Tag: Steve Stills

Richard Marx

One of the singer songwriters our site holds in high esteem along with Steve Stills, Chris Rea and Leo Sayer is the US writer and performer Richard Marx. As he was part of the first Sunday British Summer Time show in London’s Hyde Park, we sought a brief chat on an afternoon which was pretty busy for him. Nonetheless we were graciously received by his manager and Mr & Mrs Marx, so we covered what time allowed…and some gig news:

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Joanne Shaw Taylor – Reckless Heart

So our guitar toting star returns..she’s carrying less and delivering more on this outing, as her producer has assembled a band of seasoned Detroit jazz alumni and what a glorious set of sound vistas they present on these recordings.

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Maggie Bell

It was a pleasure to chat in detail with Scottish vocal stylist Maggie Bell at an eaterie in downtown Fulham…she is lively, friendly and full of great stories. Having shared the stage a few times with Maggie and guitar ace Dave Kelly, I can vouch for her musical fluency and sense of fun..and man, that voice…

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Mike Zito – First Class Life

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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Jimi Hendrix -Both Sides Of The Sky

Nearly fifty years after the guitar adventurer’s passing, a new Jimi Hendrix record release is still – potentially – an exciting event for fans. The last one put out was the terrific Machine Gun live set with the Band Of Gypsys crew, sounding rich and powerful with a sparky set of tunes.

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Shane Richie – A Country Soul

A longtime singer and musician, Richie now mines his love of country and roots music on this new release. Doubtless encouraged by Bradley Walsh’s success with his recent lounge club records, Shane has the depth of knowledge to give this a crack.

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