Music Reviews
Keep up with the latest Blues releases and concert reviewsMost of our CD Reviews come to us from the tireless Peter Lauro, over at Music4Mary.com, who keeps his finger on the pulse of all new releases in the Blues universe. Occasionally we have reviews submitted to us by ABS Members, and we encourage that! We also encourage reviews of live concerts, if you’ve seen something lately that was particularly noteworthy. There is a lot here, so click away!
Tomislav Goluban
Tomislav Goluban20 Years on the Road Blue Heart RecordsPublicity: Blind Raccoon Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © November 2022 20 Years on the Road is the fourteenth studio release for Tomislav Goluban and as its title indicates, it's a celebration of his two decades...
The Honey Project
The Honey ProjectBurning Bridges Self ReleasedPeter "Blewzzman" Lauro © November 2022 Over the past decade or so, the State of Florida - particularly the region known as South Florida - has had its share of blues success stories. Several of our ladies and gentlemen...
The Mighty Soul Drivers
The Mighty Soul DriversI'll Carry You Home Hog Heaven RecordsPublicity: Blind RaccoonPeter "Blewzzman" Lauro © October 2022 The Mighty Soul Drivers are a seven-piece band made up of: Bob Orsi on vocals and rhythm guitar; River City Slim - whose parents know him as...
Buddy Guy
Buddy GuyThe Blues Don't Lie RCA RecordsPublicity: Blind Raccoon Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © October 2022 PreludeSome things are worthy of repeating, and this is indeed one of them. Back in June of 2018, I opened my review of Buddy Guy's The Blues Is Alive And...
Dave Keyes
Dave KeyesRhythm Blues & Boogie Blue Heart RecordsPublicity: Blind Raccoon Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © October 2022 I honestly don't remember how, when or where I first met Dave Keyes, but I do know it was a very long time ago. Over those many years, I've had the...
Rock House All Stars
The Rock House All StarsLet It Bleed Revisited - An Ovation From Nashville Qualified RecordsPublicity: Blind Raccoon Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © September 2022 If you're going to pay tribute to arguably the greatest rock and roll band of all time, by revisiting what is...
Derrick Procell
Derrick ProcellHello Mojo! Catfood RecordsPublicity: Blind RaccoonPeter "Blewzzman" Lauro © August 2022 In addition to Hello Mojo! being Derrick Procell's second release, he's also written songs for Blues Music Award winners and Grammy nominees such as Big Lou, The...
Orphan Jon
Orphan Jon and the AbandonedOver the Pain Vintage LaNell RecordsPublicity: The Galaxie Agency Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro © 2022 It just doesn't seem like it's been four years and for months since I reviewed Orphan Jon's debut release, Abandoned No More. I...
Robert Hill & Joanne Lediger
Robert Hill & Joanne LedigerRevelation Self ReleasedPublicity: Blind RaccoonPeter "Blewzzman" Lauro © October 2022 The latest release from Robert Hill & Joanne Lediger, who have been performing and touring together for fifteen years, is...
Laura Tate
Laura TateSmokey Tango Blue Heart RecordsPublicity: Blind RaccoonPeter "Blewzzman" Lauro © September 2022 Smokey Tango is Laura Tate's sixth release and the second that I have had the pleasure of reviewing. While writing about Live From El Paso - her last release,...
John Primer
John PrimerHard TimesBlues House ProductionsBy Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © September 2022 John Primer: Eighty-five albums, two Grammy nominations. Impressive indeed! However, what's even more impressive is that of that staggering number of recordings, there is not a...
John Németh
John NémethMay Be the Last Time Nola Blue RecordsPublicity: Blind RaccoonRelease Date: September 16, 2022 Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © August 2022 With about a dozen or so albums to his credit, absolutely none of them were released under such bizarre...
The Texas Horns
The Texas HornsEverybody Let's Roll Blue Heart RecordsPublicity: Blind RaccoonRelease Date: August 19, 2022 Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © August 2022 Given the number of artists with whom The Texas Horns have performed, it's only natural that there'd be an abundance...
Breezy Rodio
Breezy RodioUnderground Blues WindChill RecordsPublicity: Blind Raccoon Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © August 2022 Underground Blues is the sixth blues release from Chicago Bluesman Breezy Rodio and it is the third that I have had the pleasure of working with. For this...
Dave Thomas
Dave ThomasRoad To The Blues Blonde on Blonde Direct RecordsPublicity: Blind Raccoon Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © July 2022 Back in March of 2021, when I did a review of "One More Mile" - Dave Thomas' first release in five years - I stated that Dave had claimed to have...
StratCat Willie & The Strays
StratCat Willie & The StraysOn A Hot Tin Roof Eight Days A Week Records Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © July 2022 I ended my review of StratCat Willie's first release, On The Prowl - which was fifty years in the making - by letting him know that if it was going to be...
Julian James
Julian James And The Moonshine StateLive At The Star Self Released Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © July 2022 Having done reviews of albums from countless countries, with this being the first from the land down under, we now welcome Australia to the worldwide Mary4Music...
Jonny T-Bird
Jonny T-Bird & The MPsPlay Time Neon Grub Jeer Music Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © June 2022 I guess Common Cents (not a typo, but the name of his fourth release) had something to do with it when Jonny T-Bird thought he shouldn't wait too long between releases,...
JS Blues Band
JS Blues BandJS Blues Razberry Productions Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © June 2022 The JS Blues Band hails from Pennsylvania's Northeast region. The band consists of: Johnny Searfoss on vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards and percussion; Chris Condel and Nick Lauro (relation...
Steve Howell
Steve Howell And The Mighty MenBeen Here And Gone Out Of The Past MusicPublicity: Blind Raccoon Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © June 2022 In addition to being his tenth release, it's my opinion that Been There And Gone is Steve Howell's best and most interesting of the...
