Review: Grand Slam, Bannermans, Edinburgh (5/12/19) Reviewer: Peter Scallan The new Grand Slam line-up has been driven by the vision of Laurence Archer to finally get some the original songs penned during the original Phil Lynott incarnation of the band recorded properly. This included Grand Slam being seen as a band and not a project. […]
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Review: Carl Dixon – Unbroken
Review: Carl Dixon – Unbroken AOR Heaven (November 29th 2019) Reviewer: Peter Scallan Carl Dixon is better known as silver throated singer of Canadian melodic rockers Coney Hatch. They were the classic example of critical success and had three magnificent albums in the 1980s. The last of these was the humungous ‘Friction‘, which to this […]
Review: Burnt Out Wreck – This is Hell
Review: Burnt Out Wreck – This Is Hell Burnt Out Wreck (October 11th 2019) Reviewer: Peter Scallan This is the follow-up to the 2017 debut for Burnt Out Wreck. For those of you who don’t know, this is former Heavy Pettin’ drummer Gary Moat’s baby. However, he is the main songwriter and singer this time […]
Review: Black Stone Cherry – Back to the Blues 2
Review: Black Stone Cherry – Back to the Blues 2 Mascot Records (November 1st 2019) Reviewer: Peter Scallan This is the second of Black Stone Cherry’s ‘Back to Blues‘ EPs. The first one was released in 2017 and received such a great reaction the guys thought they would do it again! Sandwiched in between these […]
Review: Beth Hart – War in My Mind
Review: Beth Hart – War in My Mind Provogue / Mascot Label Group (September 27th 2019) Reviewer: Peter Scallan Can’t remember when I first saw this she devil of a woman but it may have been on Jools Holland’s show and just thought, WTF! What a voice and what a stage presence. I have been […]
Review: Kris Barras Band – Light It Up
Review: Kris Barras Band – Light It Up Provogue/Mascot Label Group (September 3th 2019) Reviewer: Peter Scallan The Kris Barras Band first came to my attention with the single ‘Hail Mary‘ which was a slow burner for me. On the basis of this and hearing a few other songs I acquired ‘The Divine and Dirty‘ […]
Review: Matt Pearce and the Mutiny – Gotta Get Home
Review: Matt Pearce and the Mutiny – Gotta Get Home May 3rd 2019 Reviewer: Peter Scallan Matt Pearce is the Glasgow-born guitarist from Voodoo Six. In addition to V6, he also plays in the Metalworks collective regularly and also in AOR Legends with vocal maestro Jimi Anderson. Therefore, as you can image in he is […]
Review: Danny Bryant – Means of Escape
Review: Danny Bryant – Means of Escape Jazzhaus (September 20th 2019) Reviewer: Peter Scallan I was fortunate enough to play HRH Blues last year as part of the Brian Rawson Band. As my interest in blues-based music was being rekindled I decided to hang around for the weekend and check out some of the other […]
Review: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – The Traveller
Kenny Wayne Shepherd – The Traveller Concord Records (May 2019) Reviewer: Peter Scallan Kenny Wayne Shepherd has been kicking around the blues scene since the early 90’s when he burst onto it as a teenage guitar prodigy. However, judging by the opening track on this album he has progressed somewhat since then. ‘Women Like You‘ […]
Review: HRH Blues IV – Day 1 – 14-03-2018
Review: HRH Blues IV – Day 1 O2 Academy, Sheffield Reviewers : Stephen Brophy (SB), Peter Scallan (PS), Steve Borkowski (SBork) Photography : Stephen Brophy The Festival Season is upon us with a vengeance now as we arrive in Sheffield for this years installment of HRH’s Blues event, now in it’s fourth iteration. Thankfully this […]
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