Music Reviews

Keep up with the latest Blues releases and concert reviews

Most 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!

The Jimmys

The Jimmys

"Gotta Have It"Brown Cow ProductionsBy Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © 2020 Back in November of 2015, I started out my review of "Hot Dish" - The Jimmy's second release - by clarifying that the band was not full of a bunch of musicians named Jimmy, and that is still...

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Håkon Høye

Håkon Høye

Håkon Høye "Nights At The Surf Motel" Big H Records By Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro © Feb. 2020 Along with having previously worked with other bands from this country, and having just seen the country's Norsk Bluesunion and Oslo Bluesklubs blues societies representatives...

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Delbert McClinton

Delbert McClinton

Delbert McClinton And Self Made Men + Dana “Tall Dark & Handsome” Hot Shot Records Publicity: Blind Raccoon By Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro Although I'll give him the handsome, I don't know exactly how tall or dark he is, so your guess is as good as mine as to...

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Tullie Brae

Tullie Brae

Tullie Brae“Revelation”Endless Blues Records By Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro If there were ever a real-life woman who I would compare to the Statue Of Liberty it would be Tullie Brae.  Like Lady Liberty, Tullie is statuesque; wears flamboyant outfits; is stunning to...

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Shaun Murphy

Shaun Murphy

Shaun Murphy“Reason To Try”Vision Wall Records By Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro PreludeJust for the record, Shaun Murphy doesn't sing the blues, she doesn't sing rock, she doesn't sing soul, she doesn't sing Gospel, she doesn't sing country and she doesn't get...

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