Severn
A small percentage of blues harp players excel as singer-songwriters. Sugar Ray Norcia is in that minority, along with others including Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester, Jerry McCain, Junior Wells, Lester Butler, Gary Primich, William Clarke, James Harman, Mark Hummel and Kim Wilson.
R-Tist
With seven full-length albums, a collapsed marriage and a change of scenery from the San Jose area to Nashville, guitar slinger/singer Dwight has paid his dues and is feeling his oats.
Superstar
Busy as he is, producer, songwriter, session singer and drummer Hambridge finds time to pull out all the stops for his sixth solo album: a fresh batch of original blues- and country-rock numbers of a caliber that’s hard to come by these days.
Eclecto Groove
For her sixth studio album (counting her 1998 debut as a member of Hush), Yugoslavian singer-songwriter-guitarist Popovic left her Amsterdam base for three months to descend on the Crescent City and craft her finest release.
Appleseed
Bromberg’s first album came out in 1971 and featured a song written with and guest-starring George Harrison on slide, “The Holdup.” Such a collaboration so early in one’s career speaks volumes about the caliber of this multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter.
