Category: Blues & Americana

Review for Jace Media Music By Glen Parkes In “Cheatin’ On My Honky Tonk,” Randall King trades whiskey for baby bottles in one of the most heartfelt and clever two-steppers of the year. Teaming up with fellow Texan Braxton Keith, King leans into life’s big changes with a wink, a smile, and [more…]

Jace Media Music Album Review – By Glen Parkes Few artists manage to straddle the delicate balance between tradition and evolution quite like Larry McCray. On his new release Heartbreak City, out now via KTBA Records, McCray doesn’t just reaffirm his place in blues royalty — he sets the genre ablaze with [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Chantel McGregor is a blues rock guitarist from Bradford, England who attended the Leeds College Of Music where she achieved a number awards. Her awards include Outstanding Musicianship, First Class Honours Degree in Popular Music. The achievements kept coming with Young Artist Of The Year 2011, Best Female [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes The spirit of classic rock and blues never truly fades — it just waits for the right band to strike a match and bring it roaring back to life. Enter The Davidson Trio, a hard-rocking power trio hailing from Birmingham and the West Midlands, whose debut album Cougar [more…]

Review By Halina Wegner If “Southern rock” is the highway, Whiskey Myers have just floored the gas again. ‘Tailspin’, the second single from their forthcoming seventh album, Whomp Whack Thunder (landing Sept. 26 via Wiggy Thump Records), is equal parts bar-fight anthem and late-night confession. Born in the East Texas pines but [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Robert Jon & The Wreck are a blues rock 5 piece hailing from Orange County, Southern California who have been riding on the crest of a wave at the minute, sold out European tours, award winning live album that has seen them gather new fans from far &and wide. The boys are one of the hardest [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes “There are household names that wish they were as good as him.” That quote from Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph might sound like hyperbole—until you hear Rob Wheeler’s new album, Leave Tomorrow. Set for release on June 6th, 2025, this third full-length record is the culmination of [more…]

Review By Halina Wegner There’s a reason Joanne Shaw Taylor continues to sit at the pinnacle of modern blues-rock. Her ability to thread genuine emotion through fierce guitar work and genre-blurring songwriting has never felt more vital than it does on Black & Gold—her 10th studio album, set for release on June [more…]

Review By Halina Wegner In a world flooded with live albums, few feel essential — fewer still feel transcendent. But Gary Moore’s Live – From Baloise Session, recorded in November 2008 and finally released on May 23rd, isn’t just a live album. It’s a time capsule. A raw, heartfelt reminder of a [more…]