Andy Lindquist - Eighty One (2022)

 

Andy Lindquist has been making music now for 44 years. He started his first band at 13 years old, named, "Stone Soup". Andy wrote his first song at the age of 13 and has written, and produced thousands since.

 

He was born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota, to a lower middle class American family. His father was a WWII Navy Hero and Pearl Harbor survivor. His mother raised 7 children in their tiny little yellow house at 216 Polk St.

Andy started playing trumpet at the age of 9. He loved Louis Armstrong and Herb Albert. Andy went on to purchase his first guitar at 13. All the way from "Stone Soup" to his current 43 solo records, he's covered quite a bit of territory in his 44 years as a musician.

Andy is not without his hardships. Some 24 years ago he was diagnosed with a rare disease called Behcet's. He married his wife April in the hospital 24 years ago. They weren't sure of Andy would make it. The diagnosis was grim and daunting to say the least.

Andy went on to suffer a series of three very serious strokes. Each time losing his ability to play his guitar and his other instruments. Andy says "Those were dark days indeed. I had to do a lot of soul searching to figure out who I was beyond Andy, the performer and the writer. I literally had to reteach myself how to play."

 

Andy not only recovered, he triumphed. Most of his 43 records have been written and recorded since his last stroke in 2004. Andy says "When I was trying to bring my brain back to be on speaking terms with my hands, I gained more as I slowly recovered. I am living proof that music can heal all wounds." Since the Behcet's Disease is associated with chronic pain, Lindquist chooses to use making music as a holistic answer to killing pain. "I've find that when I am in the middle of creating, writing, playing and singing, the last thing I am thinking about is pain. I float along with music, and it helps me to cope with this endless pain cycle"

Andy moved to the Minneapolis in 1983. He played with many bands in the Twin Cities. From "Night Train" to "Fat City" to "Big Logic". In 2000 Andy moved to Seattle to take a position as "Heart's" guitar player. Andy played with many Seattle acts in his 2 years of residency in the Emerald city. After being hired by Heart, Andy suffered another stroke. "I nearly lost my mind during that time! I had worked so hard at my craft, and to get such and opportunity to play with an amazing act, then to have it taken away by fates fickle hand. nearly destroyed me completely."

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The Billy Crawford Band - The Shape I'm In (2022)

This CD has 12 songs ranging from blues to rock. We are very proud of this record and it shows throughout the CD. Blues guitar may be associated with Mississippi, Texas and Chicago, but the Mid-South has a lot to say about it. The city of Bristol, located right on the border of Tennessee and Virginia, claims to be the birthplace of country music. But one of his own sons makes a huge blues noise. The common denominator in all of this is Billy Crawford, who grew up playing bass in church and later developed an early hard rock pedigree on electric guitar. But over the past three decades, he's turned his six-string tuning towards the blues.

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Рок-Острова - Черёмуха (2022)

 

Двойной альбом русских народных песен. Новые хиты и лучшие композиции из старого в совершенно новом звучании, вошедшие в этот альбом не разочаруют вас. Вы прикоснётесь к русской культуре через призму музыки группы «РОК-ОСТРОВА», и эти песни навсегда останутся в вашем сердце.



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Daxx & Roxane - Drop (2022)

 

Daxx & Roxane are a ‘full-throttle’ 4 piece rock n’ roll band originating from Switzerland, now based in London (UK).

Citing Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and Mötley Crüe as key influences, it’s no wonder that Kerrang! Magazine has hailed them as “tooth-and-nail, testosterone-powered rock.”. They believe in: “Rock ’n’ Roll is all about energy. All about creating an adrenaline rush” 

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The Terraplanes Blues Band - Stepping Stones (2022)

 For all the blues lovers out there, Bristol-based British band Terraplanes have released a new album that sounds amazing!

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Joe Satriani - The Elephants of Mars (2022)

 

It moves, it swings, it rocks!

Satriani and his touring band, who all recorded remotely in separate areas of the world during lockdown, deliver an album-length journey that never dulls. The Elephants of Mars crackles with an exciting new energy, briskly traveling through stylistic roads that feel freshly updated, viewed through new eyes.

The guitarist had an aim to create a “new standard” when it came to crafting an instrumental guitar record. He strove to openly challenge himself to move away from what he describes as “the classic rock” tone of the past few albums he’s put out, replacing that with a new platform of his own design. “I do want to show people that the instrumental guitar album can contain far more complexity of creative elements than I think people are using right now.”

From the gripping, sci-fi madness of “Through A Mother’s Day Darkly,” to the isolation felt in a decaying urban landscape, as depicted in “Sahara”, to the general endorphin levels that peak as the elephants finally roar in the title track, The Elephants of Mars will stampede across your mind, leaving a sonic imprint that doesn’t fade.

Thanks to the pandemic removing all time constraints, The Elephants of Mars truly represents the album that Satriani himself hoped he could deliver with his band. And ultimately, The Elephants of Mars stands as one of the most intriguing and interesting albums of Satriani’s career.

“We did everything. We tried the craziest ideas. And we entertained every notion we had about turning something backwards, upside down, seeing what could happen.”

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Dom Martin - A Savage Life (2022)

 Award-winning Irish blues guitarist and vocalist Dom Martin comes across like a legend in the making on his new sophomore album A Savage Life. Scheduled for lift-off on April 8th, 2022, the record is an outstanding effort that explores the intersection of blues, rock, and singer-songwriter styles and shows how much creative power resides there.

Martin is a standout guitarist on both electric and acoustic and can craft a pretty mean set of lyrics, too, which makes A Savage Life compelling and inspiring from end to end. The set was produced by the Grammy-nominated Chris O’Brien and was tracked in Belfast and Dublin in the latter part of last year. Many fans consider Martin to be the finest Irish blues player since Rory Gallagher, which is high praise, indeed, and the might of the tracks on this new release will do little to dissuade them.

Martin has been building a solid reputation for himself since his first four-song EP Easy Way Out emerged in 2018. He’s maintained a steady upwards trajectory that has already seen him win the prestigious Acoustic Blues Act of The Year at the UK Blues Awards twice and be nominated for Blues Instrumentalist of The Year and Emerging Artist of The Year. Not surprisingly, Dom has five nominations for 2022.

He made an immediate splash in the UK blues scene and with BBC Radio Presenter Cerys Matthews, who played his music on BBC Radio 6’s Big Weekend Show and invited him for a live BBC Radio 2 Blues Show session in London. Martin has toured the UK, Russia, and Europe and will be the UK’s representative at The International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee in May of this year. His future is looking so bright that we may all need to wear shades.

Martin starts A Savage Life with slow, heavy, and fuzzed-out bliss of “Unsatisfied.” His guitar tone sings and his vocals grind heartbreak into gravel just as the best blues singers have always done. Martin’s rhythm section of Dave Thompson (bass) and

Laurence McKeown (drums) backs him in a way that keeps the musical conversation between guitar and groove going without ever losing focus. You’ll snap your neck turning around when this one roars out of your speakers. Believe.

Martin gets quiet on the next cut “Here Comes The River.” He sings the blues of despair with the emotion of one who knows the feeling well and does it with nothing but his guitar, voice, and a Boss RC300 looper pedal. The entire song is delivered at the level of a whisper and that softness adds much to the depth of it. It hits like a friend telling you hard truths at 4 AM and all you can do is listen.

“The Man From Nowhere” is an old-time solo fingerstyle blues tune done with a resonator tone and the appropriate background noise that completes the 78 RPM experience. Martin’s chops and feel are beyond reproach. He plays it fast, loose, and razor-sharp at the same time and takes us directly back to the early days of blues music. If you live for the old ways, this one’s got your name on it.

The strutting “12 Gauge” is a super-sized blast of classic power trio blues/rock that kicks like a young Billy Gibbons. Bold and brash, it has that wonderfully-underproduced live sound we all love and Martin digs into it with everything he and his band have got. His playing is ripping, captivating, and raw like sushi. A lot of players struggle to fill out the trio format but Martin rises to it and makes it fly. Other impressive moments on A Savage Life include “Addict” and “The Parting Glass,” a traditional Scottish lament that closes the album. One spin of this new set and it’s obvious that Dom Martin is the next rising star in the global roots scene. Jump aboard now before he passes you by.

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