John Hammond Archives – Just Listen To This

Jon Allen – My Blues Top Ten

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Dec 29, 2018 | Reviews | 0

Gregg Allman – The Road Home

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Oct 2, 2018 | Interviews | 0

James Montgomery – Drawing On An Icon

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Aug 19, 2017 | Interviews | 0

Wilko Johnson – Keep It To Myself (The Best of Wilko Johnson)

Posted by Pete Sargeant | May 29, 2017 | Reviews | 0

Our man Simo returns with a new album in his name. His last release with the trio Simo was soaked in what is best termed psychedelic soul, his fluid and skybound guitar riffing to the fore. He is a love-totin’ hippy at heart, so his recordings tend to eschew what might be fashionable and aim at certain ambiences and atmospherics which liberate the players straight to free expression.

Jon Allen – My Blues Top Ten

by Pete Sargeant | Dec 29, 2018

Is there such a thing as dark honey? It’s surely to be found in the affecting vocals of Jon Allen but his songwriting talent is the sustaining factor in his career.

Gregg Allman – The Road Home

by Pete Sargeant | Oct 2, 2018

The man who knows more than anybody outside Gregg Allman’s family about his final years is his manager and close friend Michael Lehman. Pete met him in London to talk about the great musician’s final years…

James Montgomery – Drawing On An Icon

by Pete Sargeant | 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…

Wilko Johnson – Keep It To Myself (The Best of Wilko Johnson)

by Pete Sargeant | May 29, 2017

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.