You and Me
Premier Artists
Taking a cue from his last release’s Led Zeppelin-influenced track “The River,” blues-rock guitar wunderkind Bonamassa teams with producer Kevin Shirley (engineer/mixer for Zep’s “How the West Was Won”) to great effect.
Tag: blues
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Charlie Musselwhite
Delta Hardware
Real World
Over the last 10 years or so, Musselwhite has been exploring and incorporating different styles of music, from rock to Cuban to Americana, probably to the chagrin of blues purists but to the delight of eclectic music fans.
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The Wood Brothers
Ways Not to Lose
Blue Note
Chris Wood (bassist for avant-garde jazz trio Medeski, Martin & Wood) reunites with brother Oliver (singer/songwriter/guitarist for horn-driven blues-funk outfit King Johnson) after 10 years for a toe-tapping collection of acoustic, soulful, sometimes-funky blues-folk.
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Howard Levy & Paul Sprawl
Howard Levy & Paul Sprawl
Vagabond
Two words: acoustic blues, mostly guitar and harmonica, the former provided by baritone singer/songwriter Sprawl — who didn’t name his record label Vagabond for nothing, having experienced the nomadic lifestyle to the point of living out of his van for a couple of years.
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The Johnny Hawthorn Band
The Johnny Hawthorn Band
Abe’s Records
Hawthorn has been doing session work in Los Angeles for more than a decade. The former Philadelphian graduated from the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, and teaches at the National Guitar Workshop. He’s also a member of Lapdog, the new band for guitar player Todd Nichols (Toad the Wet Sprocket).
