MALCOLM HOLCOMBE —FOR THE MISSION BABY - Echo Mountain Music (media)

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Here we have yet another superb album from singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe. Spitting out lyrics like bullets from a shogun, his rough-hewn vocals and acoustic guitar aided by the likes of his good friend Jared Tyler (dobro) plus Tim O…

CHIP TAYLOR —YONKERS NY Train Wreck (media)

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Chip Taylor is a legend! Nothing less, and once you have seen him put on a show and listened carefully to his records and no longer take him solely as songwriter you will also agree. He has penned such songs as ‘Wild Thing’, ‘Angel Of the Morning’, ‘Son Of A Ro…

MARTHA ANN BROOKS —LATELY…. Own label (media)

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Martha Ann Brooks is singer-songwriter originally from Montgomery, Alabama but raised in Augusta, Georgia who blends folk, country, and jazz with pop and has a wonderful controlled singing voice. Unlike all too many today she really can sing,…

CHARLEY PATTON —THE DEFINITIVE CHARLEY PATTON PROPERBOX - Proper Records (media)

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As blues legends go Charley Patton is up there with the best, and seen by many as the most important figure of the pre-war Mississippi Delta blues scene through his rich, full-bodied music.
In comparison to the likes of Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Sun House among…

HEATHER MASSE —BIRD SONG - Red House (media)

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First off I must state what a fabulously voice New York-based musician Heather Masse possesses and that she uses it beautifully. With support from her band of Jed Wilson (keyboards), Karl Doty (ba…