Reviewed by Alison Murphy The Crossroads Band/Crossroads The Crossroads Band make it look easy, concocting a stirring brew of steak-house blues and red-state Americana, then giving it a classic-rock finish. This is the type of back-to-the-roots acts you used to find on the FM band during the glory days of AOR radio, kindred spirits of […]
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The Crossroads Band concoct ‘stirring brew of steak-house blues’
October 9, 2008Greg Thomson’s ‘Pretending’ CD has blue-collar grit of Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty
August 23, 2008Reviewed by Alison Murphy Greg Thomson/Pretending California-based singer/songwriter Greg Thomson doesn’t sound like your stereotypical West Coast rocker. His songs have a certain blue-collar grit to them; you simply cannot imagine him surfing with Jack Johnson anytime soon. It’s been ages since any new artist has been compared to John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom […]
The MCP Band makes mark with happy and upbeat blues-inspired tracks
June 18, 2008Reviewed by Cindi Ross The MCP Band/Above the Waterline With a pure knack for happy, eclectic, and upbeat tunes, the MCP Band does not dare to shy away from any musical boundaries, encompassing rock and blues-inspired songs that can fill any room with dancing, head bopping, shoe tapping, hand clapping music enthusiasts to get down […]
The Green Mountain Rebels shine with spicy country and blues
February 11, 2008Reviewed by Carson James The Green Mountain Rebels/If It Don’t Shine There are moments during If It Don’t Shine where it becomes a struggle trying to categorize the Green Mountain Rebels as either country or blues. On “Sweet Salvation” and “Long Gone Soldier,” there seems to be no doubt that this is a real classic […]
Southside Cindy & the Slip-Tones give the blues a sexy edge
February 2, 2008Reviewed by Carson James Southside Cindy & the Slip-Tones/Mighty Mighty The false impression of the blues that people who aren’t familiar with the genre is that it is mainly old black men wailing with drunken woe. None of them would probably ever imagine the blues being sexy. Well, that is indeed what we have […]
John Garr thrills on rocking blues album ’331′
December 20, 2007Reviewed by Carson James John Garr/331 “It’s still rock and roll to me,” Billy Joel once sang. That’s the kind of attitude that singer/songwriter John Garr seems to have on 331, an album that excitedly shifts from the blues to rock and roll to jazz, all on the same record. There was once a time […]
