Noiseworks - Love Versus Money

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1991
Time: 47:15
Size: 108,2 MB
Label: Columbia
Styles: Rock/Pub Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Jealousy - 3:50
 2. Hot Chilli Woman - 3:24
 3. Liberty Bell - 3:55
 4. R.I.P (Millie) - 4:35
 5. Take You Higher - 3:36
 6. Day Will Come - 3:46
 7. Miles And Miles - 4:16
 8. Don't Lead Me On - 4:46
 9. Everyday People - 4:05
10. Burning Cross - 3:55
11. Love Versus Money - 3:43
12. Freedom - 3:19

"Love versus Money" is the third and most commercially successful album by Australian rock band Noiseworks. It contained the Top 10 hit "Hot Chilli Woman".
Amongst the well-known names that contributed to the album were Snap! singer Penny Ford, Vika Bull and Michael Hutchence of INXS. The album also contained a tribute to frontman Jon Stevens's late mother who had died from cancer, the song was titled "R.I.P. (Millie)".
This was to be the final studio album for phase one of Noiseworks, and they disbanded shortly after. However, in December 2007 lead singer Jon Stevens announced that Noiseworks, who had reformed in that year (minus keyboardist Justin Stanley), were returning to the studio in 2008 to record their first album together in sixteen years.

Love Versus Money

Mighty Pope - The Mighty Pope

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1977
Time: 31:46
Size: 73,6 MB
Label: RCA
Styles: Funk/Soul
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Heaven On Seventn Floor - 2:44
 2. Can't Get By With You - 2:44
 3. Rescue Me - 2:53
 4. Tower Of Strength - 2:59
 5. Whatever Goes Around - 2:59
 6. If You Want A Love Affair - 3:34
 7. Love On A Disco Floor - 3:01
 8. Telephone Lovers - 2:53
 9. Many Rivers To Cross - 4:04
10. If That's The Way You Want It - 3:49

Jamaican-born Earl Heedram sang in church choirs as a boy but following graduation from High School decided to become an accountant in Toronto. Following a dare from friends in 1966 to appear on stage, Heedram gave up accounting and began a career as a disco icon named Pope. His career break came in 1970 when he opened for Natalie Cole at the Ontario Place Forum in Toronto.
A scout for RCA-Canada caught Earl's act while he was getting club work around Toronto and signed him to a one album deal. The 1977 song "Heaven On The Seventh Floor" broke the Canadian Top 20. The follow-up single, "Can't Get By Without You", failed to do as well.  By 1978 Heedram was re-christened Mighty Pope and signed with Quality Records under the tutelage of  producer John Driscoll who surrounded him with top-notch talent, amongst them was Gino Soccio, for his second solo album 'Sweet Blindness'.  Upon release the album shot up the club charts and was picked up for American release by Soccio's label RFC Records. The first 12" single was a remake of the Bobby Rydell's hit "Sway" followed by  a 12" single of  the title track. Both songs would also be remixed by Jim Burgess and would score Top 40 placings on the U.S. disco charts.  But his induction to disco was short-lived and musical tastes shifter. RFC Records closed folded and Heedram eventually retired to the safety of accounting.

The Mighty Pope

Eddie Shaw - King Of The Road

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1985
Time: 42:57
Size: 98,8 MB
Label: Rooster Blues Records
Styles: Blues/Chicago Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. A Hog And My Horn - 1:57
 2. Shaw Time - 2:09
 3. I Dont Trust Nobody - 2:58
 4. Blues in My Bed - 3:13
 5. It Hurts - 2:39
 6. Blues Men Of Yesterday - 2:17
 7. Lookin' Good - 2:53
 8. When the Rabbit's Got the Gun - 3:11
 9. King of the Road - 3:52
10. It's All Right - 2:38
11. Eddie's Rock - 2:32
12. Long Way From Home - 5:14
13. Good Timin' Twins - 4:23
14. Blues For The West Side - 2:54

"King of the Road" is a blues album by Eddie Shaw produced by Rooster Blues Records. A reviewer on allmusic.com says of the album, "{It is} a revealing compilation of the ballsy Chicago saxist's earlier work (1966-1984) that certainly deserves to be on CD but isn't yet. "Blues for the West Side" and "Lookin' Good", both with Magic Sam on guitar, are highlights of Shaw's entire career, while his vocal talents are well-served on "It's All Right", an amusing "I Don't Trust Nobody", and his touching tribute "Blues Men of Yesterday"."

King Of The Road

Ally Venable Band - No Glass Shoes

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 33:39
Size: 77,1 MB
Label: Connor Ray Music
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Trainwreck Blues - 3:08
 2. No Glass Shoes - 5:16
 3. Woke up This Mornin' - 5:03
 4. Wise Man - 4:10
 5. Messin' with the Kid - 3:06
 6. Too Much Too Soon - 3:54
 7. Downhearted Blues - 4:56
 8. Love Me Like a Man - 4:01

A totally rocking female Texas Blues Guitar slinger!
The 17 year old sensation from Texas, Ally Venable says “I think No Glass Shoes really shows the musicianship of my band as well as the guest artists that performed on this album,” Ally says about the new disc. “The songs on this CD really mesh well together and correspond differently in their own way. My goal for this album is to really connect with people and to let them know it’s okay to feel a certain way. I really cannot express enough gratitude to everyone that contributed to making this album possible.”
Ally Venable wrote all of the songs on No Glass Shoes, with the exception of the Junior Wells classic, “Messin’ with the Kid,” and the Bonnie Raitt hit, “Love Me Like a Man,” written by Chris Smither. Ally also composed new music to go with the lyrics of the Alberta Hunter chestnut, “Downhearted Blues.”
Houston-based Ally Venable and her band have been racking up critical accolades, including winning the East Texas Music Award last year for Blues Band and Ally for Female Guitarist of the Year. She also placed in the Top 10 of the under 20 years-old category at the 2015 and 2016 Dallas International Guitar Festivals.
As leader of the powerhouse Ally Venable Band, she’s ignited tremendous excitement for her musicianship and live performances on the local Houston music scene, with touring now expanded into the southwest region. Ally Venable started singing at an early age in church and in recent years picked up the guitar and found her true passion.
She was also voted the 2014 and 2015 East Texas Female Guitarist of the Year. Each of Ally’s bandmates excels on their respective instruments, too. Lead guitarist and keyboards player Bobby Wallace is a master at his craft and his years of experience enhance the band. Bassist Zach Terry brings his passion and energetic flair to every show. Self-taught drummer Elijah Owings brings a steady and dynamic sound to the band. He is the backbone of the Aly Venable Band’s rockin’ blues sound.

No Glass Shoes

Mojo Stu - Real House Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2004
Time: 33:33
Size: 77,0 MB
Label: Mudbone Records/MilesTone Media Inc.
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Leave It Gone - 3:47
 2. Got A Love - 3:40
 3. My Mama She Don't Love Me - 3:41
 4. Hootchie Mama - 4:51
 5. Don't Worry - 3:33
 6. Eldorado - 4:10
 7. Lightning - 4:04
 8. Lightning (Reprise) - 1:23
 9. Hey Hey - 4:20

Real Blues cooked up with grooves so down-to-earth they could grow cotton on concrete.
If Tampa Red had a white, great grandson who cut his teeth singing and playing slide guitar in the Allman Brothers band along with Robert Nighthawk, Earl Hooker, ZZ Top and the Beatles...you might get close to blues retrorevival-futurist Mojo Stu
MOJO STU 'REAL HOUSE BLUES' is the feel-good CD of the year! More than just another Blues release, MOJO STU channels decades of Blues through grooves and beats so down to earth they could grow cotton on concrete!  REAL HOUSE BLUES weaves a thread of Blues tradition into a much broader sonic quilt, reaching across musical genres and finding something organic, pure, and new:)  MOJO STU's up-spirit reverberates through the tracks like the pulse of a freight train. The proclamations, soulful refrains, and masterful instrumentation leave you feeling better than they found you.  There was a time when people danced to Blues music in juke joints, roadhouses, fish fry's, and house parties....and that's the heart of REAL HOUSE BLUES...a contemporary spin on a hundred years of Blues music. And, only an artist like MOJO STU could give a time tested wisdom to beat driven ears.  Entertaining audiences from coffeehouses to concert halls, festivals and listening rooms, MOJO STU performs his unique, intense and friendly solo-acoustic music.
For over twenty-five years he has shared the performance stage with music and Blues luminaries; Leon Russell, Johny Winter, Robert Cray, Dr. John, Maria Muldaur, John Hammond, Kelly Joe Phelps, Johny Neal (Allman Bros), Big Bill Morganfield (son of Muddy Water), and many others. A feature performer on the QVC Channel, MOJO STU received the highest ratings of ANY performer on their 'Jammin in the Kitchen Show', and has been featured on FOX News, WXTU 92.5 Morning Show, and created the 'Blues Expression' Radio Show with co-host Lonnie Shields WPEB 98.1 (Phila, PA). MOJO STU's love of the Blues is evident in earlier releases; GOOD GRAVY, NOT FOR NOTHIN' (with band MOJO).  Proceeds from sales of all of his music benefit the PEACE, LOVE, and SUNSHINE FOUNDATION, which was founded by MOJO STU. The foudation is dedicated to helping kids by raising awareness and funds for worthy causes.

Real House Blues

Innocent Bystanders - Don't Go Looking Back

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1986
Time: 34:54
Size: 80,0 MB
Label: Chase Records
Styles: Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Just My Mother's Son - 5:04
 2. Lookin' Down At You - 4:11
 3. Let Me In - 3:47
 4. I Don't Care - 3:44
 5. Dangerous - 4:00
 6. Hard To Know - 4:16
 7. Those Days - 3:00
 8. Late Night Criers - 3:21
 9. Don't Go Looking Back - 3:29

Musicians:
Brett Keyser – vocals
John Dalzel – bass
Al Kash – drums
John Heussenstamm – guitar
Don Walker – Piano, C-3, DX-7
Paul Ewing – Hammond, on "Just My Mother's Son", Piano, C-3 on "Those Days"
Peter Walker – Acoustic & electric guitar

Don't Go Looking Back is the debut album by Australian rock band Innocent Bystanders, originally released in 1986. The album reached #59 on the Australian album charts in September 1986.
At a time when cover bands dominated the Western Australian music landscape, "Bystanders" were one of the few original acts to make a dent and after a few years of hard work eventually pull very respectable crowds. Their Monday night residences at the Herdsman Hotel drew crowds of over 250 people, many of them music industry types there to listen to this powerful Australian band heavily influenced by Cold Chisel and Bruce Springsteen. The standout features were the depth of Keyser's songwriting and his powerful vocals and the amazing young teenage guitarist Mark Lizotte aka Diesel.
The band's songs drew heavily from their local environment of beaches, hot summers, weekends down South and even the demolition of the Scarborough Beach Hotel. In addition Keyser soaked up many influences and ventured into the realm of story-telling with his songs.
In 1983 the band released a cassette entitled Live at the Subi, recorded at the Subiaco Hotel with a mobile recording truck.
In 1984 the band flew to Sydney and recorded a single, "Lebanon" with Peter Walker (Midnight Oil and Cold Chisel producer)[1] with the lineup of Lizotte, Brett Keyser (vocals), John ‘Yak’ Sherrit (drums), John ‘Tatt’ Dalzell (bass) and Cliff Kinneen (keyboards).
Lizotte left the band in 1986. Keyser then recruited new players John Heussanstamm (guitar) and Al Kash (drums; ex-Blackfeather) and issued the album Don’t Go Looking Back on the Chase label. The other members followed Lizotte and formed the successful Australian act Johnny Diesel & The Injectors.

Don't Go Looking Back

Villblomst - Villblomst

Bitrate: 224K/s
Year: 1979
Time: 37:12
Size: 59,6 MB
Label: Briskeby Records
Styles: Rock/Progressive Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Villblomst - 4:13
 2. F-16 - 3:47
 3. Nina Forsvandt - 3:21
 4. Kalde Oyne - 4:29
 5. The Blackest Cat In Town - 4:59
 6. Nobody Else - 4:31
 7. There Is No Sense - 2:15
 8. Something Nice - 5:51
 9. I'm Rotten - 3:41

Villblomst was a Norwegian rock band from the 70's and 80's. The band gave in 1979 out a selvtitulert debut album via their record label, Briskeby Records.
Villblomst is a music album with Villblomst, released in 1979. The album was produced by the band and Trond Borge.

Villblomst

Howlin Rain - Live in NYC

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2006
Time: 63:49
Size: 161,7 MB
Label: Silver Current Records
Styles: Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Roll On The Rusted Days - 7:22
 2. Indians, Whores & Spanish Men of God - 7:14
 3. Show Business - 4:23
 4. The Firing of The Midnight Rain - 9:24
 5. In Sand And Dirt - 8:10
 6. The Hanging Heart - 8:26
 7. It Takes A Train - 7:45
 8. Calling Lightning With A Scythe - 5:35
 9. Death Prayer In Heaven's Orchard [bonus track] - 5:26

This gem from the first incarnation of Howlin Rain is a precious piece to me. It may be the only existing live documents of HR mark 1 (though I seem to recall another one around from North Carolina too).
It was recorded by Philip Smoker and this gig at the Merc was at the top of a long trip touring with Howlin Rain for the first time across the country playing to rooms empty enough you could count the audience numbers on one hand most nights. John had soon had enough and left the band for other pastures a few days after this show. Ian and I flew home from Atlanta and Mike Jackson climbed into a van headed south with The Warmer Milks, a great band from Kentucky who we’d been slogging it out with and he headed off on a bender into the unknown in the back of their old postal van using an ice chest for a seat. But this just goes to show, you NEVER know when a band, or a vibe or a lineup is going to end and in some cases they are never captured in the wild because you think there’s always tomorrow, there’s always next week or sometimes you’re just working too hard to take the time to capture it.
In this case though Phil caught it and man, I can hear it. I can hear that nothing was good about that tour, no money, no crowds, not too many laughs, our friendships were definitely under fire—we were living for the stage and I was most certainly taking it out on the stage, you can hear that in how hard I’m singing and playing my guitar. Nothing to lose and little more to gain. Just blasting music out of me as hard as I could out of the will to survive the tour at that point.
It’s striking to me now how totally raw the band as a whole is in this performance and we’ve been touring for a few weeks already and playing almost every night! To say it’s unpolished would be a drastic understatement, the nuts and bolts are barely holding the form together let along polish but that doesn’t mean it’s not moving at high speeds and with a groove and force and energy that trumps polish and perfection on a good day.
I’m especially proud of my guitar playing on this recording. For what was supposed to be “mellower groove music” I was singing and playing the solos like I was trying to kill somebody. That’s not to make light of the band sound here either, there is something almost completely broken but still special about the center that those guys create. I love the way it sounds like the band keeps blowing up with air or gas and feels like it’s going to burst or just fall apart like an old shack in a cartoon but somehow everyone leans quickly and desperately in to hold it up or right the thing again, which isn’t very straight in the first place and as soon as you get it up it starts leaning to the other side and everyone rushes over there abandoning post to keep it from going down. The whole gig has that kind of movement. Desperately and confidently fending off one musical disaster after another as a group until that is the sound of the rock and roll being made.
I’m not going to sugar coat this thing, I wouldn’t want to be back there, it was tough times and no fun. But like I said, I’m proud of this. Not many bands sound this good and this bad at the same time. I’ve always loved those kinds of groups. The Replacements, GBV, The Stones- best and worst band in the world at the same time. You can’t manufacture that sound, it just has to be born fucked up.
The way Howlin Rain music is made and played has changed since then. Sometimes we were the best band in town and sometimes the worst but rarely both at the same time after that tour. But in June of 2006 we were probably the best and worst band to play in New York City all month.

Live in NYC

Oli Silk - Where I Left Off

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 57:08
Size: 131,2 MB
Label: Trippin N Rhythm Records
Styles: Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Ooh Baby! - 4:36
 2. Where I Left Off - 4:05
 3. Take Me Away - 5:00
 4. Burning up the Carnival - 4:09
 5. Seasons Change - 4:01
 6. Su Casa, Mi Casa - 5:51
 7. Catch My Breath - 4:03
 8. Cluster Funk - 5:24
 9. Rest Assured - 5:07
10. Music Without Sound - 6:07
11. Take Some Time Out - 3:54
12. Suits You, Sir! - 4:47

You can always count on one of our groovemasters from across the big pond to deliver the musical goods when the time is right – and the time is always right. This time, British keyboardist/composer/producer Oli Silk is the deliverer of some fine grooves as he releases Where I Oli Silk CDLeft Off – which is so apropos since he does pick up the party where he left off with the tight Razor Sharp Brit album back in 2013.  Silk brings in a lot of familiar mega-talent on this one, including fellow Englishman and smooth jazz guitar icon Peter White, the always dapper and super-cool guitarist Nick Colionne, songstress Katie Leone, trumpet giant Rick Braun, the lovely flutist Althea Rene, and sax virtuosos Steve Cole and Phil Denny.  Here with an array of moods and feels, Silk offers the hot, funky lead track “Ohh Baby” then settles back on the tempo a tad as he delivers the mid-tempo title track before ushering in White on the hook-rich, clean, and bouncy “Take Me Away.” He then allows Katie Leone to take us to where they’re “Burning Up the Carnival.” Pick your scenario on this one: Rio, Mardi Gras, on one of our coastal beaches, or in your own backyard party with other beloved revelers. It’s all happening on this spirited charmer.  As usual, Silk dazzles with his trademark fluid style of blowing up either piano or keys. His love of this music simply dances from his fingertips and into one’s heart, which is why he remains so well regarded among jazzers.  If you know Silk’s music, you know that you have much from which to choose as a favorite. Mine just happen, in addition to the lead track and “Burning Up the Carnival,” “Cluster Funk” (which, naturally, is rife with phat funk), the tender and soulful “Rest Assured” featuring the caressing flute of Althea Rene about midway through. Such a nice touch to a softly swaying tune. Then, there’s the dance-friendly funkster “Music Without the Sound” again featuring the Leone vocals.  You’ll notice that, often, the album is cleverly arranged to alternately switch you from an upbeat and lively place to a sweet and reflective one. Well-produced, arranged, and performed. Signature Silk. In fact, I’d say to the keyboardist: As your finale states: “Suits You, Sir!” – Ronald Jackson

Where I Left Off

Greg Manning - Sugar & Spice

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 42:52
Size: 98,7 MB
Label: Kalimba Music
Styles: Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Sugar & Spice (feat. Donald Hayes) - 4:11
 2. Round 'N'Round (feat. J. Reid) - 4:36
 3. I Need to Know (feat. Adam Hawley) - 4:46
 4. When You Love Someone (feat. Gabriel Hasselbach) - 4:57
 5. Caribbean Breeze - 3:42
 6. Les Etoiles de Paris (feat. Patrick Bettison) - 4:44
 7. Esperanza - 4:12
 8. The Beauty Within - 2:30
 9. Happy (feat. Donald Hayes) - 5:04
10. Before the Dawn - 4:05

Swiss-American keyboardist Greg Manning has performed on stages throughout the U.S., Europe, United Kingdom, and Asia. Manning’s use of jazz, funk, and soul, to create simplistic yet, complex compositions, are blended with precise timbre and intricate instrumentation. They are rich in texture, and identifiably this recording artist’s distinctive imprint of Soul-Jazz.
While growing up in Zurich, Switzerland, Manning was mostly exposed to Jazz by his parents. Yet, he discovered his deep love for music only after hearing “Isn’t She Lovely” by the legendary Stevie Wonder. He started playing the piano at age 12. Several years later, he moved to the U.S. to study piano and film scoring at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. It was during this time his break came. Manning was asked to compose the music for “Keep Cool”, the most successful and longest running German language musical. The musical led him back to Zurich, Switzerland, where he continued to compose and produce for records and television.
After spending several years in Zurich, Manning and his wife moved to the U.S. permanently. Soonafter, he made his U.S. debut as the keyboardist for the 2000 “Back At One Tour,” with Brian McKnight. He also toured extensively, for nearly a decade, as the keyboardist/music director for GRAMMY® Award-nominee, Jonathan Butler. Greg also performed with Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright, Will Downing, Richard Elliot, Eric Marienthal, Chante Moore, and Kirk Whalum, among others.
From 2003 until ’07 Greg acted as the Musical Director for all seasons of MusicStar, the Swiss version of American Idol. Over the last several years, Manning has focused more on composing and writing. He released his debut album, “The Calling”, in 2010. It features Grammy winners Keb’Mo’, Kirk Whalum and many more guest appearances. “I wanted the project to be a great, coherent, accessible CD, Manning says, and not some disjointed thing that doesn’t please anybody fully.” This CD is a refreshing tonal palette of relevant content and masterfully crafted tunes that are a musical journey of his life experiences.
Manning has had a multi-faceted career. He is a three-time certified platinum producer for Universal Music Switzerland and has written/produced several Swiss chart-toppers (Harry Hasler’s “Saletti” and the MusicStar block buster “A Kiss Goodbye”.). He is a credited film composer for U.S. feature films “Dead Lenny” and “Restraining Order.” Manning also worked closely with composer Jan Stevens and provided additional music for network television shows “Samantha Who,” and “Scrubs” which garnered an Emmy-nomination in 2007 for “Guy Love”, which Greg arranged and performed on.
More recently he scored the complete sound design for “Kampf der Chore,” which aired on Swiss TV in 2010, scored a national TV commercial for Zweifel Chips, finished the highly acclaimed score for the newly released documentary by director Reto Caduff “The Visual Language of Herbert Matter,” and wrapped up the “GODIVA – Real Love on Valentines” tour in Japan with GRAMMY® Award-winner Jody Watley. In addition Greg has scored the music for three weekly shows on Swiss national TV (G&M, Traders and Gesundheit Heute).
Stay tuned for more from this talented Soul-Jazz artist, Greg Manning!

Sugar & Spice

God Street Wine - Bag

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1992
Time: 71:15
Size: 163,4 MB
Label: Ripe & Ready Records
Styles: Rock/Jam Bands
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Nightingale - 5:48
 2. Goodnight Gretchen - 6:46
 3. Feel the Pressure - 5:54
 4. Waiting for the Tide - 6:25
 5. Fortress of Solitude - 7:14
 6. Upsidedown And + Inside Out - 4:46
 7. Borderline - 5:02
 8. Better Than You - 4:49
 9. Hellfire - 5:22
10. One-armed Man - 7:07
11. Home Again - 4:27
12. Epilog - 7:29

God Street Wine, a New York-based jam band in the tradition of the Spin Doctors and Blues Traveler, blend funk, reggae, folk-rock, post-punk, pop/rock, and blues-rock into a cohesive whole that is unique and original. God Street Wine formed in New York City in the late '80s and lived there until they moved to Westchester County, NY, in 1991. Comprised of Lo Faber on guitar and lead vocals, Aaron Maxwell on guitar and lead vocals, Dan Pifer on bass guitar and vocals, Jon Bevo on piano, organ, and vocals, and Tomo (or John Thomas Osander) on drums, God Street Wine played their first show on December 13, 1988, at the Nightingale Bar in New York City.
They became legendary for putting on shows in excess of three hours, and with their two guitarists and reliance on improvisation, began to draw comparisons to another great twin-guitar band, the Allman Brothers. Even though God Street Wine's sound was considerably less bluesy, the band wasn't afraid to take chances in front of a live audience, not unlike the Spin Doctors or Blues Traveler. They maintained a large mailing list, in excess of 15,000 names, and continued developing a dedicated fan base often referred to as "Winos." It was this grassroots following that attracted the attention of record executives, not unlike the way Phish took off up in that band's home state of Vermont.
God Street Wine's first album, Bag, a self-produced affair, was released in 1992. They followed it up with a live compilation, Who's Driving?, in October 1993 on the Ripe and Ready label. After attracting the attention of Geffen Records executives and a management company, McGhee Entertainment, they signed with Geffen in January 1994 and released $1.99 Romances in September on a label co-venture between Geffen and McGhee. Since no one at Geffen knew the band, there was little promotion or advertising of the record. They signed with Mercury Records in 1995 after an executive there caught them at the Beacon Theater in New York. The partnership produced Red the following year and the eponymous God Street Wine in 1997. The group continued to tour until 1999 and disbanded the following year. They released Good to the Last Drop, a collection of highlights from their farewell tour, in July of 2000. ~ Richard Skelly, Rovi

Bag

Amos Garrett Jazz Trio - Bluesjazz

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2013
Time: 50:43
Size: 116,1 MB
Label: Stony Plain #SPCD 1368
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
1. Freddie Freeloader [Live from Vancouver Island MusicFest 7/11/10] -  3:44
2. Misterioso [Live from Beaupre Community Hall 5/13/11] -  6:28
3. Blue Monk [Live from Beaupre Community Hall 5/13/11] -  3:54
4. Cocktails for Two [Live from the Ironwood Stage & Grill, Calgary AB, 10/14/11] -  6:24
5. Little Sunflower [Live from the Ironwood Stage & Grill, Calgary AB 10/14/11] - 10:16
6. Bob Erlendson Medley: Forty One/Ronnie's Gone [Live from the Ironwood Stage & Grill, Calgary AB 10/14/11 & Vancouver Island MusicFest 7/11/10] -  8:37
7. All Blues [Triwood Community Centre, Calgary AB 3/5/11] -  7:10
8. Skylark [Live from Vancouver Island MusicFest 7/11/10] -  4:06

In addition to recording blues and roots music solo albums for Stony Plain, Amos has been leading his Jazz Trio for several years. The band's motto is "bringing blues back to jazz." The Trio's debut album reminds us all that blues was once a major part of the jazz world. Best known as a legendary first call session guitar player (Bonnie Raitt, Elvin Bishop, Emmylou Harris, etc.), Amos was also a member of Paul Butterfield's Better Days and Maria Muldaur's bandleader. Amos has appeared on more then 150 artists' recordings in all genres of music.  Describing this collection of concert recordings as a congenial affair doesn’t quite do it justice. Guitarists Amos Garrett and Kevin Smith couldn’t sound more relaxed and compatible if they were sitting out on a back porch somewhere shooting the breeze. Bassist Greg Carroll only adds to the casual air.  Look elsewhere for games of dueling one-upsmanship. Here you’ll find Garrett and Smith focusing on the blues underpinnings of jazz, the soulful beauty and stealthy allure. The duo finds inspiration in some of the usual places—Thelonious Monk, for example, is represented by back-to-back renderings of “Misterioso” and “Blue Monk.” But with the help of Carroll and guest bassist John Hyde, the guitarists avoid rote notes. Boasting warm harmonies, dovetailing parts and shimmering accents, the arrangements are consistently evocative, and if the more languidly paced mood pieces seem to suit Garrett to a tee, well, that’s no surprise given his remarkable track record. There are tonal contrasts aplenty, what with Garrett’s muted twang and Smith’s elegant lines, but each performance reveals just how closely attuned these pickers are.
As for Garrett’s off-the-cuff vocal on “Cocktails for Two,” it’s fine for what it is—a bit of saloon crooning appropriate to the club setting. Roberta Donnay leaves a stronger impression during her cameo on “Skylark,” in ways that immediately bring Maria Muldaur to mind (Garrett played on her big hit “Midnight at the Oasis”). Yet nothing is more enjoyable than hearing Garrett and Smith play, indulging their taste for vintage sounds in which blues and jazz commingle.

Bluesjazz

Vandell Andrew - All for Love

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 41:08
Size: 94,4 MB
Label: SR
Styles: Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Lover's Suite - 4:09
 2. Better with You - 4:04
 3. My Everything - 3:42
 4. The One - 3:23
 5. You're Always There (feat. Brandon Marcel) - 4:20
 6. When You Walked In (feat. Topic) - 4:13
 7. All for Love - 4:03
 8. Her Touch (feat. David P. Stevens) - 4:56
 9. Shrimp & Grits - 4:11
10. Back at It - 4:02

Soulful saxophone on top of silky smooth, r&b grooves.

All for Love

Lee Patterson Singers - Oh Happy Day

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1977
Time: 22:55
Size: 52,5 MB
Label: Mercury
Styles: Gospel/Funk
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Oh Happy Day - 3:28
 2. Just A Closer Walk With Thee - 2:15
 3. He's Got The Whole World - 2:07
 4. Weeping Mary - 1:00
 5. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - 2:02
 6. Go Tell It On The Mountain - 2:52
 7. Kumbaya - 2:35
 8. Wade In The Water - 1:56
 9. Just As I Am - 2:25
10. Amen - 2:12

The intensity of the vocals and the sheer passion of the performances are remarkable, and even if the lyrics address matters of the heart and the flesh, the spirit remains the unspoken bond that holds the music together. Although relatively conservative by funk-era standards, The Patterson Singers is nevertheless a solid listen from start to finish, evoking soul giants spanning from Otis Redding to Aretha Franklin.

Oh Happy Day

Gary Hoey - Dust & Bones

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 42:09
Size: 96,9 MB
Label: Provogue
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front+Back

Tracks Listing:
 1. Boxcar Blues - 3:43
 2. Who's Your Daddy - 4:15
 3. Born To Love You - 3:15
 4. Dust & Bones - 4:08
 5. Steamroller (tribute to Johnny Winter) - 3:26
 6. Coming Home (Featuring Lita Ford) - 4:56
 7. Ghost Of Yesterday - 3:47
 8. This Time Tomorrow - 4:35
 9. Back Up Against The Wall - 3:05
10. Blind Faith - 3:12
11. Soul Surfer - 3:42

Gary Hoey has recorded 19 albums and had five top-20 Billboard hits, and has been called one of the top 100 guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. Hoey’s biggest hit was his version of Focus’ Hocus Pocus in 1993: the cover song rocketed into the Billboard Top 5 and became the most frequently played rock song of that year. In addition to touring as a headline act, Hoey has toured and traded licks with Brian May of Queen, Ted Nugent, Foreigner, Joe Satriani, The Doobie Brothers, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Peter Frampton, Rick Derringer, and Deep Purple. The song ‘Coming Home’ is not the first cooperation between Gary Hoey and Lita Ford: Hoey played on and co-wrote a few songs on Ford's album ‘Living Like A Runaway’ album in 2012, as well as toured with her in support of that album. His popular “Ho Ho Hoey” series of Christmas CDs and on-air station visits during the holiday season have become an annual staple at hundreds of US radio stations and his live annual interpretation, “Ho Ho Hoey’s Rockin’ Holiday Show,” gains new fans each year. Hallmark’s musical greeting cards feature two of Gary’s “Ho Ho Hoey” classics.
Dust & Bones
All the songs on this 11 track collection are good. The album kicks off with ‘Box Car Blues’, a slide guitar driven rocker that would grace any Joe Bonamassa record.  ‘Who’s Your Daddy’ is a gentler blues shuffle which leads into ‘Born To Love You’ – this is a great song and sounds like Billy Gibbons is an obvious influence. Lead song off the album is ‘Dust & Bones’ and this should be on rock radio everywhere if the Band’s publicist is good at their job; it’s a great song, still heavy but commercial at the same time. ‘Steam Roller’ is listed as a Johnny Winter tribute and I can’t think of a better description for it. The afore mentioned power ballad, ‘Coming Home’, is actually very good and features some of the best guitar work on the entire record. This leads into ‘Ghost Of Yesterday’ and I think this is another terrific song that could do well as a single. An up-tempo number with a catchy chorus and capped with a lengthy solo. ‘This Time Tomorrow’, ‘Back Against The Wall’ and ‘Blind Faith’ are all good but with three entirely different styles. These lead to album closer ‘Soul Surfer’. It’s is the only instrumental on the album and it’s a nice way to finish.
This is an album that will appeal to all blues rock fans and if the album is anything to go by, then his live show, if it makes it over here, will be very loud and very good.

Dust & Bones 

Sunblind Lion - The Sanatorium

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2014
Time: 57:46
Size: 133,4 MB
Label: Homegrown Records
Styles: Progressive Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Introduction - 0:30
 2. Thesis (Phthisis) - 3:32
 3. My Name Is Leonard - 4:31
 4. The Maid with the Emerald Eyes (Leonard's Dream) - 5:14
 5. The Price We Paid - 5:09
 6. You're in No Condition (To Take a Bath All By Yourself) - 2:46
 7. What's Your Name, Honey? - 3:39
 8. Hold to Your Dreams (Dr Bavet's Advice to Leonard) - 3:26
 9. Another Christmas Time - 4:23
10. Love into Battle - 4:24
11. The Night We Danced as One - 2:51
12. Levina's Song (A Perilous Journey) - 4:23
13. Everything Comes Falling (J. Henry's Lament) - 4:32
14. The Air They Breathe - 7:28
15. Rumination - 0:51

Musicians:
Keith Abler - rhythm guitar, vocals;
Dave Steffen - lead guitar, vocals;
Duane Abler - keyboards,vocals;
Steve Olschesky - bass, vocals;
Larry Baldock - bass, vocals;
Mike Dellger - drums, vocals.

This compilation of songs, based on an original short story set in 1927, follows the adventures of a young man who has been remanded to a tuberculosis sanatorium. Against a powerful musical background, the protagonist ultimately prevails.
Sunblind Lion was formed in 1974 in the small rural community of Plymouth, WI. This group of progressive rock artists released its first LP, Observer, in 1976. It received substantial airplay throughout Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest. Two years later, the band’s second album, Above and Beyond, was released to critical acclaim. Billboard magazine referred to the band’s musical style as “classic original art rock.” In 1980 the band released its third and final LP, Live Lion, before disbanding. These three distinctly different albums were consistently “characterized by intelligent lyrics, impressive guitar playing, and grandiose keyboard work.”
Several of the band members since then have continued to perform in different musical incarnations, most notably The Dave Steffen Band and Gilbert and the Pirates. Despite their different directions, the members of Sunblind Lion continued to reunite for occasional performances to the delight of their many fans.
Now in 2014 Sunblind Lion is proud to announce its first album release in 33 years! The CD titled The Sanatorium is a unified collection of songs written by Keith Abler and Michael Dellger, two of the major writers of the previous Sunblind Lion LPs. The songs, based on a short story by Dellger and which takes place in 1927, tell the story of a young man, Leonard Koltien, who has been placed in a tuberculosis sanatorium by his elder brother as a ploy to get rid of him. The songs recount Leonard’s experiences at the sanatorium as well as of those whom he meets there.
Six of the original members of Sunblind Lion recorded The Sanatorium at Rock Garden Studios in Appleton, Wisconsin, under the expert production/ engineering skills of Marc Golde, with assistance from the Eager Brothers.
Despite the acclamation the band has received over the years from their previous recordings, the consensus among the members is that this is undoubtedly their very best work to date.

The Sanatorium

Rock Hendricks - Can't Let Go

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 58:22
Size: 134,2 MB
Label: Trippin N Rhythm
Styles: Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Can't Let Go - 4:54
 2. Smooth Ride - 4:54
 3. Mr. Marcus - 4:47
 4. Wanna Ride - 5:36
 5. All You Want - 4:47
 6. Gods Nature - 5:13
 7. Bumpin - 4:20
 8. In the Morning - 3:12
 9. U the Man (feat. Gabriel Has) - 4:11
10. The Island - 6:14
11. The Smooth Gruv 2 - 5:21
12. Maximum Stimulation - 4:47

Music was in Rock's blood from the day he was born.  In fact, Rock was born with a rare congenital eye disease rendering him virtually blind.  As he came to rely solely on his hearing , his was instantly drawn to the beautiful, sweet tone of the sax.  When asked why Rock chose to play the sax as his instrument, he said, "I didn't have a choice"... he just knew it was his destiny.  During his younger years, great symphonic music such as Mozart, gospel music, and the songs of Little Richard and Fats Domino were of great inspiration to Rock and his passion to play the sax grew a life of its own.
After several eye operations, Rock was divinely given the gift of partial sight at the age of seven.  According to Rock, it was the most memorable day of his life and the day he first laid his eyes on a saxophone followed a close second. No one could deny it was love at first sight and this resulted in Rock's father giving him his first saxophone at the age of nine.  In no time, Rock proved to be a natural prodigy.  At 15, he started performing with the soul groups of Oakland, California and Rock believes this experience is what gave him the true soul that can be heard in his music today.  
Throughout his career, Rock performed and recorded with many legendary performers such as Michael Jackson, John Lee Hooker, Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, The Funkadelics, Michael Buble, Marvin Gaye Jr., Marvin Gaye Jr. III, The Temptations, Bobby Womack, Coke Escovedo, Walter Becker and Don Fagan, Steve Arrington, The Family Stone, Bonnie Raitt, Leon Russel, Dave Mason, Sammy Hagar, Motown Records, Gabriel Hasselbach, Jeff Lorber, and Paul Hardcastle.
Rock wrote and produced music for the Electronic Arts game "The Sims" with over 150 million games sold.  He has also enjoyed living in Hawaii for over 20 years performing and recording with a number of Hoku award winning Hawaiian artists such as Cicilio and Kapono, The Cazimero Brothers, Music Magic, Nohelani Cypriano, Azure McCall, Kalapana, and Tenyson, Stevons..
Since 2009, Rock has recorded over 30 songs with Paul Hardcastle and has had nine Billboard #1 smooth jazz hits.  Rock is playing sax with Paul on yet another upcoming album to be released at the end of 2016. Rock is debuting his first solo album "Can't Let Go" to be released by Trippin 'n Rhythm Records on July 22, 2016.

Can't Let Go

Lou Pomanti - Welcome to the Boogaloo Lounge

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2011
Time: 46:17
Size: 108,6 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Jazz/Funk/Hammond Organ
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. The Boogaloo Lounge - 4:38
 2. In Orbit - 3:44
 3. Give It Up - 3:28
 4. Loving You (Feat. Dione Taylor, Duane Blackburn) - 5:04
 5. Cherry And Ebony - 2:04
 6. Yonge St. 1962 - 3:52
 7. The Big Smoke - 4:32
 8. Blues-A-Loo - 4:02
 9. In Loving Memory - 0:43
10. After Hours - 6:40
11. Hey Everybody - 5:13
12. After Hours Reprise - 2:12

As one of Canada’s foremost keyboard players Lou toured the world with Blood Sweat and Tears and recorded with Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, Platinum Blonde, Triumph, Jeff Healy and Kim Mitchell. As well, Lou has worked for producers Phil Ramone and Bob Rock. He produced “Soul Ballads” the recent David Clayton-Thomas album on Universal and orchestrated strings and horns on six tracks for Michael Buble’s biggest selling album, Crazy Love.
Lou has been the musical director of The Gemini Awards, the Juno Awards, and The Genie Awards. He was an award winning musical director for the Canadian Songwriters’ Hall of Fame which inducted Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Paul Anka and which featured Lou’s arrangements being performed by Herbie Hancock, James Taylor and Michael Buble. Lou also composed the music suite for the closing ceremony of this year’s Pan Am Games in Guadalajara Mexico.
As a film and television composer he has written and produced the soundtrack music for features, dramatic series, comedy series, animated series, reality series and documentaries representing nearly every era and genre. Lou also produced and arranged the music for the Rush video which they used to open each concert on their recent tour. As well, in order to supply a full package service for his clients, Lou, with multi award winning producer/engineer Jeff Wolpert (http://www.jeffwolpert.com ) has just opened a full service recording studio conveniently located in downtown Toronto.
Lou has just released his first solo album of original work called Welcome to the Boogaloo Lounge for his own label LPMusic Records. Welcome to the Boogaloo Lounge is a funky tribute to the soul and r&b sounds that dominated Toronto’s Yonge Street in the 1960’s. Primarily a driving funk and instrumental album nonetheless there are a couple of standout vocal tracks. Track #3, Give It Up, is a saucy Stax like r&b romp but the standout vocal track is #4, Loving You, the gorgeous, steamy ballad sung by Dione Taylor and Duane Blackburn, two of Toronto’s most authentic soul singers. It pays homage to the great duets from Motown and Philadelphia. The album is available on Itunes, through the Indie Pool in Toronto (www.indiepool.com), or at the Sunrise Records chain.
Lou Pomanti is one of the behind-the-scenes people that make events happen. Since being invited by David Clayton-Thomas to join Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1980, he’s been a Gemini award-winning TV show arranger, film scorer and producer. There’s much more in the bio at his web site. He was out in public for a while, however, as the B3 player for The Dexters, who had a regular gig at the Orbit Room. He’s found time to record a tribute to those days, putting the band back together for Welcome To The Boogaloo Lounge, his pet name for the Room. His ‘day job’ has had an impact here, though: he’s developed a concept album, using similar chord structures throughout. Bernie LaBarge returns on guitar, Peter Cardinali on bass and Larnell Lewis took Mike Sloski’s place on drums. Art Avalos adds percussion and Jake Langley sits in on guitar for three songs. Pomanti adds synths and programming to his B3 and piano for a fully contemporary edge but the full sound is still primarily organ-based. After a couple of instrumentals that set the scene, “The Boogaloo Lounge” and “In Orbit”, LaBarge takes a vocal on “Give It Up”. Pomanti then inserts a lovely ballad, “Loving You”, a duet sung by Dione Taylor & Duane Blackburn. After these, it’s back to the hot, funky organ band nights at the Orbit, updated, of course, with great variety and played wonderfully.

Welcome to the Boogaloo Lounge

Brian Young - Brian Young

Size: 112,2 MB
Time: 48:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Blues
Label: Tate Music Group
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
1. Ghost Man - 5:19
2. Early Morning Blues - 3:26
3. Sweet As Can Be - 4:39
4. Mr. Blue - 5:33
5. Get The Hell Out - 3:34
6. Hey Sugar - 6:07
7. Dancing And Singing - 4:57
8. Casino Blues - 5:18
9. Make Me Pay - 5:08
10. Guitar Kings - 4:15

Brian Young is self-taught guitarist /vocalist,and songwritter from E. St. Louis. His influences include BB King, Jimi Hendrix, and The Beatles. Brian plays the blues on the electric guitar, his sound is clean and his music is soothing and enjoyable. Brian's goals are to keep the blues alive and to keep making good music. You can catch one of Brian's live performances at www.brianyoung.mysite.com.

Brian Young 

Rex Smith - Sooner or Later

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1979
Time: 32:37
Size: 75,0 MB
Label: Columbia
Styles: Pop Rock/Soft Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. You Take My Breath Away - 3:11
 2. Sooner or Later - 2:53
 3. Simply Jessie - 3:05
 4. Better Than It's Ever Been Before - 4:02
 5. Love Street - 2:55
 6. Never Gonna Give You Up - 2:56
 7. Sway - 3:07
 8. Oh What A Night For Romance - 3:06
 9. Ain't That Peculiar - 3:38
10. If You Think You Know How To Love Me - 3:40

Singer Rex Smith came to the fame as the heartthrob lead of the 1979 NBC-TV movie Sooner or Later. His same-named LP is basically a soundtrack album featuring the pop/rock songs he performed in the movie. The Bobby Hart/Stephen Lawrence ballad "You Take My Breath Away" was issued as a single. It went gold, reaching number ten on the pop charts in the summer of 1979. It can be found on Rhino's Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 22. Other highlights were "Better Than It's Ever Been Before," "Simply Jessie," and "Never Gonna Give You Up." Smith with Rachel Sweet had a 1981 Top 32 pop hit with a duet cover of the Buzz Cason/Mac Gayden song "Everlasting Love" (Soft Love, Vol. 5,Hot Duets). After hosting a season of Solid Gold with Marilyn McCoo, Smith returned to Broadway

Sooner or Later

Brim - Above The Ruins

Bitrate: VBR ~222K/s
Year: 2006
Time: 27:05
Size: 47,2 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Rock/Hard Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Megiddo Intro - 1:24
 2. What If - 4:54
 3. Why - 4:51
 4. Truth - 6:20
 5. About you - 3:28
 6. Egypt - 6:06

This CD combines crunchy drum beats with powerful grinding guitars and great vocals. If you are a fan of Christian hard rock, this is a CD you will want to add to your collection today.
When most Christians talk to a person that is lost the Christian usually makes the comment I know how you feel. Let's be honest, most of the time that is not the case. The members of BRIM come from broken homes, broken relationships and broken bands. Each member is a true living testimony to what God can do in your life if you will just ask.
BRIM started out with founding members Jack Belcher and Barry Gregory in 2003 as a praise band. Mike Wines joined the band in 2004 and BRIM went from a praise band to a Christian hard rock band writing its own material. In 2005 Dale Johnson came on board and the band's line-up was set.
BRIM's purpose is to reign in the head bangers for Jesus in this generation and those to come. People need to know that you can be a Christian no matter what genre of music you love.

Above The Ruins

Kid Dynamite - Kid Dynamite

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1976
Time: 36:55
Size: 84,7 MB
Label: Cream
Styles: Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Shotgun - 2:43
 2. Feel A Whole Lot Better - 3:29
 3. Uphill Peace Of Mind - 4:16
 4. Lovin' Don't Last Forever - 3:30
 5. Music Man - 4:48
 6. Everything's Gonna Be Alright - 3:54
 7. Turn The World Upside Down - 3:56
 8. Mysterious Ways - 3:33
 9. Reach Out For Love - 3:21
10. Keep On Movin' - 3:21

Kid Dynamite is another one of those ultra mysterious bands whose story is murky at best. It is known that the band emerged in 1975 when two former members (bassist Dicky Thompson and drumer John King) of the Steve Miller Band decided it was time to strike out on their own. Vocalist Val Garcia and guitarist Michael Mallen were later added and Kid Dynamite was born. Opting for a label who would allow the band total control over their direction, the band signed with Alvin Bennett's Cream Records in late 1975 and began working on their self-titled debut with producer Hal Winn at the helm. "Kid Dynamite" was released in January of 1976, but flagging sales and little label support abruptly killed the band at the conclusion of the year. Very little is known about the members post-split activities, though Michael Mallen is rumoured to be teaching guitar in California.
This elusive gem is one that is often discussed in collector circles, but rarely ever recognized as a musically viable effort. I beg to differ. "Kid Dynamite" is a dynamic exercise in genre splicing which works effectively from start to finish. Blending blues, hard rock, soul and funk, the band shows off their musical chops throughout, with a notably scorching effort from Dicky Thompson in particular. Sounding quite similar to Joey Newman's hard soul act, Bandit, the band merges the groove and conviction of classic funk with the forcefulness of 70's hard rock. The outcome is pretty spectacular and it's a real travesty that Kid Dynamite were merely a blip on the radar. Though this band is undoubtedly anonymous in all respects, some listeners may recognize the track "Uphill Peace of Mind", which was sampled and used by Dr. Dre (Nuttin But a G Thang) and Ultramagnetic MC's (Feelin' It) almost twenty years ago.
This one comes highly recommended for fans of soulful hard rock. This tweaked and cleaned vinyl transfer should satisfy ardent lovers of obscure 70's rock. Dig it...

Kid Dynamite

Face Dancer - This World

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1979
Time: 32:07
Size: 73,6 MB
Label: Capitol Records
Styles: Rock
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Red Shoes - 2:29
 2. Can't Stand Still - 2:37
 3. Change - 3:39
 4. If I Could Kiss You - 3:18
 5. The Sphinx - 3:33
 6. Cry Baby - 4:57
 7. Heart's At Home - 2:47
 8. Hard To Please - 2:46
 9. Time Bomb - 3:20
10. When You Said - 2:36

Musicians:
Carey Kress - lead vocals
Jeff Adams - lead guitar
David Utter - guitar, vocals
Scott McGinn - bass, keyboards, vocals
Billy Trainor - drums

Originally released to widespread indifference in 1979, Face Dancer's eclectic debut album, This World, effectively fell into a gaping stylistic chasm. Part hard rock, part pomp rock, part glam rock, and part power pop, its songs simply spanned too wide a sonic gamut to connect with any given audience within the band's reach, and seemingly left Face Dancer's label perplexed as to how they should go about promoting such a band as well. Should they have chased the glitter rock audience with handclapping, foot-stomping chants like "Red Shoes" and "Time Bomb," which betray the Kim Fowley connection that helped get them signed to Capitol in the first pace? Should they have angled for the more discerning crowds just discovering the genius of Cheap Trick at the time with infectious power pop confections like "Can't Stand Still," "If I Could Kiss You," and the Big Star-like "Heart at Home"? Should they have targeted the blue-collar rockers at the corner bar with Spartan hard rockers like "The Sphinx" and "Hard to Please"? Or, finally, should they have gone for broke behind the Queen-sized pomp and circumstance achieved by power ballads "Cry Baby" and "When You Said" or the aptly named "Change," which teases with Beatlesque psych whimsy before undergoing a lupine transformation into a heavy rock carnivore? In the end, both band and label could do none of the above (or at least very little of it), and so Face Dancer's commercial doom was sealed almost before the vinyl grooves on this first effort had cooled and shipped out of the factory, heading straight into cutout bins across North America.

This World

Rita Engedalen - Chapels And Bars

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2011
Time: 41:59
Size: 96,4 MB
Label: Bluestown
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Chapels And Bars - 4:09
 2. Lord I Feel Better - 2:20
 3. My Hill Country Blues - 3:05
 4. He Walked Away - 3:21
 5. Sara's Kitchen - 4:05
 6. Last Talk - 4:06
 7. House Of Shame - 3:35
 8. She Rocked The Cradle Of The Blues - 3:06
 9. Don't Mess With My Man - 2:43
10. Ball And Chain - 3:52
11. Holy Land - 4:47
12. Bless The Hours - Epilogue - 2:44

She's Norway's strongest female blues singer. Her music,  and  her vocal style, both are the real deal.  And  she knows how to put some local colors into her music. Superb recording, music from acoustic to rough-rocking Delta style. Great backing, too. This great set of tunes should help open doors for her on Europe's continent. - Digipak w/ booklet.  RITA   ENGEDALEN  - voc/acoustic gtr, MORTEN OMLID - gtrs, JENS HAUGEN - bass, ESKIL AASOAND - drums. Special guests: SVEN ZETTERBERG - gtr/voc, BJORN BERGE - National steel gtr.

Chapels And Bars

The Silos - Heater

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1998
Time: 45:53
Size: 105,4 MB
Label: Checkered Past Records
Styles: Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Prison Song - 3:57
 2. Northern Lights - 3:55
 3. Thanks a  Million - 3:19
 4. Eleanora - 3:09
 5. Angels - 3:48
 6. Arms of the Sea - 4:33
 7. Front Porch - 3:52
 8. I Like You - 3:36
 9. Stoplight - 4:18
10. Mom Out Dancing - 3:13
11. Cold Hands of Fate - 4:56
12. Away - 3:14

Perhaps the least guitar-rock Silos record ever, Heater sounds as though it was built from the rhythm bed up. Nearly every song grows out of an opening groove, whether it be the quick rabbit's-heart thump that pushes an escaping narrator onward in "Prison Song" or the fragile, spare beats that help characters pass the time--or come to terms with its passing--in "Thanks a Million" or "Front Porch." As with any Silos record--and this one's among the group's two or three finest--the songs are the point of the thing, and Walter Salas-Humara's latest batch, written with a handful of collaborators, draws his characters' emotions with the economy and expertise of a great short-story writer, like Raymond Carver with a rhythm section.

Heater

Euge Groove - Still Euge

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 55:03
Size: 126,3 MB
Label: Shanachie Entertainment
Styles: Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Twelfth Night - 5:37
 2. Still Euge [feat. Chuck Loeb] - 5:15
 3. Coffee And A Kiss - 4:32
 4. Another Perfect Moment  [feat. Peter White] - 5:57
 5. Much Love [feat. Rahsaan Patterson] - 4:25
 6. Let's Chill - 5:54
 7. And I Thank You (Mom and Dad) - 4:16
 8. Push It Forward [feat. Adam Hawley] - 5:02
 9. Love, Passion and Joy - 6:11
10. Flower [feat. Oleta Adams] - 6:34
11. And I Thank You (Reprise) - 1:14

Euge Groove is back with his tenth album and his fifth for Shanachie Entertainment. His new album Still Euge (2016) is a commitment to his musical roots, the genre with which he is grown and his own person as professional musician. His album is among the elaborately produced. Under the surrounding countless musicians are Tracey Carter and Cassandra O'Neal (Rhodes, piano), Cornelius "Corny" Mims (bass), Chuck Loeb, Peter White, Paul Jackson Jr., John "Jubu" Smith and Adam Hawley (guitars), Trevor Lawrence and Dan Needham (drums), Lenny Castro (percussion), Rahsan Patterson and Oleta Adams (vocals), Lee Thornburg (trumpet, French horn), Nick Lane (trombone), Phillipe Saisse (strings). When spiritual loveliness is a tone, then Euge Groove hits it right on the opening Twelfth Night. His soprano sax sounds like a joyful singing bird, completely unbridled, no compromising, but exuberant in its transgression. The title song takes off with a jamming B3 before Euge blows his tenor sax. Making old school to something new or carrying the flame of jam into the future is his intention. Indian Tablas rhythm meets Western soprano sax on the slow swaying Coffee And A Kiss. Perfect Moment (1998) was my first Peter White album, a sonic gold nugget. Peter and Euge are performing on many live shows together. So the door is open for Another Perfect Moment featuring Peter White on nylon string guitar, the essence of a professional connectivity.
The soulful Much Love features singer Rahsaan Patterson who shines with breathtaking voice and intelligent vocal arrangement. R&B music with extraordinary depth. Let's Chill jumps the bandwagon with the emotive word. Euge allures with known smooth jazz flavor. And I Thank You (Mom And Dad) is obviously a matter truly dear to Euge's heart, his family deserves this wonderful musical tribute. Push It Forward is not the reinvention of the wheel. Euge is successful and comfortable in his stylistic skin and the soprano sax is a soft brush with which one can perfectly paint colorful melodies. Guitarist Adam Hawley brings a raw note into the song. On Love, Passion And Joy Euge and Lee Thornburg (East Bay Soul) create harmonized horn arrangements of the finest. Lee is always a valuable asset in the bargain. Oleta Adams, famous by the impassioned hit single Get Here, collaborates with Euge on Flower. Oleta Adams has mastered the transition from a singer to one of the brightest stars under America's jazz divas. And I Thank You (Reprise) reawakes the warm organic feeling of a true family. With Still Euge saxophonist Euge Groove stays faithfully to his solid smooth jazz style. Groove is the pinnacle of his game, but opening new horizons would illuminate his future artistic path.

Still Euge

David Clayton-Thomas - A Blues For The New World

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2013
Time: 55:32
Size: 127,3 MB
Label: Antoinette Music Productions Ltd.
Styles: Blue eyed soul-blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. A Blues For The New World - 4:49
 2. Second Chance - 5:18
 3. Calico Girl - 4:01
 4. Common Ground - 3:39
 5. Itr's All So L.A. - 4:43
 6. Politics - 3:28
 7. Sounds So Sweet - 4:58
 8. Holy Moses - 4:43
 9. Frank And Margie - 4:16
10. It Ain't Free - 3:43
11. What If I Told You - 4:25
12. The Sky's The Limit - 4:15
13. The Lights On Broadway - 3:08

The great thing about blues music is that it is timeless. It’s a given that all rock music is based on the blues and that even though current music is trend-oriented, there is always room for a great blues record. A Blues For The New World is just such a record! Yes you know David Clayton-Thomas as the frontman for Blood Sweat & Tears, the band that triggered a blues renaissance in 1968 with a self-titled album that sold over 10 million copies and opened the doors for the likes of Chicago and Lighthouse. Fast forward some 35 years and DCT is still making great records. This 13-song collection runs the full gamut of Memphis-R&B (`What If I Told You), New Orleans jazz (`Calico Girl), Gospel (`Holy Moses’) LA Blues (`It’s All In LA’) Reggae (`Politics’) and even some Rock N Roll – Hip Hop (`The Sky’s The Limit) capped off by a moving tribute to the 9/11 tragedy with `The Lights Of Broadway’. Supported by stand-out musical contributions by the likes of harp player Roly Platt, jazz guitarist Bernie LaBarge, pianist Rob Gusevs, an excellent horn section plus some dazzling vocal support by acapella group Cadence and two stand-out contributions from the 40-voice Faith Chorale, Clayton-Thomas melds all these ingredients together with his own distinctive vocal style plus song lyrics that are current and relevant. He sings about personal intrusions on the internet (It Ain’t Free), shady politicians (‘Politics’) the misery of unemployment (`Frank And Margie’) along with personal lyrics like his near death on `Second Chance’ and a poignant message to his daughter on `Common Ground’. Overall a brilliant production which modernizes traditional sounds while reflecting on the past glories of great horn bands like BS&T, Chicago and Lighthouse.

A Blues For The New World

Brad Wilson - Power Blues Guitar Live

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 70:01
Size: 160,6 MB
Label: Cali Bee Music Inc
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Got My Mojo Working - 4:20
 2. I'm Tore Down - 5:38
 3. I Can't Quit You Baby - 8:11
 4. All Kinds Of A Fool - 3:27
 5. Born Under A Bad Sign - 3:11
 6. Sweet Home Chicago - 6:23
 7. Slide On Over - 3:21
 8. I Just Want To Make Love To You - 8:46
 9. Shemoves Me - 5:54
10. Standin' Around Cryin' - 8:16
11. Black Coffee At Sunrise - 3:07
12. Stormy Monday - 5:20
13. I'm Still Breathing - 4:00

"Brad Wilson is widely recognized as one of the best new bluesrock guitarists of our time! Power Blues Guitar LIVE is the follow up CD to the critically acclaimed 2015 studio release Blues Thunder!
"Brad Wilson is widely recognized as one of the best new bluesrock guitarists of our time!
Power Blues Guitar LIVE is the follow up CD to the critically acclaimed 2015 studio release Blues Thunder by California guitar slinger Brad Wilson. Power Blues Guitar LIVE is a raw, unpolished live track CD featuring nine famous blues songs paying homage to some of the old blues greats like Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. Brad takes each song and with loving care transforms them into his own with smokin' hot guitar licks and a superb rhythm section making this CD a complete tribute to the masters of the blues.

Power Blues Guitar Live

Blindside Blues Band - Journey to the Stars

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2016
Time: 61:07
Size: 141,9 MB
Label: Grooveyard Records
Styles: Blues/Blues Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Journey To The Stars - 4:27
 2. Rock N' Roll Is My Life - 4:41
 3. Smokehouse Row - 5:20
 4. Calling My Name - 5:34
 5. Freight Train - 6:10
 6. I'm On Fire - 4:09
 7. Shadow In My Dreams - 4:17
 8. Fly On High - 6:14
 9. Rolling Down The Highway - 5:17
10. Sign Of The Times - 6:59
11. 79 Cent Blues - 7:52

KILLER 12TH DISC BY THIS EXCELLENT, LONG-STANDING, BLUES-BASED, HEAVY GUITAR ROCK RIFF:MACHINE FEATURING 11 TRACKS OF AWESOME, POWERFUL, HARD-HITTING, RETRO-FIED, DUAL GUITAR FUELED RIFFAGE + MOJO THAT KICKS ASS @ THE HARD ROCK EXCELLENCE BOOGIE TRAIN. MAKE NO MISTAKE, BLINDSIDE BLUES BAND HAVE LANDED AND ARE HERE TO ROCK YOUR BAD-ASS BLUES AWAY. CRANK UP THE VOLUME AND GET READY TO BLAST OFF INTO OUTER SPACE WITH B.B.B. ON THE "JOURNEY TO THE STARS" DISC.
BLINDSIDE BLUES BAND IS FRONTED BY THE LEGENDARY MIKE ONESKO ON GUITAR & VOCALS. THE MAN IS A TRUE RIFF:MASTER WHO IS ON A MISSION TO KEEP THE ROCK ALIVE. ONESKO'S CLASSIC RIFFAGE SPEAKS VOLUMES WITH ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF 70S-INSPIRED HARD ROCK TRUTH. THE NEW 2016 VERSION OF BLINDSIDE BLUES BAND (WHICH WE LIKE TO REFER TO AS B.B.B. - MARK III) ALSO INCLUDES THE DEBUT OF MARTIN J. ANDERSEN (BLINDSTONE / MOUNTAIN OF POWER) ON 2ND GUITAR TO COMPLETE THE TWIN, HIGH-POWERED B.B.B. GUITAR ROCK TEAM. ANDERSEN IS A BAD-ASS RIFF:MASTER/AXERIPPER FROM DENMARK WHO KICKS SERIOUS LEAD GUITAR ASS AND ALSO CO-WROTE SEVERAL OF THE NEW SONGS WITH MISTER ONESKO ON THE KILLER NEW B.B.B. DISC. "JOURNEY TO THE STARS" ALSO FEATURES AND MARKS THE RETURN OF THE ORIGINAL B.B.B. DRUMMER AND ROCK N' ROLL ANIMAL: JEFF MARTIN (RACER X / BADLANDS) ON DRUMS AND SEASONED VETERAN LOW-END BOTTOM KOOL MOJO MAN STEVE EVANS (ERIC GALES / PAT TRAVERS) ON BASS, BOTH EXCELLENT TOP-SHELF HARD ROCK PLAYERS WHO BOTH LOCK IN AND NAIL DOWN THE ROCK SOLID, KILLER, ELECTRIFIED BLINDSIDE BLUES BAND HEAVY GROOVE.
AS THE LYRICS TO THE "TITLE" TRACK CRANK OUT OF THE SPEAKERS @ THE OPENING TRACK: "C'MON BOYS & GIRLS... WE'RE ON A JOURNEY TO THE STARS," WE KNOW IT'S TIME TO ROCK OUR ASSES OFF WITH THE BLINDSIDE BLUES BAND AND THEIR KILLER BRAND OF OLD-SCHOOL, CLASSIC, BLUESY HEAVY GUITAR ROCK. THE MIGHTY B.B.B. HAVE FIRED UP THEIR BIG, ELECTRIC DUAL SIX STRING ROCKETS, AIMED HIGH TO THE SKY, ARMED & READY IN THEIR GUITAR SHAPED SPACE SHIPS ON A MISSION TO ROCK US HARD INTO THE NEXT MUSICAL DIMENSION ON THE ESSENTIAL "JOURNEY TO THE STARS."

Journey to the Stars

Sloan - Smeared

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1992
Time: 46:30
Size: 106,7 MB
Label: Geffen
Styles: Alt.Rock
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Underwhelmed - 4:43
 2. Raspberry - 4:01
 3. I Am The Cancer - 3:41
 4. Median Strip - 3:35
 5. Take It In - 3:58
 6. 500 Up - 4:19
 7. Marcus Said - 4:31
 8. Sugartune - 3:32
 9. Left Of Centre - 2:31
10. Lemonzinger - 4:11
11. Two Seater - 3:03
12. What's There To Decide? - 4:20

Musicians:
Jay Ferguson - Guitars, Vocals;
Patrick Pentland - Guitars, Vocals, Bass;
Chris Murphy - Bass, Vocals;
Andrew Scott -  Drums, Vocals, Guitar.
Feat.:
Jennifer Pierce - Additional Vocals

Sloan began life with Peppermint, an indie-produced (oh does it sound it!) power pop album. Three of its songs were cleaned up, re-recorded, and included on this major label debut. 'Marcus Said' ("...or at least he might have said" as the song cheekily intones) chugs along lazily, with an ethereal vocal track. Its scratchy guitars can sometimes be jarring, but it rocks nonetheless. 'Sugartune' is aptly named. Sticky sweet, it's built around a simple power-chord riff. "I wrote for you this sugartune to help you through what you've gotta do," it states simply enough. A pop song with desires to better the world -- a noble concept. But the killer carryover from Peppermint is the lead track, 'Underwhelmed'. It opens with ominous end-of-the-world guitar feedback and a melodic killer hook: "She was underwhelmed if that's a word/I know it's not cause I looked it up/that's one of those skills I learned in my school". Once the drums kick in, the song's narrator is correcting his girl's grammar, dodging her dirty looks, and realizing that she's a heartless bitch. And that's all before the first chorus! It's the classic boy-meets-girl/boy-loses-girl/boy-misses-the-point pop song. And as always Chris Murphy (bass/vox) has such fun with his lyrics. You've got to love a song where the narrator, upon reading an autobiographical story about his girl's life, only says, "affection has two F's, especially when you're dealing with me". And the love interest rolls her eyes in the first verse, and rolls her R's in the last. This is still my fave Sloan song.
The rest of the album fails to measure up, though. There are some good moments, such as 'I Am The Cancer', 'Take It In' (which does Nirvana proud with it's soft verse/loud chorus structure), and '500 Up' (which features a nifty little bass breakdown). But the remainder of the disc relies too heavily on guitar distortion rather than melody. Sloan would later realize that all four members are exquisite songwriters, and they didn't have to rely as heavily on the fine work of Mr. Murphy. Thus, the later albums are jam-packed with great tunes. Here, the latter half of the album is filler. Doesn't matter, though. 'Underwhelmed' is worth the price of admission on its own.

Smeared

Big Fat Mama - Twenty-Five Years Old

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2004/2016
Time: 50:03
Size: 117,2 MB
Label: New LM Records
Styles: Blues/Chicago Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Tore Down - 4:44
 2. Desert Room - 4:33
 3. I Used To Have A Band - 3:51
 4. Good Mornin' Little School Girl - 5:05
 5. Livin' With The Blues - 3:06
 6. Mercedes Benz - 3:30
 7. Big Fat Shuffle Pat Two - 2:15
 8. Just A Little Bit - 2:55
 9. Promise To Myself - 4:08
10. Feel So Bad - 4:31
11. Darlene - 3:48
12. Use What You Got - 7:30

The band born from an idea of Piero De Luca, (bass player and singer), in the distant 1979, together with Giampiero Esposito (what group shoulder drums), Fiorenzo Bodellini (harp), Elio Arlandi (guitar): the band shows during a concert of Roberto Ciotti and Fabio Treves in Genova 1982; in 1982 it plays also in Cergy, near Paris, on invitation of a cultural circle.
After different changes, from 1985 the band acquires a stable order with Peter De Luca (bas), Paolo Bonfanti (guitar and voice), Mauro Mura (drums) and Maurizio Renda (guitar and voice).
From this moment BIG FAT MAMA is considered one of the most important band of the Italian scene; besides the concerts in the main italian clubs, they collaborated and shared the stage with famous blues artists (opening act for the concert of Johnny Winter in the Milan Blues Festival, for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Los Lobos to the Palatrussardi Arena, tour with Louisiana Red, Eddie C. Campbell, Johnny Mars, Zora Young, and opening act for Screamin ' Jay Hawkins, Clifton Chenier Jr, Honeboy Edwards, Legendary Blues Band, Jimmy Rogers): the band is also mentioned on "Italian music Encyclopedia" by Renzo Arbore. The band, for Cobra Records label , print three Lp: "Good Hand Feelin", "West Of where" and the double one live "Let Us Live" which marks the end of the collaboration with Paolo Bonfanti that will undertake soloist career: he will be replaced by Carlo Ratto (soloist voice) and Fabrizio Moroni (keyboards).
To remember with this formation the exhibition to the "Courmayeur Blues Festival" nearby to "Albert Collins and the Icebreakers." After the great success of the switzerland/italian tour, the band in 1992 begins a collaboration with the American harper Johnny Mars; in the same year Maurizio Renda leaves the band and is replaced by Alessio Menconi (now with Paolo Conte).
With this new formation the band participates in numerous European festivals sharing the stage with James Cotton, Magic Slim, Sherman Robertson, Little Willie Littlefield and with Johnny Mars and Robert Plant (ex Led Zeppelin) the band has participated to the "Pistoia Blues Festival".
From 1994 to the 2001 Piero De Luca and Maurizio Renda are devoted to other musical experiences:
Piero De Luca creates together with Carlo Ratto the "Burnin' Tubes" with whom has recorded two albums: "The Road" and "New Orleans Bound" together with the harper of Louisiana Jay Monque D
Maurizio Renda creates "Blackberries Trouble Band" with whom participates to the recording of the cd "For you-Tribute to Bruce Springsteen"/ In 2002 Piero De Luca and Maurizio Renda decided together with Carlo Ratto and Giampiero Esposito to take back the project Big Fat Mama realizing the album of the return "Goin ' Back Home" that it is the logical continuation and evolution of the precedents jobs of the band.

Twenty-Five Years Old