on blues, roots, folk and even jazz styles…in this collection you can hear all these elements and plenty of steaming rock’n’roll. His enthusiasm and attack are undoubted but the sensitivity is always there. It is no wonder that Rory still influences so many musicians.
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Geraint Watkins – Keys To The Highway
Whether on acoustic piano, electric piano or Hammond, you could not pick a more adept keyboard colleague than Geraint. Here, Pete Sargeant pitches some questions to Watkins as two of his solo albums are at last rereleased…
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Green On Bluesfest 2018
We had been fishing for a while for a quick chat with BluesFest director and musician Leo Green and as the 2018 event approached, it has happened. If we centered on the Eternal ‘act choices – what IS Blues?’ aspects this piece would never end, so we concentrate largely on the nuts and bolts of the festival
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Elise LeGrow – Playing Chess
Intriguing, sharply-honed, impactful…and so is her record. Having met this Canadian songstress in London to talk this release, listening to it makes more and more sense. For this chanteuse has her own twist on personality, looks and music.
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Wilko Johnson – Keep It To Myself (The Best of Wilko Johnson)
I have recently spoken to the guitar man in black we know as Wilko Johnson for a third installment in our series of chats about him, his life, his music – watch this site for the publication of that.
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Aaron Keylock – Playing All The Right Moves
With his long-awaited debut album ‘Cut Against The Grain’ out now on Mascot Label Group, our man catches up with Aaron to talk gear, touring and all things related. After a busy 2016 the teenage guitarslinger looks to be just as active in 2017….
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