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.
Capitol/EMI
San Francisco Bay Area-based Ancient Future was all about “world fusion” before world music was even a genre. To honor the band’s reunion this summer after a 15-year performance hiatus, Capitol/EMI is giving their fifth and most accessible disc its first digital release.
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.
Tompkins Square
With the exception of a fiddle here and some bass there, two acoustic guitars are all one gets with this gem of an album (vinyl and download only) — but that’s plenty.
