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[planetmosh]

Joe Bonamassa's Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea III Mediterranean Cruise Adds 12 More Artists

Joe Bonamassa’s Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea III Mediterranean Cruise Adds 12 More Artists

3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa and Sixthman, the leader in festivals and music cruises for more than a decade, have confirmed 12 more artists who will perform at Keeping the Blues Alive At Sea Mediterranean III, the third European voyage of Bonamassa’s world-famous floating blues-rock party at sea. Keeping the Blues Alive At Sea Mediterranean III sails August 17-22,…

[metalshockfinland]

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR Releases New Single 'Won't Be Fooled Again' Feat. Joe Bonamassa

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR Releases New Single ‘Won’t Be Fooled Again’ Feat. Joe Bonamassa

Photo Credit: © Kit Wood Singer-songwriter, guitarist phenom JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR kicked off her 2022 U.S. Fall Tour last Friday in support of her most personal album to date, “Nobody’s Fool,” “regarded as her best to date” by Guitarist Magazine.  Produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith and released via Bonamassa’s KTBA Records today, fans can listen/buy “Nobody’s…

[rawrampmag]

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR @joshawtaylor #BritishBlues #BluesGuitar #JBONAMASSA #Produced #NewSingle @Owaynash

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR @joshawtaylor #BritishBlues #BluesGuitar #JBONAMASSA #Produced #NewSingle @Owaynash

The award-winning West Midlands born British blues-rock singer and hotshot guitar whizz JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR has announced a brand new single “If That Ain’t A Reason” a song produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and taken from her highly anticipated album due later this year. The single (out today) is released on Joe Bonamassa’s new independent…

[bluestownmusic]

New Release: Robert Jon & The Wreck - Wreckage Vol. 2

  Robert Jon & The Wreck – Wreckage Vol. 2   Robert Jon & The Wreck – Wreckage Vol. 2 Format: CD – Digital Label: KTBA Records Release: 2022 Release date: September 30, 2022 Californian Southern rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck in association with Joe Bonamassa’s record label KTBA Records, are pleased to announce the release of Wreckage Vol. 2 on Friday September 30, 2022. The album is available…

[plungermusic]

Damn straight we got the blues… with a capital B

If you’ve been paying attention over the last five and a half years you may have realised Plunger aren’t necessarily the world’s biggest fans of the blues. Hell, we don’t even bother to capitalise them as stated by international law. So we probably aren’t really the target demographic for Joanna Connor’s latest 4801 South Indiana Avenue, her 14th release (who knew? Certainly not Plunger.)

This album has had some pretty purple praise showered on it in the last few weeks, and Plunger are buggered if we can see why. It is pretty solidly ‘American Blues’, with one foot in 50s Chicago and the other in 80s Las Vegas: Joe Bonamassa (who co-produced with Josh Smith) directed the process, repeating the Beth’n’Joe recipe of covering (mostly) old numbers so there is a lot of his brand of proficient but seemingly by-the-numbers cookie-cutter 50s revival blues. From the roadhouse rollicking boogie Destination through the casino showband take on Crossroads of For The Love Of A Man and the equally brassy 6/8 Chicago staple Part Time Love, to the rock’n’roll era shuffle of Trouble Trouble and a Girl Can’t Help It-style Please Help.

That feeling is maintained by Reese Wynans hammering out the barrelhouse piano in the opener, then becoming even barrelhousier with each subsequent ‘Don’t shoot the piano player’ appearance, although he does have some fluider flourishes on Bad News. That track, a slow Since I Been Loving You soulful blues, also features a weirdly clunky two-lengths of girder ‘tolling bell’ effect (but we won’t mention that, as it appears that if you do the producer himself will hunt you down on Twitter and berate you personally…)

Looking for an authentic sound, only original vintage guitars and amps were employed: whether this ethos extended to the drums we don’t know, but on many of the tracks the snare sounds more like a biscuit tin (particularly Come Back Home and the frankly disconcerting ‘on four��� beat of Please Help) and there’s some very oddly splashy cymbal. Joe and Josh both contribute on guitars, so Plunger aren’t certain who’s doing what, but the much-vaunted slide playing is not exactly Allman, Trucks or Cooder level, and the non-slide parts aren’t much to write home about either. What does stand out is Joanna’s impressive voice: it has the power and grit of a Maggie Bell or Elkie Brooks, and works well in rafter-rattling vibrato-laden wailing, caustic rock growls and even the ‘spoken’ passages.

If we sound a bit ‘down’ on the album, there are moments we enjoyed - both the high-speed Zydeco picking and slide on I Feel So Good, and Josh Smith’s It’s My Time, with Up On The Roof soully bass-and-percussion, smoky restraint from Wynans and even some burbling sequencer, broke the blues monotony; and we had high hopes too for Cut You Loose’s fuzzy funky bass line, louche swinging Who Knows? riff and insistent piano until it was overwhelmed by intermittent interruptions of ‘The Blues’.

So yes, it’s decidedly ‘American Blues’, like Arby’s, Denny’s or Waffle House are ‘American Restaurants’ and about as original and exciting. Having listened to some of Joanna’s earlier numbers Plunger aren’t sure she’s been done any favours by this all-star treatment, beyond the inevitable boost to her profile the ‘big names’ provide. But then what do we know about The Blues… 

Joanna Connor’s new album “4801 South Indiana Avenue” is released by KTBA Records on February 26th via www.jbonamassa.com/albums/2021/joannaconnor/4801

[julio-viernes]

El resurgimiento de Dion, que ya ha cumplido 80 años, continúa con el anuncio de “Stomping Ground”, nuevo LP con colaboraciones de Bruce Springsteen, Peter Frampton, Billy Gibbons, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler o Rickie Lee Jones, y continuación de “Blues With Friends” del año pasado, que KTBA Records publicará el 5 de noviembre.

El mes pasado estrenó “I’ve Got to Get to You” con la voz invitada de Boz Scaggs (ex Steve Miller Band y artista en solitario), de quien señala que es uno de los cantantes favoritos de su esposa Susan, y que ha querido durante décadas grabar con él. “No se puede confundir su voz con la de nadie más, y aquí está, tan pura y clara como siempre”. Por su parte, Scaggs no escamotea elogios hacía Dion: “Es uno de mis cantantes favoritos. Con una sola frase puede abrir una amplia gama de experiencia musical. Su estilo, en palabras y música, me parece atemporal y hermoso. Nuestras voces son una mezcla natural”.

En la notas interiores del disco, Pete Townshend recalca: “Dion, como una estrella en círculos que nunca se desvanece, genera la energía y el fuego que necesitamos para levantarnos y comenzar de nuevo”.

[howhollywood]

Joanne Shaw Taylor new video and live dates

Joanne Shaw Taylor new video and live dates

Following last week’s announcement of Joanne Shaw Taylor’s new breakthrough studio album “Nobody’s Fool”, Joanne today premiered the official music video for her new single “Just No Gettting Over You (Dream Cruise)”. The new album “Nobody’s Fool” will be released worldwide on Friday, October 28 on Joe Bonamassa’s KTBA Records. Recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, the new album is produced by…

[don-lichterman]

SOUTHERN ROCKERS ROBERT JON & THE WRECK RELEASE NEW ORIGINAL SINGLE “OLD HOTEL ROOM”

SOUTHERN ROCKERS ROBERT JON & THE WRECK RELEASE NEW ORIGINAL SINGLE “OLD HOTEL ROOM”

Photo Credit – Robby Boyd Wreckage Vol. 2 – Available Sept. 30 on KTBA Records Watch The Band Live At The Eastside Bowl Tonight At 8 PM In Nashville NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES, September 9, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Californian Southern rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck in association with Joe Bonamassa’s record label KTBA Records, are pleased to release “Old Hotel Room” the second single taken…

[rockzone]

Joanne Shaw Taylor Announces November/December UK Tour

Award-winning blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor has just announced a 14-date UK tour in November and December 2022. The tour starts at Cardiff, Tramshed on November 22, concludes on December 11 at High Wycombe, Old Town Hall.

Joanne will perform songs from her latest critically acclaimed album The Blues Album which topped Billboard Magazine’s Official Blues Album Chart. The album was also voted #1 Most Played Blues Album of 2021 by the Independent Blues Broadcaster’s Association. Joanne will also dig deep into her rich back catalogue where she will hand-pick songs from her albums Reckless Heart, Wild,The Dirty Truth, Almost Always Never, Diamonds in the Dirt, and White Sugar.

Over the past two decades, Joanne has proven herself as a prolific songwriter, releasing seven acclaimed albums under her belt, each increasingly more successful with her 2019 album Reckless Heart breaking into the UK Top 20 Album Chart and cementing herself as one of the most important guitar exports in British blues-rock.

In 2021, Joanne recorded her seventh studio album The Blues Album, produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith at Oceanway Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The album was released on Bonamassa’s independent record label KTBA Records on September 24, 2021. The album topped the Billboard Official Blues Chart. The album received across-the-board rave reviews worldwide.

The album features Joanne’s personalised covers of 11 rare blues classics immortalised by Albert King, Peter Green, Little Richard, Magic Sam, Aretha Franklin, Little Milton, and many more.

“I’d known from the beginning of my recording career that one day I wanted to record an album of blues covers, I just wasn’t sure when the right time to do that would be,” says Joanne. “I’ve always found it far easier to write my own material than come up with creative ways to make other artists’ material my own.

“We wanted to make a tough vocal centric straight blues record that showcased Joanne’s amazing talent but in a slightly different light," explains Bonamassa. “Josh and I tested Joanne’s limits and pushed boundaries.”

On June 10, 2022, Joanne released the live album and concert film Blues From The Heart Live. Filmed and recorded at The Franklin Theatre in Franklin, Tennessee.

Joanne Shaw Taylor - November/December 2022 Tue 22 Nov - Cardiff, Tramshed Wed 23 Nov - Exeter, Corn Exchange Fri 25 Nov - Reading, Hexagon Sat 26 Nov - Hastings, White Rock Theatre Mon 28 Nov - Bury St Edmunds, The Apex Wed 30 Nov - Birmingham, Town Hall Thu 1 Dec - Newcastle, Tyne Theatre & Opera House Fri 2 Dec - Edinburgh, The Queen’s Hall Sun 4 Dec - Sheffield, City Hall Mon 5 Dec - Milton Keynes, The Stables Wed 7 Dec - Portsmouth, Guildhall Fri 9 Dec - Stroud, The Subscription Rooms Sat 10 Dec - Ipswich, Corn Exchange Sun 11 Dec - High Wycombe, Old Town Hall

[bluesdoodles]

Jimmy Hall is Jumpin’ For Joy

Jimmy Hall is Jumpin’ For Joy - it’s a sort of blues, jump blues with a leaping country feel to boot. Great fun. The album Ready Now out 16th September

Most famous for his time in Wet Willie, Jimmy Hall is now set to release a new album on Joe Bonamassa’s KTBA Records called Ready Now. The album is due in September and features a stellar core band: Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith, keyboardist Reese Wynans, bassist Michael Rhodes and drummer Greg Morrow with special (and I mean special) guests Warren Haynes and Jared James Nichols. The lead single is…

[planetmosh]

Robert Jon & The Wreck release "Dark Roses" music video from "Wreckage Vol. 2" album 

Robert Jon & The Wreck release “Dark Roses” music video from “Wreckage Vol. 2” album 

Californian Southern rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck are pleased to release Wreckage Vol. 2, a collection of exclusive in-studio and live concert performances on Blues-Rocker Joe Bonamassa’s label, KTBA Records. The new album is released worldwide today.Stream/listen to the new album Wreckage Vol. 2 HERE.  Watch the new official music video for “Dark Roses” below – Order the album HERE “A…

[metalshockfinland]

ROBERT JON & THE WRECK Release 'Dark Roses' Music Video, New Album Out Now

ROBERT JON & THE WRECK Release ‘Dark Roses’ Music Video, New Album Out Now

Photo by Adam Kennedy Californian Southern rockers ROBERT JON & THE WRECK are pleased to release Wreckage Vol. 2, a collection of exclusive in-studio and live concert performances on Blues-Rocker Joe Bonamassa’s  label, KTBA Records. The new album is released worldwide today. Stream/listen to the new album Wreckage Vol. 2 HERE.  Watch the new official music video for “Dark Roses” HERE. Order…

[rawrampmag]

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR @joshawtaylor #TheBluesAlbum #RareBlues #BluesClassics #Albumreview @KTBAOfficial

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR @joshawtaylor #TheBluesAlbum #RareBlues #BluesClassics #Albumreview @KTBAOfficial

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR — the award-winning and much-garlanded West Midlands-born British blues-rock vocalist/guitar genius will release her next disc, “The Blues Album” on September 24th via  Joe Bonamassa’s new independent label KTBA Records (Keeping the Blues Alive.) The album features individualized versions of distinctively chosen, yet rarely heard, blues cuts that were originally recorded by…

[bluestownmusic]

Single I Robert Jon & The Wreck - She's A Fighter

  Single I Robert Jon & The Wreck – She’s A Fighter   ROBERT JON & THE WRECK RELEASE NEW SINGLE “SHE’S A FIGHTER” ON FRIDAY 27 MAY 2022 Following their triumphant 12-date tour of the UK in May 2022, which showered them with rave reviews and accolades, Robert Jon & The Wreck are pleased to announce the release of a brand new single and music video She’s A Fighter, released on Blues Rock Titan Joe…

[criminalrecordsatl]

Good morning music lovers, check out these featured titles out today and available at the shop: Ada Lea – One Hand On the Steering Wheel The Other Sewing A Garden CD (Saddle Creek) // Angels & Airwaves – Lifeforms CD (BMG). *Limited bonus guitar picks and stickers are available with purchase while supplies last. // Ashley Parker Angel – Soundtrack To Your Life [Reissue/2006] CD (Empire) // Bob’s Burgers – The Bob’s Burgers Music Vol. 2 3xLP+MP3 (Sub Pop) // The Cookers – Look Out! CD (Gearbox) // Colleen Green – Cool CD (Hardly Art). [Vinyl and cassette editions due October 1.] // Anthony Hamilton – Love Is The New Black CD (My Music Box/BMG) // JoJo – JoJo [Reissue/2004] CD (Empire) // JoJo – The High Road [Reissue/2006] CD (Empire) // Taylor McCall – Black Powder Soul CD (Black Powder Soul) // Mac McCaughan – The Sound Of Yourself CD (Merge) // Quicksand – Distant Populations CD (Epitaph) // Rivers Of Nihil – The Work CD (Metal Blade) // Soja – Beauty In The Silence CD (ATO) // Joanne Shaw Taylor – The Blues Album CD (KTBA/Ingrooves). [Vinyl edition due December 3.] // Various Artists – I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico CD/2xLP Black Vinyl/2xLP Yellow Vinyl (Verve) // (and slide thru) The Milk Carton Kids – Prologue: 10th Anniversary Edition 3xLP (Milk Carton Kids). For more info on any of these you can visit our website at CriminalATL.com. 📍Shop hrs: Monday - Friday 12-6pm, Saturday + Sunday 12-7pm. Mask required. If you’re a newsletter subscriber, you’ve got mail. If not, you can sign up for our weekly dispatch by hitting the news link in our bio. Happy Friday. #newmusic #aimsrocks (at Criminal Records Atlanta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUNG7qfLp3R/?utm_medium=tumblr

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MUSIC SENSATION JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR ANNOUNCES HER MOST PERSONAL ALBUM TO DATE

MUSIC SENSATION JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR ANNOUNCES HER MOST PERSONAL ALBUM TO DATE

Cover Photo By: Chris Wilson PRODUCED BY DREAM TEAM GUITAR MAESTROS JOE BONAMASSA & JOSH SMITH. AVAILABLE ON CD, VINYL, AND DIGITAL FROM KTBA RECORDS With masses of crossover appeal, Nobody’s Fool has the potential to be huge, and 13 years after her debut album she might well find herself the next overnight sensation. ” — Record Collector Magazine NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES, September 7,…