Pop Staples Archives – Just Listen To This

Robert Randolph (Robert Randolph And The Family Band) – Steelin’ The Spotlight

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Jun 5, 2019 | Interviews | 0

Doyle Bramhall II – Rich Man

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Apr 14, 2017 | Reviews | 0

Eric Gales – Middle Of The Road

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Feb 24, 2017 | Reviews | 0

Robert Randolph (Robert Randolph And The Family Band) – Steelin’ The Spotlight

by Pete Sargeant | Jun 5, 2019

It is some sixteen years now that steel guitar ace and singer Robert Randolph met up with Pete the afternoon before he and The Family Band played their London debut at Dingwalls in Camden. Now older and wiser, Randolph does not seem to have lost any of his zest for life – indeed with a brand new album Brighter Days coming out on Mascot, the musician appears ready to rock out once more…

Doyle Bramhall II – Rich Man

by Pete Sargeant | Apr 14, 2017

So far, every one of Mr Bramhall’s album releases have been full of fine songs, spirited singing, lively arrangements and in their best moments, stuttering smokestack-belching howling and spitting chunks of guitar-playing.

Eric Gales – Middle Of The Road

by Pete Sargeant | Feb 24, 2017

Now if there is one label you could NEVER put on guitarist and singer Eric Gales, it is ‘middle of the road’…other musicians I meet speak of Gales in hushed tones, as ‘out there’, ‘inspired’ and ‘a mighty figure’.