Tag: Chuck Berry

The Zombies On The Blues (Part One)

The Zombies On The Blues (Part One)

by | Dec 29, 2018

The Zombies – veteran purveyors of scintillating and haunting music for over five decades, drawing on jazz, rock and blues influences at every turn but scoring durable chart hits all over the world, even gifting Carlos Santana with one of his biggest hits and spurring The Byrds to explore psychedelia…

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Mike Zito – First Class Life

Mike Zito – First Class Life

by | Apr 18, 2018

Zito doesn’t go for that racing around, foot on the monitor, extreme face-pulling style of guitar. He just plays out and keeps his cool, channelling soul through his fingertips. Better still he doesn’t shout or groan, he actually sings..and if these comments puzzle you, you should hear a lot of the stuff we receive to review.

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Elise LeGrow – Playing Chess

Elise LeGrow – Playing Chess

by | Mar 8, 2018

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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Sterling Ball, John Ferraro and Jim Cox – The Mutual Admiration Society

Sterling Ball, John Ferraro and Jim Cox – The Mutual Admiration Society

by | Jan 21, 2018

In which these three gentlemen – BFC as I am now naming them, to save time – create an album called The Mutual Admiration Society. Tongue in cheek title? Or straight? A lot of familiar numbers, a lot of familiar guests. The collection turns out to be a set of instrumentals of quite staggering variety, on which BFC make everybody sound fine. Skill of this strength is always going to make for an entertaining listen.

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Ringo Starr – Give More Love

Ringo Starr – Give More Love

by | Dec 26, 2017

Can’t let this year finish without catching up with this record – the latest from Ringo whose albums more and more reflect the fun and creativity he draws from working with the globe’s finest. Of course it’s an honour to work with the cat who played drums on Rain and Old Brown Shoe and our friend Steve Lukather was genuinely thrilled to be in on the sessions.

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Cheap Trick – Christmas Christmas

Cheap Trick – Christmas Christmas

by | Dec 22, 2017

As far as I am aware, this is the first seasonal release from the veteran rock band. It’s a mix of well-worn Xmas favourites and less familiar material but all delivered with the group’s customary energetic, guitar-fueled elan. The artwork blends the outfit’s checkerboard graphic with Christmas corn.

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James Montgomery – Drawing On An Icon

James Montgomery – Drawing On An Icon

by | Aug 19, 2017

Harpist and singer James leads The James Montgomery Blues Band and he and Pete share the same main inspirational player from their earliest days – Mr Paul Butterfield. However the latest album on Cleopatra Records blues imprint shows that the band has no fear of stepping forward from the Chicago master’s style to channel their own ideas…

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Chuck Berry – Chuck

Chuck Berry – Chuck

by | Jul 2, 2017

Described by some as America’s Greatest Living Poet, Charles Berry took his T Bone Walker and Muddy Waters influences and crafted a unique body of rock’n’roll and blues songs of classic, timeless quality.

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ZZ Top – Global Warming

ZZ Top – Global Warming

by | Aug 26, 2016

Capturing a series of red-hot shows by ZZ Top all over the world, the Texas trio prepare to release a new live album. Pete catches up with blues-rock wizard Billy Gibbons to talk songs, stages and everything else

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