Ruf Records Archives – Just Listen To This

Mike Zito – First Class Life

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Apr 18, 2018 | Reviews | 0

Bernard Allison – It’s A Family Affair

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Apr 14, 2018 | Interviews | 0

Bernard Allison – Let It Go

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Apr 3, 2018 | Reviews | 0

Victor Wainwright & The Train – Victor Wainwright & The Train

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Mar 27, 2018 | Reviews | 0

Vanja Sky – Bad Penny

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Mar 18, 2018 | Reviews | 0

Jane Lee Hooker – Spiritus

Posted by Pete Sargeant | Dec 26, 2017 | Reviews | 0

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.

Bernard Allison – It’s A Family Affair

by Pete Sargeant | Apr 14, 2018

Can it really be twenty years since the great Luther Allison passed? What a giant he was in the Blues field – a strong performer, great writer, a real showman. Now, in his own style son Bernard keeps the creative torch alight with his own recordings and live shows. Here, Pete and Bernard talk family, creativity and life on the road

Bernard Allison – Let It Go

by Pete Sargeant | Apr 3, 2018

Allison’s latest release arrives amidst extensive plans to tour. He’s never far from a stage and like dad Luther this seems to be his natural habitat, a chance to sing, play and connect with established fans and the uninitiated.

Victor Wainwright & The Train – Victor Wainwright & The Train

by Pete Sargeant | Mar 27, 2018

This is an artist that I saw perform last year up in Camden, thanks to guitar ace Todd Sharpville. This collection centres upon his dazzling keyboard style and driving feel for electric roots music..making him a distinctly different Wainwright, to say the least! More feisty than fey, you might say…

Vanja Sky – Bad Penny

by Pete Sargeant | Mar 18, 2018

Ruf is a label has always had talented females on their roster. Vanja is from Zagreb in Croatia and started playing guitar five years ago. These recordings are the result of sessions in Stantonville and in Berlin with the renowned and experienced Mike Zito and Sky credits him with endless tips and help in getting these cuts down.

Jane Lee Hooker – Spiritus

by Pete Sargeant | Dec 26, 2017

A second album for the all-female quintet arrives and it seems the mission to rock the globe remains. Their strong points here are an NYC gang attitude, a move this time to more originals and – in their view – the cleansing credo of recording live, using no pedals and no overdubbing.

Devon Allman – Riding Hard

by Pete Sargeant | Aug 7, 2017

The US musician is on a series of UK dates promoting his Ride Or Die album and after a classy and soul-soaked set at the Boom Boom Club in Sutton, Pete and Devon speak about all manner of things, after he has met the attending fans and checked in with home. His guitar playing is fluid and spiky, but you’d hire him as a singer anyday…