2017

Gatefold deluxe edition, 180 gram vinyl

180 gram vinyl.<br/><br/>It's 2017, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd is reaching unstoppable momentum - the proof is all over his eighth solo album, Lay It On Down. As a renowned hot-rodder, it's apt that Shepherd's musical career has no reverse gear. Awards, acclaim and platinum album sales flash by in a blur, vanishing in the rear-view mirror. For this questing musician, the focus is always the horizon, the next challenge, the new songs, the crowd out front stamping their feet. "We're still breaking new ground, not just repeating ourselves," notes the standard-bearer for modern blues. "Every album is representative of the things that are going on with me right now. Every album is another page in the book."<br/><br/>True to the brief, Lay It On Down is a tracklisting that runs the musical gamut, with songs that will be embraced by Shepherd's long-standing fans, alongside moments that strike out in fresh directions. "There's certain songs on this album that I think have balls and rock pretty hard," he nods. "Like Baby Got Gone, Ride Of Your Life and Down For Love. Those songs have what a lot of people will expect to hear from me and my band. Blazing guitar, rocking grooves, aggressive playing and stuff. But I wanted there to be a variety of textures and grooves and feelings and emotions conveyed through this record. So Nothing But The Night, I don't know what you'd compare that to. It doesn't sound like any other song we've ever recorded. It's a smoky, vibey kind of song."

Den 21 och 22:a januari förra året spelade Grammy-nominerade rock- och bluesgitarristen, sångaren och låtskrivaren Joe Bonamassa två unika akustiska konserter på anrika Carnegie Hall i New York. Båda konserterna spelades in och sammanställdes till Joe Bonamassa Live At Carnegie Hall - An Acoustic Evening. Utgåvan innehåller annorlunda arrangemang med akustisk sättning av en rad av Bonamassas klassiker tillsammans med nya låtar och sådana han aldrig tidigare spelat live.<br/><br/>Konserterna ingick in en speciell akustisk mini-turné i början av förra året då Bonamassa åkte runt med en antal renommerade musiker som den kinesiske erhuspelaren och cellisten Tina Guo, den egyptiske slagverkaren Hossam Ramzy, som bl a spelade på Page & Plants No Quarter, Reese Wynans (piano), Anton Fig (trummor), Eric Brazilian (mandolin, nyckelharpa, saxofon, akustisk gitarr och sång) samt den australiska sångartrion Mahalia Barnes, Juanita Tippins och Gary Pinto.

Moore Gary: Still got the blues [Vinyl LP]

Not known for his acoustic work, Buddy Guy unplugs for a rare album-length excursion into Folk Blues. The guitarist gets down and dirty with 12 tracks that sound like they were recorded after hours in his living room or on his back porch. Including covers from *Skip James, Johnny Shines, Son House, John Lee Hooker,* among others. The album is all acoustic and dedicated to *John Lee Hooker* with the line, "In Memory of John Lee Hooker. You are missed."<br/><br/>Guy is just as convincing here, as on his barnstorming electric albums, making "Blues Singer" one of the bravest and most poignant albums in his catalogue. The album earned Guy the 2004 Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Blues Album'.*<br/><br/>GATEFOLD SLEEVE<br/>HIGH QUALITY

Började som bluesartist men har sedan dubten 2009 närmat sig en rootsmusik som har mycket soul och gumbo i mixen. Hon sjunger magnifikt, lirar gitarr och kompas av ett band som bl.a. hyser Luther Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus, Lightnin' Malcolm och Amy LaVere.

Digipack.<br/><br/>För nionde gången trollbinder denna danske bluessångare. Med sitt sjumannaband bjuder han på 11 nya låtar, och vi rör oss i blues och soulfårorna. Risager är redan en etablerad man - var<br/>redo, det är en mycket bra skiva.