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J.J. Cale - Roll On -
Although Cale's previous effort, 2006's The Road To Escondido, was a long-overdue collaboration with Eric Clapton (who scored two of his biggest hits with Cale's "After Midnight" and "Cocaine"), it did little to change the focus of this legendarily stoic singer-songwriter. Roll On finds Cale back in familiar territory, working...
Taj Mahal One Off Date -
One of the prominent figures in world music Taj Mahal is set to travel to the UK for a very special one off date.
Real name Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, Taj Mahal has proved that there is much more to the blues than merely recycling the twelve bar. Adding in elements...
Eric Clapton: Clapton -
For his first album in five years, Eric Clapton assembled a top-flight band and guests like J.J. Cale, Sheryl Crow, Derek Trucks and Wynton Marsalis to make it truly special. Now 65, Clapton clearly feels nostalgic for the American blues, jazz and standards that he grew up with. Most of...
Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down -
When Ry Cooder recorded his first two albums, collections of songs by the likes of Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie that evoked the desperate times of the Great Depression, he could scarcely have imagined that 40 years later he’d be singing of the same old problems, but...
Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky -
On his latest solo album, the former Dire Straits main man deserves credit for focusing on the people and places of his English upbringing, rather than writing odes to Tennessee. "Border Reiver" and "Southbound Again" are inspired by British lorry drivers, not long-distance truckers, while the title track describes an...
McTells: Snowy White -
Four Letter Words 003, 1991.I haven't listened to The McTells in a while, but I saw their "Snowy White" 7" yesterday and for just four bucks, I couldn't pass it up. "Snowy White" sounds like it could have been a chart topping garage hit in the 60s. It sure has...
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