Music Reviews

Mississippi MacDonaldHeavy State Loving Blues  APM RecordsPublicity:  Blind Raccoon Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © January 2023 With Heavy State Loving Blues being Mississippi MacDonald's eighth release since 2014, I'm going to start my own little personal 'release date...

Douglas AveryTake My Rider Greenwave MusicPublicity:  Blind Raccoon Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © December 2022 From the way I see it, Douglas Avery is the kind of man who can pretty much do anything and what he does choose to do, he does very well.  As a surfer, he's...

Big ShoesFresh Tracks  Qualified Records Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © December 2022 If there were ever a band that I could spend as much time and space listing their resumes as I would on writing an in-depth review, it is Nashville-based Big Shoes (who's show at Bourbon...

Yates McKendreeBuchanan Lane Qualified RecordsPublicity:  Blind Raccoon Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © November 2022 PreludeSimply said, Yates McKendree is a musical genius.  Between his writing, vocal and engineering skills (which garnered him a Grammy while still in his...

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 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 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 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 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...

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...