Porchlight
MIG
Snooty blues-rock? That’s what some might wonder upon discovering guitarist/singer/songwriter Sharpville is a titled member of one of the U.K.’s oldest aristocratic families, descending from royal lineage.
Tag: blues
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Gregg Allman
Low Country Blues
Rounder
The album title refers to the Georgia coastal area where he lives, and a few country blues covers are included, but Allman’s latest in 14 years could have been called “Low Town and Country Blues.”
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7 Walkers
7 Walkers
Response
Lyricist Robert Hunter has been pretty busy lately. Last year saw the release of albums written with Bob Dylan (“Together Through Life”) and New Riders of the Purple Sage (“Where I Come From”) plus a song with Bruce Hornsby for Hornsby’s “Levitate” (“Cyclone”). This year saw the onetime Grateful Dead scribe’s second Jim Lauderdale collaboration (“Patchwork River”); a song with Cesar Rosas on Los Lobos’ “Tin Can Trust” (“All My Bridges Burning”); and this album, a project with Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and guitarist/singer Papa Mali (aka Malcolm Welbourne).
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Devon Allman’s Honeytribe
Space Age Blues
Provogue
The press release advertises “guitar licks that explode into whistling comet trails,” but such effects are hard if not impossible to find. This sophomore release is simply a solid blues-rock album showing impressive songwriting growth from 2006’s “Torch.”
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Tony Joe White
Shine
Swamp
After a couple of albums featuring guest artists on every song (2004’s “Heroines” and 2006’s “Covered”), it’s good to hear the Swamp Fox back in the groove — and on “The Shine,” it’s a deep one.
