Big Dave McLean
Hailing from the prairies of Winnipeg, Big Dave McLean is a highly acclaimed Canadian roots and blues musician, dubbed by some as “Winnipeg’s ‘Howlin’ Wolf.” His gruff, raspy voice resembles … Read more
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Johnny Rawls
The prolific soul man Johnny Rawls is back, as he is every year, with another release. We count on it. This writer has witnessed Rawls in performance from festivals … Read more
Matchedash Parish
Saturday Night is an excellent ten-track release from Canada, a band of top Canadian session musicians who evidently have a love of good, old-fashioned soul music. With a full-throated, twelve-piece … Read more
Zack Walther Band
The Westerner, from the Texas-based Zack Walther Band, is a conscious effort to blend genres. Known primarily as a country and Americana artist, singer/guitarist Walther brings blues, R&B, and rock—anything … Read more
Various Artists
Sean Costello was one of a kind, and—by far—not enough music lovers are aware of that fact. Sean Costello enjoyed high peaks of success in his short life, but his … Read more
The Niro Featuring Gary Lucas
These sessions have a dozen re-recorded tracks, two that appeared on the late Jeff Buckley’s 1994 Grace, five that appeared on 2002 Songs to No One, and five that have … Read more
Soul Message Band
Back in his R&R (reinvention and ranting) evangelical days, Little Richard (aka the Real King Of R&R ) once messaged his flock, The Devil now has two kinds of music_ he’s got … Read more
Mike Zito and Friends
Maybe this was inevitable. Every blues and rock ‘n’ roll guitarist has been influenced in some way by Chuck Berry, but when, in Mike Zito’s case, the artist is sharing … Read more
Anita Camarella and Davide Facchini
For close to 20 years, the duo of Anita Camarella and Davide Facchini have been recording and performing in Italy and across Europe, sharing stages at festivals with international artists … Read more
