2023

Sveriges bäst bevarade rock n roll hemlighet är tillbaka för att återta sin tron. Med mer än en halv miljon sålda album har The Refreshments visat sig vara en av Sveriges mest gedigna rock'n'roll-akter. Det rockar på ett sätt som om Chuck Berry hade fötts i Wales och bildat ett band med Dave Edmunds. Du kan kalla det pubrock, rhythm and blues, country och allt det ovanstående men vi föredrar att kalla det rock n roll såsom det var tänkt att levereras.

Jezewski Peter: Be bop a luba / Live vol 3 2023 [Digipack / 2 CD]

Uppföljaren till succéalbumet "Country Stars Go Rockabilly" kunde inte vänta allt för länge... Ytterligare 40 country-legender (inkl. Dolly Parton) visar hur de fick sin omvärld att "svänga till" med hjälp av rockabilly-tongångar.<br/><br/>Ingen mindre än en 13-årig DOLLY PARTON(!) inleder denna dubbel-CD med sin allra första inspelning (Puppy Love), som framförs med en opolerad rockabilly-attityd.<br/>Fler miljonsäljande artister, så som Charlie Rich, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Thompson, Buck Owens, Hank Snow och Doug Sahm, medverkar med mer eller mindre explosiva inspelningar.<br/><br/>Likt föregående volym så erbjuds därtill välskrivna artistbiografier, tillsammans med det högklassiga låtmaterialet (re-mastrat från original-singlar).<br/>Mycket musikhistoria och rockande energi - på en och samma gång!

Det bästa av två världar möts på denna samling - när välkända country-legender, med hög energi, tar sig an rockabilly-musiken. <br/><br/>Kanske detta kan bli en ny aha-upplevelse, om man trott att dåtidens country-artister endast var en tam och snäll motpol till 1950- & 60-talets rebelliska rock'n'roll. På denna dubbel-CD finns dock motbeviset - där 40 list-toppande country-stjärnor framför rockabilly-rökare, så cowboyhattarna nästan lyfter sig av svänget... <br/><br/>Bland annat medverkar: Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Johnny Paycheck och Glen Campbell. <br/><br/>Samtligt låtmaterial är hämtat och re-mastrat från original-singlar. Därtill medföljer intressanta artistbiografier, skrivna av tidningen Kountry Korrals redaktör.

The groundwork for Shakin' Stevens new album Re-Set was in pre-Covid 2018, after which came rehearsals and the Greatest Hits - And More tour. That took Shaky around European hubs from Berlin to Vienna and from Prague to Warsaw, then on to an 18-date UK schedule. "He came, he shook, he conquered," wrote the Daily Telegraph of the London show at Cadogan Hall. Add to this the much-loved hero of 33 Top 40 UK hits, four No. 1s and a 50-year-plus back story has recently delighted fans who watched Shaky's return to live action shortly before Christmas 2022, as Very Special Guest on Status Quo's UK arena tour. Legions of devotees were treated to a set of old favourites ('Green Door,' 'Marie Marie') woven in with the new track Beyond The Illusion that provided the thread from his rock 'n' roll roots to the present day. From his ole house to his new one, you might say.<br/><br/>Reinvention is a much-used word in the music world. But after redefining his sound and style on 2016's hugely acclaimed Echoes Of Our Times, Shakin' Stevens wasn't content just to press repeat for his next studio project. Now, he's hit Re-Set.<br/><br/>That's the title, and indeed the attitude, of a new album that combines extraordinarily heartfelt and meaningful lyrics with the most impassioned vocal performances he has ever summoned from himself, well over 50 years since his first recordings. If that last album set the bar high, he really has Re-Set it once again, in every sense.<br/>But Re-Set is another story, and one that Stevens can't wait to share with his hugely loyal fan base and new admirers alike. "It's a follow-up," as he puts it, "but it's different. People were surprised by Echoes Of Our Times, and," he smiles, "I guess the same is going to happen with Re-Set."<br/><br/>"Nobody's pointing the finger. It's not judging, it's observing," he concludes. "I believe lyrics are very important, but if you haven't got a tune to go with them, you've had it." The man with the unfailing instinct for a great record is re-set and ready for the latest adventure of his unique career.