Beth Hart To Release A Live Report

February 13, 2018

It’s been a long time since Beth Hart issued “Live At Paradiso” album back in 2005, and 2014’s “Live In Amsterdam” saw the soul belter share the stage with Joe Bonamassa, so there’s a lot of her solo material that piled up to be presented to those unable to attend the American singer’s concert. So here’s a nice reason for Beth to issue “Live From New York – Front And Center” on April 13th, a CD/DVD set which, strangely, has more songs on its audio disc than the visual one containing a cut absent from its companion piece. All in all, it’s a nice cross-section of most of Hart’s albums.

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Steve Ellis Goes For Bang On A New Album

February 11, 2018

This month should host a fiftieth anniversary of LOVE AFFAIR’s “Everlasting Love” reaching the peak of charts, and Steve Ellis – one of the best rhythm-and-blues singers that Blighty produced – having become a star he deserved to be. Only it’s not the time for a celebration; fanfares will sound on April 20th, when “Boom! Bang! Twang!”, the veteran’s new album, is supposed to hit the shelves. Appearing seven years down the line after "Ten Commitments" and rather hot on the heels of the WIDOWMAKER anthology which served to remind the vocalist is able to handle heavier material alongside soul, this record finds Steve deliver a heady mix of covers and originals, some featuring Ellis’ famous friends.

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Randy Bachman Pays Homage To The Quiet Beatle

February 4, 2018

Given his genius, it’s fairly surprising that George Harrison‘s songs are relatively rarely covered by other artists, and Randy Bachman would be one of the first to concur. It’s equally surprising, though, given the heavy slant of THE GUESS WHO and BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE founding member’s oeuvre, that the Canadian rocker dedicates an entire album to The Quiet Beatle. Out on March 2nd, “By George – By Bachman” focuses on the tracks Harrison composed for The Fab Four, but also includes his solo composition and a number he co-wrote with TRAVELING WILBURYS, while bits and pieces of his other songs are strewn across the record.

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Between KC & VDGG: Cross And Jackson Issue A Joint Effort

January 29, 2018

David Jackson and David Cross

David Jackson and David Cross

It’s been almost two years since these pages reported the news about the collaboration between David Cross and David Jackson, but it took some time for the former KING CRIMSON violinist and erstwhile VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR sax player to finally have results of their joint venture ready for release. Some people might hear some of this material from the stage, because the veterans didn’t limit their creative union to the studio, yet the album titled “Another Day” will be released on March 16th. Laid down in a quartet format, the record is to become the focus of the ensemble’s tour – and that’s where the most teasing improvisations can happen.

As of now, I asked the two Davids what it’s all about.
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Mick Clarke: From “Killing Floor” To “Bent Frets”

January 20, 2018

In Mick Clarke‘s world new year means new album – with the same color, of course, as his chosen genre, blues, dictates, although with a different, hue. “Bent Frets” that follows up 2017’s "Diggin' Down" – available for download now at all major digital platforms, with a CD to emerge a little later – is a typical for a KILLING FLOOR guitarist collection of original compositions and covers which complement them. This time, there are four classics on offer, one being Tarheel Slim’s “Number Nine,” a connoisseur delight.

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