David Gogo: Embracing The Wankage Factor

October 27, 2015October 28, 2015 Keith Sharp

By Keith Sharp Nanaimo B.C bluesman David Gogo calls it “embracing the wankage factor”, allowing his guitar solos to rip which is something he feels he achieved on his latest recording `Vicksburg Call, his 14th record in a career that stretches back to the early Nineties. “It was a self-conscious thing that I would hold back on my solos when... Read More

NASH-MacINNES

January 28, 2015February 3, 2015 Music Express

Long Live The Blues Any Canadian Blues aficionado worth his/her salt knows the story of Edmonton’s Hot Cottage who in the early 1970’s, aided by Stoney Plain Records’ president, Holger Petersen, hooked-up with legendary blues artist Big Walter Hortonwhat became a landmark recording session for teenage vocalist Nancy Nash. At Horton’s request, Nash sang “Hound Dog”, jammed on “Worried... Read More

DOWNCHILD: Can You Hear The Music?

November 22, 2013November 26, 2013 Keith Sharp

Yes that is the unmistakable Sam The Record Man `spinning wheels’ logo depicted on the CD cover of Downchild’s new record release titled “Can You Hear The Music” (Linus Entertainment). Yet rather than just serving as an attention-getting design, there is a specific synergy between Sam `The Record Man’ Sniderman and the then formative Downchild Blues Band (now officially shortened... Read More

Matt Minglewood in Calgary

August 20, 2013August 20, 2013 Music Express

Wearing 10,000 miles of road rash, the Gibson 335 guitar waited on the stage for the embrace of it’s master. In the hands of Matt Minglewood this long time companion of a guitar laughed ,cried and screamed at the sky. The connection between the bluesman and his guitar and almost by default his audience, was the story this evening at... Read More

David Clayton-Thomas – A Blues For The New World

April 29, 2013April 30, 2013 Keith Sharp

(Universal Music) The great thing about blues music is that it is timeless. It’s a given that all rock music is based on the blues and that even though current music is trend-oriented, there is always room for a great blues record. A Blues For The New World is just such a record! Yes you know David Clayton-Thomas as the... Read More

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