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It’s the first solo album in nearly ten years from the esteemed Allman Brothers guitarist and Gov’t Mule founder, marking a departure from his previous, more acoustic-focused solo project.

Whether it was a tale about Sonny Boy Williamson horning in on Otis Rush’s club gig or Musselwhite’s experience of penning his “Stranger in a Strange Land” as a new arrival to Chicago in 1962, Musselwhite’s stories were as engaging as the music that’s garnered him a Grammy win, numerous Blues Music awards and several other accolades.

Ivan Singh expressed his admiration for the Chicago blues tradition, before serving up his own Argentinian twist on the genre.

Both bands are currently on tour together, co-headlining the Zen Diagram Tour with special guest Lucius. The tour recently stopped in Chicago for a show at The United Center.

According to Jackson in a recent phone interview this release “is very story-oriented” being “an archival piece about the culture and the story, as we know the blues.” The idea is that “the musician, accompanist should always follow the storyteller.”

Why not tour together and share the stage playing a Tab song and then an Anders song back and forth all night? Joining the two guitar/songwriters was Terence Higgins on drums and Corey Duplechin on bass, rounding out a killer band that left the crowd in awe. JD Simo opened the show with some brilliant guitar work!

This latest opus certainly keeps Taylor on an upward trajectory. Meteorologically there may be no end to a rainbow but that won’t deter Sean from searching for and pursuing his lifelong quest for music perfection, love and peace.

Fusing Hall’s straightforward musical influences and stellar harp with quirky lyrics and often ethereal effects, ‘Did We Come Here to Dance’ is a delightfully original and fun album.

In some respects the early video and audio recordings of Woodstock were disappointing as they did not always reflect the fans’ experiences of how bands like Ten Years After performed. All that changed on August 17th, 2024 with the release of Ten Years After Woodstock 1969 by Chrysalis Records.

It has taken 55 years for an audio recording of the entire epic standalone performance of Ten Years After at Woodstock to be released. Originally recorded on the evening of 17th August 1969, the band’s live triumph is now preserved for posterity, newly restored and featuring fresh mixes from the 2” multi track tapes. Loraine Burgon, girlfriend of frontman Alvin Lee between 1963-1973, shares with us her track-by-track commentary of the set!

As the temperature rises in the UK, so does the heat from the following four phenomenal blues and roots releases in the past few weeks.