BOOKER T. - Potato Hole (2009)

A different sort of sound for Booker T. Jones, working here not with the MG´s, but with backing from the Drive By Truckers, and a fair bit of guitar from Neil Young!! The album's still heavy on the sorts of organ lines we love in Booker's work stretching back to the early 60´s years at Stax Records, but the guitars are pretty heavy too, and fuzz things up strongly on most numbers, moving the music from Memphis Soul territory towards more of a Southern Rock sound of the spectrum, yet one that's still got a pretty solid, classic feel overall!! The set's almost as if Booker recorded some lost tracks in the early 70´s for Capricorn Records, letting some Allmans sit in and riff heavily alongside his keys, not that that's a bad thing for us at all, but it's a definite change from what you might expect!!

Tracklisting:

1. Pound It Out
2. She Breaks
3. Hey Ya
4. Native New Yorker
5. Nan
6. Warped Sister
7. Get Behind The Mule
8. Reunion Time
9. Potato Hole
10. Space City
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JOHN SCOFIELD - Piety Street (2009)

It´s a rare artist that can explore more than one kind of music with true fluency, virtuosity and sincerity. Guitarist John Scofield can, and he´s proven it once again with Piety Street, a powerful collection of Gospel renditions!! Great!!

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1. That's Enough
2. Motherless Child
3. It's a Big Army
4. His Eye Is On The Sparrow
5. Something's Got A Hold On Me
6. The Old Ship of Zion
7. Ninety Nine And A Half
8. Just A Little While To Stay Here
9. Never Turn Back
10. Walk With Me
11. But I Like The Message
12. The Angel Of Death
13. I'll Fly Away

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BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS - Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! (2009)

Debut album from Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears!! Formed in Austin, TX, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears is an eight-piece, garage-Soul ensemble featuring groove-laden guitars, penetrating brass and a fiery frontman who exudes power and attitude. Experiencing the raw energy of Black Joe's performances, accompanied by The Honeybears' masterful backing is the equivalent of a kick to the stomach. Their gut-shot style, felt in such songs as Gunpowder, Master Sold My Baby and I'm Broke, draws directly from their classic Soul, R&B and Blues influences. Inspiration from artists such as Otis Redding and The Bar-Kays, James Brown and Lightning Hopkins are clearly present in their songs and live shows, but Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears inject a full-tilt, unabashedly brash element to this old-school style!!

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Tracklisting:

1. Gunpowder
2. Sugarfoot
3. I'm Broke
4. Big Booty Woman
5. Boogie
6. Master Sold My Baby
7. Get Yo Shit
8. Humpin'
9. Bobby Booshay
10. Please Pt. Two

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THE SOUL OF JOHN BLACK - Black John (2009)

The Soul Of John Black is a celebration of the african american musical heritage!! On Black John, JB masterfully combines Soul, Gospel, Funk and Hip Hop, while tracing its roots all the way back to its humble origins - the Blues. JB infuses his uniquely crafted music with contemporary urban rhythms and hauntingly earthy acoustic slide guitar which at once pays tribute to a bygone era of such legendary figures as Leadbelly, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, while boldly crossing over into new innovative territories and sonic frontiers. Backed by notable musicians Adam McDougal on keys (Black Crowes, Macy Gray, Maroon 5, Nikka Costa), Oliver Charles on drums (Ben Harper, Rhythm Roots All-Stars), Scott Seiver on drums (Nikka Costa, Inara George), Jake Najor on drums (Carl Denson, Connie Price, Breakestra), Shawn Davis on bass (Beck, Nikka Costa), Davey Chegwidden on percussion (Rhythm Roots All-Stars, Bitter Sweet, Ghostface Killer, Big Daddy Kane), and Bill Botrell on 2nd guitar (Grammy winning producer for Sheryl Crow, Shelby Lynne, and many others), The Soul of John Black has reached a new plateau, transcending the crossroads and arriving upon an unexplored intersection on the aural highway. Soul music for a whole new generation!!

Tracklisting:

1. Black John
2. Betty Jean
3. Ever Changin' Emotions
4. Last Forever
5. Bottom Chick
6. I Knew A Lady
7. White Dress
8. Never Givin' Up
9. Better Babe
10. Push Into The Night
11. Holiday Inn
12. Thinking About You
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ERIC LINDELL - Gulf Coast Highway (2009)

Recorded at Balance Studio in Mandeville, Louisiana, Gulf Coast Highway will capture the attention of music lovers all over the globe!! Featuring 12 original songs and three inspired covers, Gulf Coast Highway finds Lindell reaching new performing and songwriting heights. His Soul-drenched mix of roots-Rock, sinewy Blues, swampy R&B and a hint of honky-tonk Soul permeates each and every song, and have led critics to make comparisons to Van Morrison and Delbert McClinton. With musical help from some of the Crescent City's finest players, including the Galactic rhythm section of Robert Mercurio and Stanton Moore on eight tracks, Lindell has created his most fully realized lyrical and musical statement yet!!

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1. If Love Can't Find A Way
2. Willin' And Able
3. Love And Compassion
4. This Love Is Gonna Last
5. Turnin' It Out
6. It's A Drag
7. Lullaby For Mercy Ann
8. The Look
9. I Can Get Off On You
10. Country Livin'
11. Dirty Bird
12. I'll Be Around
13. Here Come The Blues Again
14. Crying Time
15. Raw Doggin'

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