Bernard Allison - Highs & Lows (2022)

Tracklist:

1. So Excited (3:22)

2. Highs & Lows (3:31)

3. Strain On My Heart (4:03)

4. My Way Or The Highway (3:59)

5. Side Step (4:20)

6. Hustler (4:00)

7. Now You Got It (3:49)

8. I Gave It All (4:56)

9. My Kinda Girl (4:00)

10. Satisfy Her Needs (4:24)

11. Last Night (4:40)

There's nothing like the sound of a world-class bluesman getting back to business. Last October, when Bernard Allison returned to his old haunt of Bessie Blue Studios, Tennessee, to be greeted by fabled producer and career-long collaborator Jim Gaines, it felt like coming home. And when Allison fired up the amps, counted in the band and embarked upon his latest studio album, Highs And Lows, everything felt right with the world. "Just to be able to create music again after the pandemic," he says of that long-awaited rebirth, "was incredible."

For 56 years, music has been Bernard Allison's essence. As the youngest son of the much-missed Chicago bandleader Luther Allison, he was a bluesman from birth. One week after graduating high school, Bernard cut his teeth on the road with Koko Taylor's Blues Machine lineup and ended up staying for most of the '80s. By the close of the decade, however, he assumed a twin identity, leading and writing for his father's band, while forging a solo career that exploded in Europe off the back of early albums like The Next Generation (1990), No Mercy (1994) and Funkifino (1995).

Now, released in February 2022 on Ruf Records, Highs And Lows sees Bernard acknowledge his lineage through two classic songs by his father Gave It All and Now You Got It while offering nine originals. Try the irresistible groove of Hustler: a funk gem written by Bernard with Andrew Thomas, whose horn-and-harp groove evokes the strut of the title character. Or the masterful Last Night, which shifts tempo from an upbeat chop to a weeping slow-blues, capturing the changing moods of a man chasing his runaround woman. As for the title track, Bernard says it speaks for anyone left bemused by life's rollercoaster: "It's a part of life, the ups and downs that everyone deals with."

Right now, with a new album of stellar material to take out on his New Year tour, Bernard Allison is back in the ascendency and the man can't wait to return to his natural habitat. "The song So Excited is basically about the excitement of being able to be back on the road again," he says. "I think everyone can relate to that."


https://album.link/i/1610019492

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Elles Bailey - Shining in the Half Light (2022)

Tracklist:

1. Cheats and Liars (3:49)
2. The Game (3:04)
3. Stones (3:25)
4. Colours Start To Run (3:28)
5. Different Kind of Love (4:00)
6. Who's That (3:41)
7. Sunshine City (4:17)
8. Halfway House (4:49)
9. Riding Out the Storm (4:39)
10. Shining in the Half Light (3:38)


Bristol-based singer, songwriter and bandleader, who has powered her way to the-forefront of the British blues and roots scene in recent years, unveils her eagerly-awaited third album 'Shining in the Half Light'. Crammed with vibrant originals brought to life with her A-list touring band, it's yet another significant step forward in a career already feted with awards and acclaim.


'Shining in the Half Light' is Bailey's first full length album recorded in the UK & feature's Joe Wilkins on Guitar, Jonny Henderson on Ivories, Matthew Waer on Bass duties and Matthew Jones on drums. It was recorded in deepest Devon in December 2020 at Middle Farm Studios and produced by Dan Weller, best known for his long working relationship with Enter Shikari. Elles wanted this record to feature 'gospel style vocals' so in steps Izo Fitzroy, an incredible artist in her own right, who arranged the stunning background vocals on 'Shining In The Half Light', and performed them alongside Jade Elliot and Andrusilla Mosley.

An exciting team of co-writers feature with three credits for Ashton Tucker & Will Edmunds, who both wrote with Elles for 'Road I Call Home', plus she teamed up with longtime guitarist Joe Wilkins to write the slow-flowing, philosophical 'Riding Out The Storm'. Other kindred spirits include guitar maestro Martin Harley, for the gentle and romantic 'Different Kind Of Love' and Matt Owens, co-founder of the hugely successful indie-folk outfit Noah and the Whale, on the aforementioned 'Sunshine City'. The album comes to a striking conclusion with its title track, co-written with Nashville's Craig Lackey, written over Zoom in May 2020.

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Dan Patlansky - Shelter Of Bones (2022)

 


Tenth studio album by the award-winning South African blues rock guitarist. For Patlansky, 'Shelter of Bones' covers a three-year period of many ups and downs between 2019 and 2021, and, as a result, the South African guitarist believes the process has been a very interesting journey. 'My goal is always to try make a record that I would want to listen to,' says Patlansky. 'I'm very happy and proud of this album. I produced it myself because I wanted a very particular sound. On three of the tracks, I enlisted a good friend and ex-keyboard player from Hamburg, Tom Gatza, who brought a fresh feel to these songs, especially the ballads ('I'll Keep Trying' and 'Shelter of Bones').' ''Shelter of Bones' is an accurate representation of who I am currently as an artist, which is a modern twist on what I love most, the blues.'

Tracklist:
1. Soul Parasite (3:31)
2. Snake Oil City (4:26)
3. Selfish Lover (3:14)
4. Lost (4:14)
5. Bad Soul (4:06)
6. Presence (4:13)
7. I’ll Keep Trying (5:42)
8. Devils Dopamine (3:19)
9. Sweet Memories (4:51)
10. Hounds Loose (3:44)
11. Shelter Of Bones (5:20)

https://album.link/i/1591414948

Gunn - Hand in the Fire (2022)

1971. A talented group of teens assemble, like minded, ambitious, driven. Form a cohesive unit. Hard work, honing skills, an upward trajectory. On the road, building a following. Concerts, record company interest. Life lessons. A heartbreaking break up.

2010. An accomplished, sought after B3 player joins forces with the blazing hot guitarist. GUNN is born.

2021. 50 years fast forward. Reunited, older, wiser. Alchemy, creativity, friendship, joy. Mastery, skill built by years. The long held dream, acute focus.

Tracklist:

01 - I Just Wanna Know
02 - Man with the Bucket
03 - Hoppin” Blues
04 - Wrong with My Heart
05 - It’s a New Game
06 - Crawlin’ Back to You
07 - Blind Ambition
08 - Once I Was Alive
09 - I’m a Real Woman
10 - Way to Go
11 - The House
12 - Crummy Blues


https://album.link/i/1609675028

Beth Hart - A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2022)

 Tracklist:

1. Whole Lotta Love (5:55)

2. Kashmir (8:15)

3. Stairway To Heaven (7:54)

4. The Crunge (3:20)

5. Dancing Days, Pt. 1 (3:14)

6. When The Levee Breaks (2:53)

7. Dancing Days, Pt. 2 (1:10)

8. Black Dog (4:48)

9. No Quarter (3:22)

10. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (3:49)

11. Good Times Bad Times (2:49)

12. The Rain Song (7:53)

https://album.link/i/1593419644

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