Eric Darius - Goin' All Out

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2008
Time: 41:26
Size: 95,3 MB
Label: Blue Note Records
Styles: Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Just Like That - 3:44
 2. Because Of You - 4:30
 3. Just For The Moment - 3:55
 4. Goin' All Out - 4:11
 5. Be Without You - 4:08
 6. Vibe With Me - 4:11
 7. Feelin' Da Rhythm - 3:56
 8. Ain't No Doubt About It - 4:23
 9. Unconditional - 3:51
10. Breathe - 4:32

With the release of 2004's Night on the Town, Tampa, Florida-born saxophonist Eric Darius came out of nowhere to become one of the most promising and exciting young players in smooth jazz. Noted for his unflagging passion, Eric's albums and particularly his live performances, have been earning him fans at every turn. On his Blue Note Records debut album, Goin' All Out, Darius explores new directions incorporating contemporary R&B and hip-hop styles, bringing a fresh, youthful, urban vibe to his smooth jazz sound.

Goin' All Out

TheChickenYard - JuneBug

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2011
Time: 38:22
Size: 89,1 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Rock/Roots Rock/Americana
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Count to Ten - 3:20
 2. Sell Your Soul - 3:20
 3. Stop Your Worrying - 4:02
 4. Never Let You Go - 2:15
 5. Take You Away - 3:47
 6. Damaged - 3:23
 7. Disconnected - 3:43
 8. Back to You - 4:19
 9. My Excuse - 2:59
10. The Noose - 4:34
11. JuneBug - 2:34

The band's first full-length all-original, Americana-Rock release - A true mix of blues, country, folk and roots-rock style.
Featured on national/international streaming radio, and regional news and industry magazines, tracks such as "Count to Ten", "Take You Away", "Stop Your Worrying", and "Downhill" have been recognized as future "GOLD"! The tracks have a true Americana-Rock feel that are reminiscent of 60's icons from Cash to Dylan to Young with a modern feel. You will experience a world of manic elation with songs that will sooth your soul like a straight up bone dry vodka martini.
The songs blend raspy vocals, crisp acoustic guitars, jangling electric guitars and floating hammond organs backed by driving percussive rhythms and mesmerizing bass lines. Occasionally, accordions, mandolins, harmonicas and slide guitars dot the musical landscape. Styles from blues, folk, country and rock are evident in the bands rock-solid style.
"JuneBug is a CD that I just want to listen to over and over. It seems like I pickup, or interpret, something different every time I hear it." - A true fan

JuneBug

TheChickenYard - Long Time Running

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2014
Time: 39:32
Size: 90,6 MB
Label: Blue Rooster Vinyl
Styles: Rock/Roots Rock/Americana
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Long Time Running - 3:59
 2. Standby - 6:30
 3. Stella - 4:45
 4. Comfort Me - 3:29
 5. She Takes It All - 4:11
 6. Not Here No More - 3:53
 7. Dust Bowl Town - 4:20
 8. These Roots - 3:43
 9. Could It Be - 4:38

The band's second full-length release has already begun to receive incredible responses from fans and critics alike. Alt-roots rock heavily influenced by country, blues and rock staples.
TheChickenYard's "Long Time Running" is the culmination of the an effort to find the sound that represents the individual. The sound that truly portrays the individuals as a group. The sound that defines the group as the music it produces. The sound that defines the music as a true compilation of experiences that are meant tell stories. Stories that are intended to move you or, maybe just your feet.
There are fun, foot stomping songs such as the title track "Long Time Running". There are songs of dramatic peaks and valleys such as "Stella". Songs with deep stories of personal experiences, such as "Not Here No More" and "She Takes It All". And there are songs that are just outright country-rock influenced, such as the ode to the sweet honeys of country, "Standby".

Long Time Running

Nicky C & The RSB - Much Obliged

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2014
Time: 45:25
Size: 104,3 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Rock/Roots Rock/Americana/Jam band
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Believe - 6:01
 2. Pelvis Of Elvis - 2:44
 3. 4th Of July - 6:02
 4. Baltimore - 4:02
 5. Swing High (feat. Austin Litz) - 1:42
 6. Fishies - 7:18
 7. It Takes A Woman - 3:43
 8. A Good Heart - 5:39
 9. Much Obliged - 8:09

Musicians:
Nick Collins - Bass & Lead Vocals;
Josh Stansfield - Guitar & Backing Vocals;
Justin Ehrlich - Drums.

Combining Blues-Rock with a unique, southern twang style in their first full album “Much Obliged”, Nicky C and the RSB produce a raw yet smooth sound.
Nick Collins’ booming bass and soaring vocals create a comforting and bluesy feel, accompanied by the sound of Josh Stansfield’s soulful lead guitar, and Justin Ehrlich’s explosive drums. The band is diverging from the ideology of Blues-Rock purists, by creating a fresh alternative and noteworthy sound that is reminiscent of the Allman Brothers, The Black Crowes, and Kings of Leon.
Nick and Justin have been playing together in various bands since they first met at Towson University in 2004, and once Josh met the duo, the band Nicky C and the RSB has become unstoppable. This three-member band began close to the nation’s capital in Fairfax, VA, in December of 2012. The band released their first self-titled EP in June of 2013, paving the way for their first, full-length album, “Much Obliged”, released August 2014. Since their formation they have played at over 60 shows and festivals such as The Mad Tea Party Jam and Pink Moon.
Nicky C and the RSB have shared the stage with headlining artists like Papadosio, The Werks, Dopapod, Tauk, PBR, Pidgeons Playing Ping Pong, Turkuaz and ELM. They also directly supported fellow artists like Jimkata, Spiritual Rez, The Heavy Pets, American Babies, Stokeswood, The Shack Band and Moogatu.
"For those of you who enjoy good ole gritty Southern Rock, Nicky C is definitely for you. Do you enjoy the Drive by Truckers, the Black Crowes, the Allman Brothers ? (I hope everyone answers yes to all of these). In all sincerity, this is some great work from a strong power trio, a new band seeking to make its mark on the local music scene. This track exudes their rising and growing talent on the scene. It Takes A Woman comes off their forthcoming album, Much Obliged, which was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Kenny Eaton at Mystery Ton Studios." - Andrew McConnell, Live Music Daily
http://livemusicdaily.com/2014/07/23/nicky-c-the-rsb/
"Combining sunny southern rock jams with slithery delta blues licks, Nicky C and the RSB have garnered comparisons to classic acts like the Allman Brothers and modern superstars such as the Black Keys.” - The Bayou DC

Much Obliged

Cheap Tequila - A Thing Called Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 31:34
Size: 72,8 MB
Label: Warner/ L+r Records/Zebralution
Styles: Blues/Rockin Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Sugaree - 2:57
 2. Bad one baby - 4:36
 3. Last in my life - 5:05
 4. Hit me - 4:39
 5. Need your love so Bad - 6:23
 6. Maydell - 4:07
 7. A Good Friend (Acoustic) [Bonus track] - 3:44

Blues is about the "only" pure music beyond a passion just at the present time. Here About the band members of Cheap Tequila agree since they make music. Cheap Tequila was founded by guitarist Matthias Schaaf in September 1979th For the band name a title of Blues guitarist Johnny Winter was the inspiration. If feelings are to be expressed in music, blues in all its facets today continues to be the most appropriate music style. As different as their music preferences are in the past and present as well, it is clear that love of the blues the foundation of their musical work and their friendship.
When the musical idols and colleagues then regarded as today, the Cheap tequilas are with this attitude, God knows not alone. For over 30 years the Dortmund lineup provides the scene with a straight blues, coming out of the stomach and goes into the legs.
With a groovy shuffle, vibrant blues and funky rock and roll show, the five musicians that the rhythmic groove with the members can be more fun than the cramped ponging on a remote control.

A Thing Called Blues

Bob Baldwin - The Gift Of Christmas

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 51:47
Size: 119,3 MB
Label: City Sketches Inc
Styles: Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. This Christmas - 5:11
 2. Christmas Time Is Here (feat. Lee Mendelson) - 4:54
 3. Do You Hear What I Hear? (Remix) (feat. Corvina Nielsen) - 4:48
 4. The Gift of Christmas - 5:02
 5. Oh Holy Night / The Tenderness (feat. Ragan Whiteside) - 7:35
 6. Silent Night / The Calm - 4:44
 7. Greensleeves / What Child Is This? - 4:41
 8. Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful / Celebrate the Son (Remix) (feat. Corvina Nielsen) - 5:58
 9. We Three Kings / Yonder Star (Remix) (feat. Corvina Nielsen) - 4:39
10. December 25th - 4:11

Bob Baldwin's twist on holiday songs is the ultimate musical gift to the universe. Christmas favorites with the signature "Baldwin Twist", as he taps into his Gospel roots blended with Jazz and Soul Music. A timeless piece for the ages. "Trying to make a holiday record is so weird because it's seasonal," says the native New Yorker. "Doing Christmas jingles in August when sweat is rolling down your neck can be challenging, but after eight years of pulling music together, we finally came up with something that we hope speaks to the word 'classic', and something my audience can pull out every year and feel the music with a current type of sensibility. This is definitely one of my favorite projects recorded." - Bob Baldwin

The Gift Of Christmas

The Matthew Skoller Band - Shoulder To The Wind

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2000
Time: 53:11
Size: 122,3 MB
Label: Surfin'Dog (SD 01)
Styles: Blues/Chicago Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. You Don't Even Know - 4:28
 2. To Live Your Life Like That - 5:42
 3. Chicago Wind - 4:30
 4. Grew Up On Vinyl - 3:51
 5. Delta Combat Zone - 6:10
 6. One Last Flower - 5:43
 7. Love Me Or Leave Me - 4:48
 8. Broke And Hungry - 4:36
 9. Hard Hearted Woman - 4:48
10. Mean Streak - 3:36
11. High Maintenence Mama - 4:55

Musicians:
Matthew Skoller - harp and vocals all tracks
Larry Skoller - guitar all tracks except: 4,11
Sidney James Wingfield - keyboards tracks: 1,2,3,6,7,8,9,10
Tim ‘Awesome’ Austin - drums all tracks except 11
Al ‘Get Down’ Brown - bass all tracks except 11
Wil Crosby - guitar tracks: 2,3,5,6,8
Johnny Iguana - piano track: 11
Deitra Farr - lead vocal 1st verse track 6
John Primer - lead vocal 4th verse track 6
Mike Avery - lead vocal 1st verse track 6 / background vocals on tracks: 2,6
Stokes - background vocals track: 2
Heitor Garcia - congas and percussion tracks: 2,3,5

MATTHEW SKOLLER is one of Chicago’s most respected harp blowers and blues bandleaders. For the past 27 years he has played all of Chicago’s heaviest showcase venues and toured much of the world with his super tight ensembles. Deeply rooted in the tradition of the Chicago blues elders with whom he worked and studied, Skoller has developed a unique style that conjures the past while being firmly planted in the present. His blues wardrobe clothes a range of original songs whose subject matter comments on many of the issues and realities of life during this age of technology, information and upheaval. Skoller, known for his fiery and engaging performances, combines passionate harp playing and singing with original song writing and prodigious production skills. He has self produced 4 of his own critically acclaimed cds. As a producer he has produced 2 award winning cds by Lurrie Bell: Let’s Talk About Love and The Devil Ain’t Got No Music. Skoller penned the title cut of the latter which was nominated for song of the year by the Blues Awards in the US. The same album was awarded the Prix Blues by L’Academie du Jazz in Paris, France in 2012. Matthew has played harmonica on two Grammy nominated cd’s in the last 4 years: Chicago Blues: A Living History and Still I Rise, by Heritage Blues Orchestra.
Matthew collaborated with his brother Larry Skoller (producer) on the Grammy nominated, historical project, Chicago Blues A living History and co produced and played on volume two The (R)evolution Continues which won Traditional album of the year at the Blues Awards in 2012. He lent his production experience, deep knowledge of Chicago Blues history, and his harmonica to this project that is now being hailed by critics as one of the greatest Chicago Blues events of our time.
In the last 4 years Matthew has played in Mali, Mauritania, Tunisia, Camaroon, asked to be a featured guest with Lurrie Bell at The Japan Blues Festival in Aomori Japan in 2012, only to be asked back in 2013 to headline the same festival with his own group! Matthew has been invited to perform twice at the Residence of the U.S. Ambassador to France in Paris. As well as playing the world renown Montreux Jazz Festival in 2012 and many other festivals throughout Europe and the US. Matthew is also a regular performer at New York City’s 55 Bar where he collaborates several times a year with many of his favorite New York musicians including Bill Sims Jr. and Junior Mack.
2013 Matthew was asked by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events to produce, organize and perform the grande finale of the Chicago Blues Festival. Skoller’s theme was Old School, New Millennium. His mentor James Cotton headlined this star-studded event which was acclaimed as one of the best all-star events in recent Chicago Blues Festival history.
When not on tour Matthew and his group can be seen live in Chicago at many venues including Buddy Guys Legends who has been employing Matthew since their club opened in 1989. 25 years and counting! Matthew has emerged as one of Chicago’s most accomplished blues-based artists.

Shoulder To The Wind

Peter White - Groovin’

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 47:54
Size: 110,2 MB
Label: Heads Up
Styles: Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Groovin’ - 4:31
 2. Do I Do - 4:55
 3. (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay - 4:38
 4. How Long - 5:43
 5. I Can See Clearly Now - 4:39
 6. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 5:04
 7. Never Knew Love Like This Before - 6:31
 8. Sleepwalk - 4:18
 9. When Will I See You Again - 4:44
10. Here, There And Everywhere - 2:47

Arguably the most globally recognized of any (and I mean any) smooth jazz artist, guitarist Peter White will release his latest album, ‘Groovin’, on October 28 via Heads Up, a division of Concord Music Group. Despite it being White’s third collection of hugely personal interpretations of timeless hits, if his previous efforts (‘Reflections’ in 1994 and ‘Playin' Favorites’ that followed twelve years later) are anything to go by then ‘Groovin’ seems all set to be the contemporary jazz event of 2016 bar none. Like many of us who, in the UK, were teenagers in the sixties, White remained locked onto tiny transistor radios soaking up the exciting new sounds of bands such as the Beatles and emerging soul giants like Stevie Wonder, The Temptations and the Four Tops.
It is this music that provides the foundation for ‘Groovin’ while the first single to be released to radio this coming week will be ‘Do I Do’, the Stevie Wonder blockbuster that first saw the light of day in 1982 on Wonder’s highly acclaimed 'Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium'.

Groovin’

Two Bars From The Gun - Thief & Love

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2014
Time: 50:19
Size: 115,7 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Rock/Americana/Alt-country
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. London Town - 4:09
 2. Moving On - 3:09
 3. Hard To Let Go - 4:12
 4. Autumn Ashes - 4:09
 5. Thief & Love - 4:18
 6. The Outcome - 4:01
 7. The Cure - 4:32
 8. When It All Goes Down - 4:03
 9. Ballad Of Chet Wilson - 5:39
10. My Greatest Collapse - 4:43
11. Believe Me - 6:13
12. Chet Wilson Choir - 1:04

Two Bars From The Gun got its start under the pen of a Florida boy holed up in a Pennsylvania winter. Wes Gow weathered the elements and unemployment with generous doses of Springsteen and Petty, and in the process discovered a love for telecasters and tweed-lacquered amps. After the spring thaw, Wes relocated his wife (and his songs) to Virginia Beach, where he made quick friends with bassist Rev Guill and drummer Heath Oderman. The three began rehearsing, writing, playing local shows, and collectively navigating the ever-changing tides of growing families and career moves in suburban America, never losing sight of their musical identity. In 2013, the trio limped into the studio, tired from a fews years of the local scene and not altogether certain what the future held. For the next year the band focused all their available energy on the album. Under the friendship and guidance of Jon Anderson at Whale Head Records, Two Bars From The Gun is proud to emerge with "Thief & Love," their first full length album!

Thief & Love

Seth Swirsky - Circles and Squares

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 42:04
Size: 97,2 MB
Label: Not On Label
Styles: Soft Rock/Pop Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Shine - 3:02
 2. Circles and Squares - 3:06
 3. Old Letter - 3:11
 4. Far Away - 3:25
 5. Let's Get Married - 2:20
 6. Trying To Keep It Simple - 3:09
 7. I Loved Last Night - 2:30
 8. Belong - 2:14
 9. Sonic Ferris Wheel - 2:04
10. Let's Move To Spain - 2:38
11. The SImplest Way - 2:31
12. Table - 2:15
13. With Her Now - 1:49
14. I Don't Have Anything (If I Don't Have You) - 2:55
15. Abyss - 2:59
16. I Think Of Her - 1:50

Another one of this summer’s most anticipated power pop releases, Seth Swirsky’s Circles and Squares combines superb songwriting with all the right influences to create the ideal summer fare for the power pop fanatic.
You can hear the Beach Boys influence in “Shine”, the disc’s opening song. Swirsky channels Nilsson for the title track and McCartney influences are apparent throughout the entirety of the record. Bacharach, too. Yet none of it sounds derivative as Circles and Squares melds together each of these influences to create what is in essence a master class in songwriting. As if that weren’t enough, Swirsky plays just about every instrument on the record. The highlights are numerous including the piano driven “Far Away” with its McCartney-esque vibe, the ultra catchy “Trying to Keep It Simple”, the jangle pop of “Table”, the irresistible start to finish hook called “Old Letter” and “I Don’t Have Anything At All (If I Don’t Have You) with its list of Swirsky’s most valued collectibles, none of which mean anything (if I don’t have you). Some baseballs that are pretty rare…gold records hanging on my wall…Atlas Shrugged in a first printing.

Circles and Squares

Shaun Harris - Shaun Harris

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1973
Time: 32:24
Size: 75,0 MB
Label: Rev-Ola
Styles: Soft Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Empty Without You - 2:49
 2. I'll Cry Out - 2:56
 3. Underachiever - 2:34
 4. Color Of Your Eyes - 2:55
 5. Canadian Ships - 3:52
 6. Today's A Day - 3:06
 7. Highest Dreams - 2:12
 8. Misty Morning - 3:20
 9. Love Has Gone Away - 3:03
10. Rock And Roll Idol - 2:34
11. I'll Cry Out (mono) - 2:59

Shaun Harris (born March 2, 1946) is an American musician best-remembered as the bassist of the psychedelic rock band the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (WCPAEB). Throughout his music career, Harris worked closely with Michael Lloyd on projects outside the WCPAEB including the Rogues, California Spectrum, and Brigadune. In 1973, he recorded a self-titled solo album on Capitol Records.
Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Harris is the eldest son of symphonic composer Roy Harris. In 1962, the family moved to Los Angeles, where a year later Shaun Harris, along with his younger brother Danny, began performing in the Kim Fowley-produced surf rock band the Snowmen.[1] In 1964, the group released the "Ski Storm" single on Challenge Records. While attending the Hollywood Professional School, the Harris brothers befriended Michael Lloyd, the leader of the rival band the Rouges. Shortly afterwards, Shaun Harris assumed the role of bass guitarist with the Rouges, and recorded the single "Wanted: Dead or Alive" for Fowley's own Living Legend record label in 1965.Another project, known as the Laughing Wind, recorded the single, "Good to Be Around" in the same year.
With Roy Harris's financial backing, the Harris brothers and Lloyd recorded demos, which would later appear on the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band's debut album Volume One in 1966. Released on the small FiFo label, Volume One was made possible thanks to Bob Markley, a former scholar of law attempting to gain fame on the Sunset Strip with the group under his command. Shaun Harris is the only band member, other than Markley, to appear on every album recorded by the WCPAEB, including the final effort credited to "Markley A Group" in 1970. Between 1967 and 1968, while the group was on hiatus, Harris and Lloyd formed the side-project, California Spectrum, which performed live and released two singles "Sassafras" and "She May Call You Up Tonight" in early 1968. Following the distribution of Markley A Group, the WCPAEB disbanded.
A year after the band's demise, Harris recorded the solo single "I'll Cry Out from My Grave (God I'm Sorry)", a rare sunshine pop record produced by Lloyd and released under the alias Brigadune. In 1973, Harris signed with Capitol Records issuing a self-titled album which boasted a country rock sound unheard of in any of his earlier work. Recorded with top session musicians from the Wrecking Crew, Beach Boy Bruce Johnston, and Lloyd, Shaun Harris was nonetheless hindered by sharing the same release date as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.[8][9] In the 1990s, the album acquired a cult following, particular among WCPAEB fans, and was reissued on Rev-Ola Records in 2005 with the mono version of "I'll Cry Out from My Grave (God I'm Sorry)". Music critic Jason Ankeny described Shaun Harris as mainstream pop far departing from Harris's stint with the WCPAEB, but also noted its "melodies and arrangements are atypically complex and its lyrics are profoundly introspective, exploring themes of melancholy, self-doubt, and even suicide with uncommon candor". The poor sales of the album prompted Capitol Records to cut Harris from their roster. He reunited with Lloyd and his brother for smaller projects including Grand Concourse and Rockit, and also served as president of Barry Manilow's publishing company before retiring from music in 2004. Harris has since been living in Oregon to write a play about his life.

Shaun Harris

Cindy Bullen - Steal the Night

Bitrate: 128K/s
Year: 1979
Time: 36:31
Size: 33,8 MB
Label: Casablanca
Styles: Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Full Tilt Rocker - 4:00
 2. Real To Real - 2:13
 3. Trust Me - 3:58
 4. Hurry Up Forever - 3:14
 5. Steal The Night Away - 4:43
 6. Too Close To Home - 4:31
 7. Powerless - 3:06
 8. Raincheck On Romance - 4:36
 9. Two-Track Mind - 2:36
10. Holding Me Crazy - 3:30

Cindy Bullens exhibited an unfortunate talent for hooking up with record companies that were on the way out, starting with United Artists and continuing with the classic '70s boom-and-bust label, Casablanca, a year later. Which is to say that Bullens's second album, Steal the Night, got lost at the end of 1979. Though not quite as impressive as her debut, it was another record full of high-energy guitar-based pop-rock, some of which, given the time of release, could have passed for new wave or power-pop; however, Bullens was a mainstream rocker at heart, and her main points of reference were the early-'60s girl groups and the British Invasion. Here was a performer who had a good, punchy voice, played guitar as well as anybody, and wrote serviceable pop songs with hooks; it's a shame she didn't make it.

Steal the Night

The Knickerbocker All-Stars - Texas Rhody Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 48:26
Size: 111,0 MB
Label: Jp Cadillac Records
Styles: Blues/Texas Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Texas Cadillac - 4:25
 2. Youve Got Me Licked - 3:30
 3. Respirator Blues - 6:34
 4. Going To The Country - 4:00
 5. I Have News For You - 3:33
 6. I Still Love You Baby - 3:13
 7. I Got News For You - 3:21
 8. I Trusted You Baby - 3:18
 9. Blood Stains On The Wall - 4:39
10. Ain't That Dandy - 3:21
11. Reap What You Sow - 4:35
12. T Bone Speaks - 1:03
13. Tell Me What's The Reason - 2:49

These songs are a collection of Texas Blues tunes that emphasize the deep-rooted ties between Rhode Island and Texas blues musicians for more than 4 decades.
Texas Rhody Blues, featuring Jimmie Vaughan and Duke Robillard, is the third Knickerbocker All-Stars CD release. The project was supported by the Knickerbocker Music Center, a non-profit organization formed in partnership with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School. The Knickerbocker Music Center will have an exciting performance venue and an exceptional center for music education.
This CD has its roots in The Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals of the late 1950s and early ‘60s which turned many white soul searchers on to blues, rhythm and blues, and jump blues. In 1963, Blues at Newport was recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival, which featured many of the greatest folk and delta blues musicians. A young woman attending college in Boston heard it and was hooked. Her name is Bonnie Raitt. The next Newport Folk Festival brought in two of the most influential Texas bluesmen: Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb.
The talented guitarist, Mike Bloomfield who deserves much more recognition for pioneering blues music, offered blues workshops at the festival with Lipscomb and Hopkins. Bloomfield performed with Paul Butterfield and made rock ‘n’ roll history when he handed Bob Dylan a Fender Stratocaster and Dylan played three “electrified” songs with Sam Lay, Barry Goldberg and Al Kooper.
A young Rhode Island blues aficionado also was hooked. His name is Duke Robillard. The Texas/Rhody blues connection was further developed when Rhode Islander Johnny Nicholas joined Asleep at the Wheel as vocalist and won a Grammy in 1978. At the time, Roomful of Blues, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and the Cobras – Stevie Ray Vaughan’s band – were the hottest acts to play in Austin and Westerly, RI. Rhode Islander Fran Christina, the original Roomful drummer, joined the Thunderbirds followed by Roomful’s bass player, the late Preston Hubbard. When Jimmie Vaughan left the Thunderbirds, Robillard took over on guitar for three years.
The climax of the Texas/Rhody Connection came when Stevie Ray played with the Roomful Horns at Carnegie Hall in 1997.
Texas Rhody Blues is a celebration of the great Texas Bluesmen and the generation of tremendous blues musicians who followed, of which there are too many to list. There is no question that Jimmie Vaughan and Duke Robillard should be hall of famers and the bookends of the Texas/Rhody blues connection. Please play this recording loud!– JP Sheerar

Texas Rhody Blues

LeAnn Rimes - Remnants

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 62:09
Size: 144,5 MB
Label: RCA
Styles: Country Pop
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Story - 3:24
 2. Love Line - 4:03
 3. Outrageous Love - 3:15
 4. Mother - 3:59
 5. Remnants - 3:22
 6. Long Live Love - 3:19
 7. How to Kiss a Boy - 4:27
 8. Love is Love is Love - 3:50
 9. Learning Your Language - 3:48
10. I Couldn't Do That to Me - 4:27
11. Humbled - 3:07
12. Do It Wrong With Me - 3:12
13. Dang Dang - 3:41
14. Give Me Something (I Can't Give Myself) - 2:51
15. Love Line (The Live Church Session) - 3:36
16. How to Kiss a Boy (The Live Church Session) - 4:31
17. The Story (The Live Church Session) - 3:09

In 1996, LeAnn Rimes burst out of nowhere with her debut single "Blue," which immediately captured the attention of country fans across America. It wasn't just the fact that her rich, powerful vocals were remarkably similar to Patsy Cline's -- it was the fact that Rimes was only 13 years old. Like Tanya Tucker and Brenda Lee before her, she had a hit with her debut single and was barely a teenager at the time. It was quite an auspicious way to begin a career. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, but raised in Garland, Texas, Rimes (born August 28, 1982) began singing as a child, performing at local talent contests. At the age of 11, she released her first album on an independent record label called Nor Va Jak. That same year, Bill Mack, a Dallas disc jockey and record promoter, met Rimes, and impressed by her talents, he took her under his wing and began cultivating a plan to break her into the mainstream. The cornerstone of Mack's plan was a song called "Blue," which he had written in the '60s. Mack claimed that he had written the tune for Cline, but she had died before she was able to record the song. Throughout 1995, Rimes' career continued to gain momentum, as she performed more than 100 concerts and appeared on television shows across Texas. After Mack arranged a recording contract for Rimes with Curb Records, the label sent out a release with the single of "Blue" that claimed the DJ had been waiting over 30 years to find the right vocalist to sing it. The story was an exaggeration: "Blue" had been recorded by no less than three different artists, including Bill Mack and Kenny Roberts, who both released versions on Starday in the '60s, and in 1993, Kathryn Pitt released the record as a single in her native Australia. Nevertheless, the story was repeated throughout the country and mainstream music press, adding to the growing myth that Rimes was the successor to Cline's tradition. "Blue" and its accompanying album of the same name became major hits in the summer of 1996. Blue debuted at number three on the pop charts, selling over 123,000 copies within its first week of release -- the largest figure to date in the history of the SoundScan tracking system. Rimes was nominated for the Country Music Association Horizon award and the CMA Best Country Singer, becoming the youngest singer in the history of the CMA awards to receive a nomination; she won neither award. After two quickie 1997 releases -- Unchained Melody: The Early Years and You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs -- she issued her second proper LP, Sittin' on Top of the World, in 1998. Her self-titled third album followed a year later and I Need You appeared in early 2001. The next year, Rimes emerged with a sexy flair for the pop-oriented Twisted Angel, but returned to contemporary country in 2005 with This Woman. Her 2006 effort, Whatever We Wanna, found her going back to pop and was released exclusively in Europe. In 2007, she kicked off the Evan Almighty soundtrack with the gospel rave-up "Ready for a Miracle," appeared on Hal Ketchum's single "In Front of the Alamo," and began promoting her next album, Family, with the single "Nothing Better to Do." Rimes spent 2008 on tour with Kenny Chesney, then returned in 2011 with the Vince Gill- and Darrell Brown-produced Lady & Gentlemen, a collection of classic country tunes reinterpreted from a female perspective. Over the next few years, Rimes continued to work on Spitfire, the album that would conclude her contract with Curb. It was originally promised for 2012 but was pushed back to 2013, eventually surfacing on digital services in May and then released physically in June. Spitfire debuted (and peaked) at 36 on the Billboard charts and spawned no hits. In 2014, she announced that she would release a series of seasonal holiday EPs over the next three years, beginning with 2014's One Christmas. Within a year, the holiday EP project turned into a standard full-length holiday LP, with Today Is Christmas appearing in the fall of 2015. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Remnants

Al Lerman - Slow Burn

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 48:17
Size: 110,7 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Don't Push Your Mess On Me - 3:06
 2. It Takes Me All Night Long - 4:24
 3. Bad Luck Blues - 4:59
 4. Gonna Have To Wait - 3:51
 5. Now That Your Man's Gone - 4:08
 6. Totally Out Of Whack - 4:07
 7. Younger Man Than Me - 3:50
 8. Any Way You Want - 3:46
 9. Tattoo Like You - 3:49
10. Better Off Taking Chances - 3:49
11. Kokomo - 4:00
12. Slow Burn - 4:22

Al Lerman knows how to make a blues album that not only will appeal to blues lovers, but certainly to new fans of the 'devil's music'.... a strong, weathered voice and superb harp work make 'Slow Burn' an album not to be overlooked.
Al Lerman is besides a solo blues artist, also guitarists of the Canadian blues outfit Fathead and a well asked sidekick /studio guitarist. His career spans over forty plus years or so and in those years he has seen and worked a lot. Enough to come-up wiht a solo album once in a while.  Slowburn is the third solo album by Lerman and again it’s an album that brings together the many different faces of the blues. Bad Luck Blues is a bit Latin edged, while leading track Don’t Push Your Mess on Me is more or less gospel inspired. On I fit takes me all night long, Lerman is tackling aging with some dark humour. Gonna Have To Wait is without doubt the track that will surface on most radio stations as this one definitely comes with a lot of airplay vibes. But don’t be mistaken; tunes like Now That Your Man is gone, Anyway You want and Totally Out Of Wack might not be promoted as much as the other tunes but these are truly the tunes that define the blues on this album. Kokomo, the only rendition on this album truly rocks the time away until it’s time to say goodbye though the title and closing track, Slow Burn.
Al Lerman proves once again that he is a gifted career and blues musician who won already two Juno awards (with Fathead) and is making a name of his self through his solo recordings as well.
Check it out you are a fan of Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee or Paul Butterfield.

Slow Burn

The Solomon Cole Band - Bruises

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 49:01
Size: 112,9 MB
Label: Aeroplane Music
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Ring Your Bell - 4:55
 2. Shiver - 5:26
 3. Crooked Ways - 4:28
 4. Bruises - 5:43
 5. Doors Of Perception - 4:05
 6. Lazy Boy - 4:43
 7. Little Sister - 4:00
 8. Fighting Fires - 4:46
 9. Sweet Ruby - 3:58
10. Alimony - 6:54

The Solomon Cole Band might be from Waiheke Island, but they sound like a very fine American southern rock act on this debut release. Derek Solomon is the vocalist/guitarist, ably abetted by bass player Lee Catlin, powerhouse singer Sophia Faalogo and drummer Dione Denize. The lyrics are pure rock and roll – alluding to all the usual sexual shenanigans contained therein, without being crude or cliche. Clearly a live band, they sound like more than a four-piece and there’s plenty of soul on show. Raw and evidently talented, let them Ring Your Bell.

Bruises

The Fents - The Other Side

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1987
Time: 40:13
Size: 92,2 MB
Label: Passport Jazz
Styles: Prohressive Rock/JRF
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Where's My Producer? - 4:27
 2. Back In The Saddle - 4:30
 3. Sixty Ways To Skin A Yak - 4:42
 4. My Body's A Temple - 6:17
 5. Four Sheets To The Wind - 5:29
 6. The Scenery Man - 5:58
 7. Rubber Discipline Helmet - 4:33
 8. I Don't Want My MTV - 4:14

Musicians:
Adam Holzman - keyboards
Ted Hall - guitar
Doug Hodges - bass
Larry Anderson - drums
Laurence Cottle - bass
Moyes Lucas - drums

The Fents were one of the original Second Wave Striving Jazz-Rock Bands, co-led by Adam Holzman and guitarist Ted Hall. The group was together for 8 years and released two albums, “First Offense” (1983) and “The Other Side” (1987).

The Other Side 

Vince Vallicelli Band - Toot Loh Doon Faruye (featuring James Thompson)

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 42:52
Size: 98,5 MB
Label: New LM Records
Styles: Blues/Electric Blues/Soul-Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Toot Loh Doon Faruye (feat. James Thompson) - 4:20
 2. Whysky (feat. James Thompson) - 6:35
 3. Last Train to Aalter (feat. James Thompson) - 7:22
 4. Night Train (feat. James Thompson) - 4:50
 5. Morning Wood (feat. James Thompson) - 3:55
 6. T. Soul (feat. James Thompson) - 4:09
 7. If You Want Me to Stay (feat. James Thompson) - 4:33
 8. Servin' It Up (feat. James Thompson) - 4:18
 9. Javin (feat. James Thompson) - 2:45

Musicians:
James Thomson - sax, voce, flauto
Vince Vallicelli - batteria e voce
Pippo Guarnera - organo Hammond
Nahuel - chitarra

JAMES THOMPSON Session man, autore, grande conoscitore dello smooth jazz, del pop-rock e del soul, insomma, musicista a 360°: James Thompson e un personaggio come pochi, generoso ed ancora innamorato del suo mestiere dopo oltre trentacinque anni di presenza sulla scena musicale ,numerose le sue collaborazioni e performances del vivo ed e da molto tempo al fianco di Zucchero Fornaciari e Paolo Conte
Vince e senza ombra di dubbio uno dei migliori batteristi italiani in ambito blues e non solo, dopo anni passati al servizio di nomi come Andy J. Forest, Rudy Rotta, Eugenio Finardi, Gianna Nannini, Pierangelo Bertoli… dal ‘97 alimenta energicamente progetti personali che divide con amici veri, nonche vecchi pirati come Pippo Guarnera (una vera istituzione europea) e con nuovi, ma non troppo, talenti.

Toot Loh Doon Faruye

Peach & the Almost Blues Band - A Night in Copenhagen

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 36:19
Size: 84,9 MB
Label: Magic Music Box
Styles: Blues/Electric Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Tonight I'll Be Stayin Here With You - 4:06
 2. Never Make Your Move Too Soon - 4:01
 3. Little By Little - 3:49
 4. Love-Itis - 4:21
 5. Tell Me You Love Me - 5:53
 6. Come Up And See Me Sometime - 5:26
 7. Same As I'm Over You - 5:09
 8. Ain't Got No Money - 3:31

February in Copenhagen is usually a very cold place to be. Fortunately, for one night, American blues artist Peach Reasoner rolled into town with the Almost Blues Band and set up in the Café Bartof, a very cool place with a great reputation for good music and good beer. Peach has played here many times before and you can tell throughout the live album she recorded here, A NIGHT IN COPENHAGEN, that she and the band feel right at home.
From the warm opening of recently named Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan’s beautiful ballad, Tonight I’ll Be Stayin Here With You, with its simple piano and harp lines (both provided by Ken Stange) backing Peach’s gorgeous vocals. It’s a bold choice for someone in a distant city giving herself over to the audience for the night. It announces her intentions and shows that she is very much in command of the evening.
The applause is warm and enthusiastic and you can tell that Peach is home – or at least in a welcoming place that feels very much like home.
She follows up with a piece of slice of barrelhouse with Never Make Your Move Too Soon. Again, Stange’s keys play a significant role in the song, and as he has worked with Peach before, that seems appropriate. Her guitar work (primarily lead) is very assured and sets off the piano very nicely.
Aside from Reasoner and Stange, her band for the album consists of Michael Engman Rønnow on guitar and backing vocals; Helge Solberg of bass and backing vocals’ and Niclas Campagnol on drums.  I’m unsure as to how long this group has worked with Reasoner, but they sound like they have been together for some time. Their harmonies are tight and they obviously have fun playing.
Next up is the Mel London tune, Little By Little, and they give it a good ride. Peach is saucy with her delivery, a little tease and a lot of sass. It’s a fun song. Listen for her to blister the guitar break. She follows up with a rocking version of Love-Itis. It’s a good combination and gives the group an opportunity to let their hair down.
She follows up with a song that she wrote, Tell Me You Love Me. It’s a tender love song – one of the longest songs on the album. Reasoner pours her heart and soul into this track, her vocals echo past pain beautifully. She’s a good songwriter and I would be very interested in finding more that she has written.
I confess that I was not that familiar with her work prior to A Night In Copenhagen, but I have enjoyed this album very much. I’ll be searching her website, http://www.peachmusic.com/live/ looking for more information about her tours and seeing if I can find other albums. She’s a multitalented performer and I look forward to sharing her music with listeners of Time For The Blues.
She gets back to rocking with Come Up And See Me Sometime and the band has really hit their groove. By now she is fearless and the crowd is loving every minute of her show. She and Stange play off of each other nicely and her vocals take on that assertive tone that just makes a blues song smoke.
She takes command with the smoldering Same As I’m Over You. It’s a gorgeous late night smoky room number that a good blues fan will savor. Stange’s keys are delicious and it sounds like Campagnol has switched to brushes for part of the song, giving it that jazzy flavor and in your mind’s eye you can almost see Peach working the crowd while she sings. A great way to start to wind up the album.
Yes, there’s only one more song left, the rocking number, Ain’t Got No Money. While this song could easily open any show and get it off to a rousing start, Peach and company have decided to end with it, sending the audience off on a very high note.
There’s an old adage in show business to always leave your audience wanting more. Peach Reasoner and the Almost Blue Band certainly did that. This fast album (eight songs in 36 minutes) serves to whet our appetite for more. A Night In Copenhagen is one of those beautiful surprises that just about every blues fan will love receiving.

A Night in Copenhagen

Mark Cantwil - Diggin' On You

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2015
Time: 46:30
Size: 109,9 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Rock/Roots Rock/Americana
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Diggin' On You - 3:39
 2. Play It Loud - 3:36
 3. Sammy Boy - 5:04
 4. The Puppet - 4:30
 5. Nothing's Gonna Change - 3:36
 6. The Greatest Show Around - 3:34
 7. Tonight - 5:06
 8. Blackjack - 4:42
 9. Beautifully Broken - 5:27
10. Crazy One - 3:59
11. Long Live the Night - 3:14

Musicians:
Mark Cantwil - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Colin Murphy - Rhythm/Electric/Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle, Vocals
Brett Mullins - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Tim Hart - Bass, Vocals
Adam Ranly - Harmonica, Vocals
Jim Latini - Drums
Chris Jolley - Organ
Rich Rickman - Upright Bass (Track 06)
Kevin Ashba - Organ, Vocals (Track 08)
Jesse Miller - Accordion
Joe Viers - Percussion, Tambourine, Bass-(Track 09)
Shaun Booker - Vocals (Track 03)
Liz Girard - Vocals (Track 05)
Adam Labeaux - Vocals (Track 07)

This sophomore effort turns up the heat on Americana with some Roots-Rock angst on 11 diverse tracks that is best served when played very loud.
Where small town roots were the driving force behind his debut album "Last Chance Johnny", "Diggin' On You" takes a more edgier Roots-Rock persona while diving head first into heavier topics. "Diggin On You" is a carnival ride through tales and stories portrayed by characters coming to terms with life, love and the past. All along while dealing with demons, addictions and disillusionment.
All songs written and arranged by Mark CantwilProduced by Colin Murphy and Mark Cantwil/ Tracked by Colin Murphy at "Murphtone Studios" in Ypsilanti MI.Additional tracking, Mixed and Mastered by Joe Viers at Sonic Lounge Studios in Columbus, OH.

Diggin' On You

Jon Butcher - 2Roads East

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 43:11
Size: 99,0 MB
Label: Electric Factory X
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Transcendence - 7:05
 2. Power Of Soul - 3:43
 3. Madness - 3:15
 4. Without You - 5:05
 5. Same Old Heart - 3:14
 6. How Does It Feel - 4:31
 7. Brontosaurus - 3:31
 8. 2Roads East - 3:16
 9. Dust - 4:34
10. Path Of Life - 4:52

Grammy-nominated Jon Butcher is one of a select handful of influential recording artists comprising the legendary Boston music scene. MTV vids and hit songs, “Life Takes A Life” ,”Wishes”, “Holy War”, “Goodbye Saving Grace”, and “waiting For A Miracle” comprise the underpinnings of a music career that continues today.  Jon Butchers’ signature sound and particularly his guitar work represent a skillful mix of Americana- rock, r&b, Jazz and folk,  all of it focused through a prism built from the Blues. .Jon’s company Electric Factory Music provides film score, soundtrack and music licensing services for television and film companies looking for something decidedly unique. With it’s launch at FOX in 1991, ELECTRIC FACTORY has provided music for all of the major network/cable television carriers through shows like; the currently running hit Cable tV series, Shameless (Showtime), United States of Tara (Showtime), Ugly Betty [ABC], The Simpsons (Fox), Six Feet Under (HBO), Deadwood (HBO), My Name Is Earl (NBC), and many more. Jon’s latest CD release,‘2ROADS EAST”is scheduled for 12/15 and will set the agenda into 2016. For discography and other information about Jon Butcher, please visit.

2Roads East

The Fluoride Program - Roadside Flowers

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2006

Time: 45:42
Size: 105,2 MB
Label: One After
Styles: Rock/Alt.Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Faster -  1:47
 2. Lucus -  6:08
 3. Designs -  3:53
 4. All is Still in Working Order -  5:35
 5. By Proxy, By Love -  5:50
 6. Coma -  3:24
 7. On Your side -  3:34
 8. Cowards - 10:10
 9. Sundial -  5:17

Musicians:
Dmitri Vada - Vocals, Guitar;
Justin King - Guitar, Piano;
Steve Motrinc - Bass;
Steve Bekkala - Drums;
Guests:
Katherine Catalano - Vocals, Backvocals;
Katrina Padley - Piano;
David Clipner - Viola.

The   Fluoride   Program's  first full-length release builds upon the promise that their 2005 EP Bastion hinted at. The group whispers and screams with a bright tunefulness and a sense of dynamic that is in rare supply in most of their post-rock contemporaries. Ever since Radiohead apparently decided that guitars were old hat, many indie rockers have relied on twiddling electronics to build the walls of their sonic architecture, but on  Roadside   Flowers ,  the   Fluoride   Program  injects piano, layers of harmony vocals, and even the occasional viola into the scree and wail of guitars and rolling hi-hat to build a textural feel without the overused drone of synthesized sound. This is a real band, playing in time with each other, and pushing sound around a real room. The totemic pulse of the album's highlight, "Lucus," puts drummer Steve Bekkala and guitarist Justin King (doing a startling Jonny Greenwood impression, whether he knows it or not) into a locked-horns battle of percussion and distorted strings. The song only reaches climactic conclusion when the tolling bell of Steve Motrinc's bass ushers in Dmitri Vada's impassioned vocals, acting as a divine referee and bringing unification to the song's cinematic conclusion. The abrupt thunderclap that ends "Designs" after a collision of soundscape gives way to another screenplay, this time evoking "The Great Gig in the Sky" as interpreted by the Velvet Teen on "All Is Still in Working Order." The album peaks in the ten-minute epic "Cowards," which reaches levels of prog indulgence -- shifting time signatures and tempos, offering bright noodling guitar lines in the beginning, only to be obliterated by a stomping factory of unexpected dissonant guitar and Emotional Rescue-era back-alley funk.  Roadside   Flowers  is quietly put to bed with the simple "Sundial," a molasses-slow makeout session of Stax soul instrumentation and summertime AM pop. "Quietly we've become older than we care to admit/At sundown we'll meet again." This entire album takes more turns than a game of Othello between two seven year olds, and is equally full of unexpected surprises: just when the whole thing starts to make sense, the colors all flip and the game begins anew.

Roadside Flowers

Barb Jungr - Come Together: Barb Jungr & John McDaniel Perform the Beatles

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 58:26
Size: 135,8 MB
Label: Kristalyn Records
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Got to Get You into my Life - 3:46
 2. Things We said today - 3:39
 3. Eleanor Rigby - 4:29
 4. Mother Nature's Son - 2:13
 5. And I Love Her - All My Loving - All You Need Is Love - 4:43
 6. I Will - 2:17
 7. Getting Better - Here there and Everywhere - 4:18
 8. For no One - 2:19
 9. Back in the USSR - 3:43
10. It's For You - Step Inside Love - 3:42
11. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 3:11
12. The Fool on the Hill - 4:26
13. Something - The Long And Winding Road - 4:30
14. Come Together - 4:08
15. In My Life - 3:23
16. Golden Slumbers - Carry That Weight - The End - 3:31

She’s at it again. Not content with stripping the bones and sinews of Jacques Brel, Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley, the ‘Silent Witness’ of the cabaret circuit Barb Jungr now forensically dissects and reconstructs the Beatles.
It has become a cliché to say that ‘she makes you hear songs as though for the first time’, but she bloody does and by removing the 60s poppy detritus from the arrangements manages to make Lennon sound like a poet and McCartney an accomplished composer.
She’s such an understated diva. Casual silky but not sparkly top, elegant but sensible trousers and shoes, and eyeballing the audience like a headmistress quelling a talkative assembly. You take in the restrained jewellery, the confidential stare, the freshly blonded page-boy bob, then it’s as if Theresa May suddenly turned out to be a groover as she snaps into the strutting rhythm of ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’.
By not introducing the numbers she teases the room, in torch, jazz or blues renditions few recognised the verses to half the songs and she surprised even when one started with its title: ‘Eleanor Rigby’ became a three-act folk drama, a stretched-out pain-soaked salute to loneliness and regret.
The first half features mostly love songs – a delicious mash of ‘And I Love Her’ ‘All My Loving’ and ‘All You Need is Love’ ramp up to a more urgent and tensile ‘Getting Better’, with its darker references to Lennon’s pre-peacenik past “I used to be cruel to my woman/I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved/Man I was mean but I’m changing my scene/And I’m doing the best that I can”.
As usual, the anecdotes are personal and confessional. Jungr hates it when critics mention age in reviews, and I promised her I wouldn’t. So let’s just say that women who now reach for the gold-coloured L’Oreal boxes on the moisturizer shelf in the supermarket, would as teenagers all have had a favourite Beatle.
Jungr had always dismissed Paul as too bland, but discovering he’d missed an important meeting at which the accreditation of songs was permanently determined as ‘Lennon/McCartney’ whoever penned them, and realizing he’d carried the fire of resentment in his belly for fifty years since he wrote so many more than John – she felt that if this were more widely known that when Heather Mills limped out of his life, he’d have been inundated with offers, including her own.
She also has wonderfully acerbic things to say about Yoko Ono, although she doesn’t (yet) quote Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles who this week described her as ‘the woman who did for music what Wayne Sleep did for Rugby League’.
New York musical director and arranger John McDaniel is a tremendous accompanist, and gets a couple of good songs to himself including the hardest stuff: a beautifully-crafted ‘When My Guitar Gently Weeps’ without a guitar.  The show works well with his fine piano, you might ponder whether some brass or strings would support them even more – but when Jungr wields her harmonica and bends it like a tenor sax, I wouldn’t really have it any other way.

Come Together: Barb Jungr & John McDaniel Perform the Beatles

James Vincent - Waiting For The Rain

Bitrate: 192K/s
Year: 1978
Time: 39:51
Size: 55,5 MB
Label: Caribou Records
Styles: Progressive Rock/Jazz Rock Fusion
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. What Does It Profit A Man - 4:49
 2. Resistance - 4:50
 3. Etude # 20 - 1:18
 4. Daniel, Daniel - 3:11
 5. People Of The World - 4:35
 6. How Can I Thank You Enough - 4:55
 7. Soon Comes The Son - 3:46
 8. Waiting For The Rain - 3:12
 9. The Seventh Day - 6:03
10. Babylon Is Fallen - 3:08

Musicians
Backing Vocals – Carla Vincent (tracks: A5)
Bass – Steve Evans
Congas – Pat Murphy
Drums [Hand & Trap] – Tom Donlinger
Guitar – James Vincent
Keyboards – Ron Stockert
Marimba – Tom Donlinger
Percussion – Pat Murphy
Percussion, Congas – Carla Vincent (tracks: B5)
Saxophone – Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams
Synthesizer [Roland Guitar, Roland 5h-5] – James Vincent
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach
Trumpet – Jerry Hey
Vocals – James Vincent
Whistling – Vincent Dondelinger (tracks: B3)

James VINCENT is just one of many excellent musicians from Chicago area. As a guitarist he changed through a lot of styles, and through his career was not just a solo artist but a studio musician, writer and composer.
One of his first more known bands in blues ridden Chicago were THE EXCEPTIONS in which he worked with Pete CETERA who would become lead singer of CHICAGO. After working as a studio musician for many Chess Records recording artists, VINCENT became a guitarist for the proto-prog band H.P.LOVECRAFT. Then he met Howard WALES & Jerry GARCIA with whom he toured for a brief time. While touring and playing the blues/funk influenced fusion at the time, VINCENT became inspired with their opening band and their guitarist, which was John MCLAUGHLIN and MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA.
Afterwards he began recording and released four albums up to 1980 before taking a longer break with his solo career. His earlier records can be reminiscent of for example SANTANA with whom he used to work with and his RnB roots show in a lot of his work but amongst those there is fine energetic instrumental jazz fusion.

Waiting For The Rain

David Crosby - Lighthouse

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 40:35
Size: 94,8 MB
Label: GroundUP Music
Styles: Rock/Singer-Songwriter
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Things We Do For Love - 4:15
 2. The Us Below - 3:41
 3. Drive Out To The Desert - 4:13
 4. Look In Their Eyes - 4:37
 5. Somebody Other Than You - 4:23
 6. The City - 4:45
 7. Paint You A Picture - 4:23
 8. What Makes It So? - 4:00
 9. By The Light Of Common Day - 6:14

Musicians:
David Crosby – vocals, acoustic guitar
Michael League – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
Becca Stevens – vocals
Cory Henry – organ
Bill Laurence – piano
Michelle Willis – vocals

Lighthouse is the fifth studio album by American musician David Crosby. The album was released on October 21, 2016, by GroundUP Music.
The album comes just two years after the 74-year-old singer/guitarist released Croz.
He tells Wall Street Journal: "It's a very fruitful time. I don’t know how to explain this, but, most people my age have petered out. They don’t have a writing surge.
"My writing always comes in bursts, but for the last couple years, I’ve had this inexplicable surge. Probably the densest and longest surge I’ve had, which at this stage in the game is a miracle.
"I can’t explain why that would happen except that I’m happy. I’m a very happy guy. That may be the key to the whole deal."

Lighthouse 

Amy Arlo & Almost Blue - Deeper Shade Of Blue

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 36:34
Size: 84,7 MB
Label: Yeah Baby Records
Styles: Blues/Electric Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Intro - 0:49
 2. Come Back Baby (Live) - 4:32
 3. Rollercoaster - 3:27
 4. Deeper Shade Of Blue - 4:27
 5. Stuck To You - 4:37
 6. Don't Leave Me To Cry - 5:28
 7. Mercy - 4:07
 8. Dark Cloud - 4:43
 9. Erase You - 4:20

Miami Based Band that captures Early Soul, Funk and the Blues with Heavy Duty Vocals and Guitar/
Originally from Phila. Amy Arlo is no stranger to the Blues. Performing in Festivals & Clubs w the Band 'Smoke Rings' then moving to Miami and forming Almost Blue in 2005, She's been called a Modern day Janis Joplin with her Powerful Voice and cool takes on Early Soul & Modern Day Blues . Guitarist Albert Arguelles who co-wrote the songs with Amy, has been in the Miami Latin Funk Music scene for many years and has been musical director for such greats as Timmy Thomas. Guest Artists Lucky Peterson on B3 Organ on "Come Back Baby" and "Don't Leave me to Cry"and Miami's own Spam Allstars Horn Section on "Erase You" and the title track "Deeper Shade of Blue"give those songs another dimension

Deeper Shade Of Blue

Merchants Of Midnight - Line 'em Up

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 38:45
Size: 101,4 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Rock/Hard Rock/Alt.Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Welcome To The Rock Show - 3:34
 2. High Maintenance Bitch (H.M.B.) - 2:29
 3. Supernatural - 4:03
 4. Walk Away - 4:02
 5. Six Feet Under - 3:42
 6. Bewitching Hour - 2:56
 7. The Gray - 3:35
 8. Thunder In The Rockies - 3:26
 9. Yes Ma'am - 2:50
10. Merry Go - 2:54
11. Friend - 5:10

Musicians:
Royce Saindom - Bass Guitar,Vocals:
Matt Hower - Guitar;
CJ Smith - Drums.

The Merchants of Midnight formed in 2014 when members Royce Saindon and Matt Hower made the decision to follow their passion for music.  In the beginning, their music was solely guitar and vocals.  The band later added drums and bass.  Together they self-recorded a demo album known as Little Devil Inside which hit the local music scene in 2015. The Merchants continued playing shows throughout 2015 and early 2016 as Matt and Royce wrote their second album--Line 'Em Up.  As many bands do, the Merchants made some transitions with their members when their bass player moved on due to lack of time to focus on a professional record.  In 2016, talented drummer CJ Smith joined up, and the three musicians followed through with their plans for a studio record. The talented trio describe their music as rock and roll with attitude.  Their lyrics are diverse as is their sound--ranging from up-tempo twisty ballads like "Lady Luck" to soul-soaked, and deeply thoughtful songs like "The Grey". The Merchants took several months off from gigs this summer to focus solely on their studio-recorded album.  The album comes with ten new visereal beats and is set to debut mid-October, 2016.

Line 'Em Up

The Kid Carsons - The Kid Carsons

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2015
Time: 48:22
Size: 110,8 MB
Label: Bear America Records
Styles: Rock/Roots Rock/Americana
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. I Try - 3:48
 2. Blood & Gold & Latitude - 3:14
 3. The Weight - 4:42
 4. Oh My Love - 3:47
 5. Family Stone - 4:11
 6. The Disappearance of Jimmy Hull - 4:30
 7. When the Light Shakes Through - 6:46
 8. Glory, Glory - 4:11
 9. Zeit und Sein - 5:11
10. Strangers - 4:10
11. so long so long - 3:46

Musicians:
Chad Carson- Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica;
Morgan D. Carson- Vocals, Bass;
David Hart-Keys, Banjo;
Derek Duplessie- Pedal Steel, 6 and 12-String electric guitars;
David Shirley-Drums, Harmony Vocals.

Brother-sister duo Chad & Morgan D. Carson grew up playing and writing American music. They still play and write American music. It is 2015 in America.
Hoping that people would want new music in the 20-teens, they formed The Kid Carsons in 2012 to realign the fabric of space-time with their vision of folk expression. As of yet, they have been unable to articulate a text message with all the shade and sentiment of a tear-stained letter, but The Kid Carsons’ sound is one to resonate with the 21st century heart.
Chad and Morgan are joined by lifetime friend and musical accomplice David Hart on keys and banjo, and together, they plan to make as many records as possible. Along with pedal steel heartthrob Derek Duplessie, and David Shirley on drums they're working on their 1st LP, and riding around a lot in a van.
When they get out of the van, they perform with people like W.B. Givens, Sons of Bill, Toy Soldiers, Shovels & Rope, Jonny Fritz, Banditos, Andrew Combs, Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang, The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Little Country Giants, Jordan Hull, The Wheeler Brothers, & Cale Tyson. The Kid Carsons live in New Orleans. The van’s name is Evangeline.

The Kid Carsons

Nth Ascension - In Fine Initium

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 67:56
Size: 155,6 MB
Label: Melodic Revolution Records
Styles: Progressive Rock/Neo-Prog
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Kingdom Keys - 15:18
 2. End Of Days - 11:23
 3. So That Was The Apocalypse -  4:42
 4. The Cage - 17:06
 5. In Search Of The Rider (Clanaan pt 4) -  7:47
 6. Forever (Clanaan pt 5) -  7:47
 7. When The Rain Falls (Clanaan pt 6) -  3:51

Musicians:
Alan "Spud" Taylor - Vocals;
Martin Walker - Guitars;
Gavin Walker-  Bass Guitar;
Darrel Treece-Birch - Keyboards;
Craig Walker - Drums,Percussion.

UK band NTH ASCENSION was formed in 2009, originally using the moniker Nth Degree, and solidified as a band unit in 2010. An initial demo was released in 2011, and in 2014 they signed to UK label Sonic Vista for the release of their official debut album “Ascension of Kings”. In 2016 they left their former label to sign up for US label Melodic Revolution Records, who released their sophomore production “In Fine Initium”.
Nth Ascension is very much an English band, exploring landscapes and sounds that were invented and developed on the British Isles. Melodic, powerful progressive rock is the name of the game here, and then by and large explored inside a neo progressive general context. Their take on the genre is one that relies heavily on alternating, contrasting arrangements and a striking lead vocalist further enhancing the dramatic aspects of the compositions. It’s also a take on this style that has something of a steely edge to it at times, unlike the more pop/rock oriented artists you’ll also encounter inside this general sphere of reference. For some distinct similarities, I suspect the sound explored by later day Pendragon is a fairly good comparison.
Majestic, powerful passages sporting firm guitar riffs and one or more layers of keyboards is the staple for the harder edged passages in these compositions, at times in arrangements with stronger similarities to AOR style hard rock, at other times, especially when the keyboard is less prominent, comparisons can be made toward Canadian powerhouse trio Rush as well. And on a few occasions the sheer intensity of those more powerful passages close in on the gentler side of classic progressive metal if not in scope then at least in a sound that is rich, powerful and striking. Offsetting these riff and keyboards powered sections are sequences of a more delicate nature, where plucked careful guitars, wandering piano motifs, crying style guitar solo runs and keyboard textures of a more ethereal character all have their place.
The combination of these two types of at times starkly contrasting themes and arrangements works really well, and the contrast aspect is explored in an effective and striking manner throughout this album. The subtly theatrical, dramatic lead vocals of Alan Taylor is a good fit for these compositions, and his vocal style and delivery does add something of a rock opera spirit to some of these cuts, giving rise to associations towards some of Clive Nolan’s exploits in that specific department.
The aforementioned lead vocals may be something of a divisive aspect of this album however, as this may be just a bit too melodramatic for some, and the mix and production also gives this production a slightly closed in sound that may not be universally appealing. But besides those who know they have sensitive tastes in those departments, “In Fine Initium” comes across as a strong and accomplished production by this still relatively new band, and I suspect that those who know and love later day Pendragon and Clive Nolan’s rock opera projects should be the crowd that finds this CD to be most satisfying.

In Fine Initium

Gary Versace - Many Places

Bitrate: 256K/s
Year: 2005
Time: 69:38
Size: 128,1 MB
Label: SteepleChase
Styles: Jazz/Hammond organ
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most - 8:44
 2. Seen From Above - 6:39
 3. 16 By 12 - 6:04
 4. Many Places - 6:47
 5. I Wished On The Mood - 8:39
 6. One Year from Today - 7:34
 7. September In The rain - 7:42
 8. Home - 8:08
 9. Love For Sale - 9:17

Gary Versace is “one of the most exciting yet sensitive performers on the Hammond B3 to emerge in recent years.” (Mark Gardner) His SteepleChase leadership debut album “Time And Again” SCCD 31572 drew attention of critic John Kelman of All About Jazz who commented, “…Time And Again is a strong debut, but Versace is capable of much more – a fact that will no doubt be revealed in good time.” No doubt indeed, here on this his second CD you will find an artist with a most original conception offering fascinating musical experiences.
Since basing himself in NYC in 2002, originally hailing from Cos Cob, CT, jazz pianist, organist and accordionist Gary Versace has become one of the busiest and most versatile musicians on the scene, often featured in bands led by musicians such as John Scofield, John Abercrombie, Al Foster, Regina Carter, Maria Schneider, Madeleine Peyroux, Matt Wilson, Joe Magnarelli, Andy LaVerne, Adam Nussbaum, Brad Shepik, Ingrid Jensen and many others.
Recent CD releases include appearances as pianist on Ralph Alessi's 'Quiver" (ECM records) which received 4.5 stars in Downbeat, as accordionist on Maria Schneider's Grammy-winning 'The Thompson Fields,' as Hammond organist on Ellery Eskelin's 'Trio Willisau: Live' and Rich Perry's 'Organique,' and on all three instruments on Kurt Elling's 'Passion World.'
Versace won the "Rising Star' category on the Hammond organ in Downbeat's Critic's Poll in 2009 and 2010, and has placed in the primary Organ category consistently for the last 5 years. He won the Jazz Jounalists' Association's "Best Organist" award in 2012, and his work has been reviewed and featured in many national and international publications. He appeared twice as a guest on Marian McPartland's acclaimed NPR show 'Piano Jazz,' and McPartland has described him as '...endlessly inventive...(Versace) really has an extraordinary talent.'
He has several CD's under his own name on the SteepleChase and Criss Cross labels, and has appeared as a guest on almost 75 more.
Gary Versace has a masters degree in music performance from the Eastman School of Music, and spent eight years as a tenured associate professor in the jazz studies department at the University of Oregon. He remains active as a clinician and guest soloist both nationally and around the world.

Many Places

Sarah Spicer & The Automatic Blues Band - Sarah Spicer & The Automatic Blues Band

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 48:01
Size: 110,1 MB
Label: Music & Films Records
Styles:Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Down To The Wire - 3:51
 2. On The Run - 3:25
 3. Begin To Fade - 1:37
 4. Holes In My Shoes - 5:00
 5. Johnny Gain - 4:59
 6. Devil In Disguise - 3:41
 7. The Prisioner - 3:22
 8. Justine - 4:54
 9. Start All Over Again - 3:10
10. Shadows On The Wall - 4:51
11. Mr. Temptation - 5:00
12. On My Way - 4:05

A New Zealand born, singer songwriter, Sarah spent her early adult years living in San Francisco CA, where she worked in the music industry honing her skills as a singer, songwriter, live performer and recording artist in the rock and blues scene. On return to NZ in 1997, Sarah’s career has steadily grown. Her music has been used a number of times in promo’s for TVNZ and her vocals and songs have been used in film, fitness class DVD’s, an Olympic’s motivational music CD (Anthem in Black), and various ad campaigns, eg NZ Got Talent 2012 and 13, her song For A Day was used as the 2012 TVNZ brand song. Her Debut Album Colours was released in 2012.

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Shine Eye Dee & The Bad Fish - Shine Eye Dee & The Bad Fish

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 39:24
Size: 92,0 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Ride - 3:00
 2. Problem Child - 6:25
 3. Lights in the Sky - 3:28
 4. Pretty Baby - 3:33
 5. Midnight Hoochie Coo - 4:00
 6. Flotsam and Jetsam - 4:35
 7. Lonely Highway - 4:38
 8. Hey Boy - 3:23
 9. Cheatin' Blues - 6:18

I have no hesitation in nominating this album as one the most outstanding blues/rock albums of 2015. Manchester based studio producer and musician Geoff Rees is the creative driving force behind the music and manages to make every track a winner, there simply isn’t an inferior track amongst this excellent collection of songs. The icing on the cake surely has to be the superb vocal talents of Shine-Eye Dee who has a sultry but powerful and distinctive vocal presence on all the tracks. Her vocals are perfect for this music and she pitches her voice with pure emotion and precise tonal quality into each song, the hallmark of a true vocal artist.
“Ride” opens the album with a truck stop boogie 'power glider' and takes the listener into the badlands of Arizona & New Mexico which sets the scene for things to come with the following track “Outlaw Man” telling story of an old western gun fighter on the run, perhaps an ode to Wild Bill Longley with Shine-Eye Dee slowly tightening the noose on the song before the outlaw finally mounts the gallows to meet his maker. “Problem Child” is defined by Geoff’s low down mean & dirty blues riff which sucks the listener into the age old tale of forlorn and doomed infatuation with a feel and sound production reminiscent of the Alannah Myles classic “Black Velvet”.
“Pretty Baby” is in my opinion the “single” on this album with a totally hypnotic rock guitar riff that nails it to the mast from the very first note with a killer middle eight bridge section and vocals to die for from Shine-Eye Dee, this song has total instant appeal.
“Perfect Circumstance” has a flow all of its own and is an inspired mid tempo bitter sweet country rock song which touches the listener with positive sentiment raising the spirit whilst exposing an almost fatalistic flaw within the ideal of the songs theme and title. “Midnight Hoochie Coo” is an 'out and out' good time rocker with a great mix of guitar and piano with a powerful gutsy vocal delivery, a real foot stomper. “Cheatin’ Blues” is an earthy slow burner in a similar vein to “Trouble” the Leiber & Stoller classic recorded by Elvis. The song “You Are” finds Shine-Eye Dee vocalizing on this laid back track in a higher register pitch with strong Southern Rock overtones augmented with some very atmospheric guitar playing by Geoff Rees.
The ace up the sleeve here is “Flotsam & Jetsam” which is the real ‘chill factor ten’ song on this album as it touches the inner sanctum of the soul with the sadness of loss and a life unfulfilled, backed by just piano & violin Shine-Eye Dee’s haunting and melancholic voice brings the listener to their knees as broken dreams and memories come flooding back to haunt us. Stone statues will lie weeping in the wake of this song, pure genius!
“Lonely Highway” is a Freeway fast lane rocker that puts you back in the driving seat but I would be more than happy to travel down this highway with Shine-Eye Dee & The Bad Fish which I do every time I hear this album, after all isn’t that what good music is supposed to do, transport the listener. It’s all here in one album, great songs delivered with real emotion, hats off to Shine-Eye Dee & The Bad Fish. It just doesn’t get any better than this! ~Lucas Campbell

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