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MICK CLARKE – Crazy Blues

September 3, 2014

Rockfold 2014 Former KILLING FLOOR axeman cuts deep and goes deliciously mad on the dozen of smoking tracks. You can’t go wrong with even when his endeavors turn mental like here, on the album which deliberately eschews the tentative elegance … Continue reading →

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GARY MOORE & THE MIDNIGHT BLUES BAND – Live In Concert At The 1990 Montreux Festival

September 1, 2014

Salvo 2013 Alive and upbeat, Irish six-stringer returns to his roots. 1990 was a special year for Gary Moore: the jazz-rock that he played in COLOSSEUM II, the hard-rock he pursued with THIN LIZZY, the shredding of his ’80s solo … Continue reading →

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STRAY – Live In Japan 2013

August 25, 2014

Angel Air 2014 Gloriously raw, heavy mavericks rise to the occasion in the Land of the Rising Sun. There’s a transcendental moment in live staple “I Believe It” when breaks into “goo goo g’joob”: the very idea of STRAY playing … Continue reading →

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STONEY CURTIS BAND – Halo Of Dark Matter

August 18, 2014

Blues Bureau International 2013 Blues going for the bruise, gloom gets highlighted and looked into – in both right and wrong ways. A master guitarist, Stoney Curtis hangs in the habitat beloved of Pat Travers and Rick Derringer, on the … Continue reading →

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TODD RUNDGREN – Johnson Live

June 26, 2014

Esoteric 2013 Aural and visual document of the Hermit’s bluesy phase, accessorized with dark humor and dark glasses. For all the versatility of Todd Rundgren whose records encompass everything from Beatlesque pop rock to rap and from heavy metal to … Continue reading →

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