CD-Charts Position 201
Average Rating:

.

Sunday Nights - The Songs Of Junior Kimbrough

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Various Artists

Release Date February 07, 2005
this is a fine little album with one or two absolute stunners , the Stooges play a great tribute on 'You better run' ( which you get 2 versions of here ) and possibly perform better here than on their new album. stand out track is Spiritualized version of the title track incredible ! Cat Powers' 'Do the Stomp' kicks along at fine pace ,Whitey Kirst version of Pull Your clothes off drips in its heavy trance like riff and brilliant lead guitar not too far removed from Kossoff style. Mark Lanagan sticks more to the instructions but again if you are Lanagan do what you do best and voila All night Long is superb . Burn in hell by The Ponys is a great blues hypnotic drive with VU guitar style here and there . if you like blues or indeed have been ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 202
Average Rating:

.

Move It on Over

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: George Thorogood

Release Date August 18, 2008
This was recently listed as a cult classic in the Independent. Its much better than that , it starts well and keeps going just like the first pint on Saturday night. The songs are all covers , but who cares .

This is great noisy unsubtle fun . One of the great albums of all time

CD-Charts Position 203
Average Rating:

.

Moment of Truth

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Tinsley Ellis

Release Date July 16, 2007
I first came across Tinsley Ellis on one of the Blues podcasts I listen to and just _had_ to go out and buy one of his albums. So I bought this one I wasn't disappointed - this is one of the records that has you dancing on the table halfway through the first song!

Cracking guitar work coupled with a decent voice and some good songwriting makes this a very enjoyable album.

CD-Charts Position 204
Average Rating:

.

Trouble

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Ray LaMontagne

Release Date September 20, 2004
Take the rawness of Tom Waits, the depth of lowell George and the emotion of Tim Buckley and you'll be on the right track to Trouble. Think of your fave albums and how they moved you when you first heard them, highway 61, Grace, Astral Weeks, Pet sounds, Kind Of Blue, Raindogs, Sailin Shoes, and more classic albums to choose from, Trouble is up there with them. This should have been bought at a record fair 15 years ago on vinyl and released circa 1971. Words are not enough to express and with my misspent youth behind me now in my 30's I implore you to turn the lights down, pour a glass of chilled wine, sit out in the summer evening, which this album feels it was recorded for and listen, absorb and relish in the amazing collection of moods and ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 205
Average Rating:

.

Tuff Enuff/Hot Number

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Fabulous Thunderbirds

Release Date July 30, 2007
Take the rawness of Tom Waits, the depth of lowell George and the emotion of Tim Buckley and you'll be on the right track to Trouble. Think of your fave albums and how they moved you when you first heard them, highway 61, Grace, Astral Weeks, Pet sounds, Kind Of Blue, Raindogs, Sailin Shoes, and more classic albums to choose from, Trouble is up there with them. This should have been bought at a record fair 15 years ago on vinyl and released circa 1971. Words are not enough to express and with my misspent youth behind me now in my 30's I implore you to turn the lights down, pour a glass of chilled wine, sit out in the summer evening, which this album feels it was recorded for and listen, absorb and relish in the amazing collection of moods and ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 206
Average Rating:

.

Hell Or High Water

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Tinsley Ellis

Release Date April 29, 2002
Take the rawness of Tom Waits, the depth of lowell George and the emotion of Tim Buckley and you'll be on the right track to Trouble. Think of your fave albums and how they moved you when you first heard them, highway 61, Grace, Astral Weeks, Pet sounds, Kind Of Blue, Raindogs, Sailin Shoes, and more classic albums to choose from, Trouble is up there with them. This should have been bought at a record fair 15 years ago on vinyl and released circa 1971. Words are not enough to express and with my misspent youth behind me now in my 30's I implore you to turn the lights down, pour a glass of chilled wine, sit out in the summer evening, which this album feels it was recorded for and listen, absorb and relish in the amazing collection of moods and ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 207
Average Rating:

.

Iron Man

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Michael Burks

Release Date April 14, 2008
This is good ole blues. If you like BB King you'll like it. if you don't like BB King then you won't like it. It's as simple as that.

CD-Charts Position 208
Average Rating:

.

Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowouts "Still Here and Gone"

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Mark Hummel

Release Date October 21, 2008
This is good ole blues. If you like BB King you'll like it. if you don't like BB King then you won't like it. It's as simple as that.

CD-Charts Position 209
Average Rating:

.

Hope And Desire

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: Susan Tedeschi

Release Date June 12, 2006

Having bought this on the strengh of the fact that Tedeschi's husband , Derek Trucks plays on this , I was really impressed with this album ( do we still call them that?). What a voice! - pitched somewhere between Aretha Franklin and Bonnie Raitt - soulful in the extreme!. Excellent playing and production !.

CD-Charts Position 210
Average Rating:

.

Howlin' Mercy

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Blues
by: John Campbell

Release Date February 01, 1993
I saw John Campbell supporting Buddy Guy at Manchester Free Trade Hall. Within one minute of him starting I knew I was seeing someone very special.

Both this album and One Believer are must buys. I went out and immediately bought both albums and it is hard to guage which is the best, so don't bother, get both. This one is slightly 'heavier' than One Believer.

His amplified accoustic setup is matched with accomplished playing and a voice to die for, a hard edged gravelly bellow thats enough to frighten small children and animals.

The tracks range from a Zepplin cover (albeit I believe it originates from the 20's but I doubt anyone will have heard that version) to a rip roaring 'Firing Line' to more traditional ... Read More: