This gorgeous Muscle Shoals-worthy band of brothers and sisters deliver a 60’s soul treat for the ears that would make Tedeschi-Trucks blush.
Category: Blues Rock
What We’re Listening To (March 7, 2025)
The halls are buzzing here at Rock is the new Roll Hall with a bevy of new music to savor as we zoom into the year.
The Cynz – Heartbreak Time
Coming to you from Brunswick New Jersey The Cynz will have you feeling Joan Jett vibes courtesy of lead singer Cyndi Dawson. “Heartbreak Time” is a retro-style rocker with plenty of earworms.
Sorrows – Out Of My Head
If you have ever sat around wondering what a band would sound like that was a mind-meld of the Stones, Beatles, and The Who and wasn’t Cheap Trick, hip your ears to Sorrows and the single from their latest record “Out Of My Head.”
Brass Camel – Borrowed Time
This gem from Brass Camel is Sly Stone funky, a bit proggy, with a lot of classic rock influences thrown in for good measue.
Blues Pills – What Has This Life Done To You
A bit of a departure from the more psychedelic side of Blues Pills, “What Has This Life Done To You” would make a terrific Bonnie Raitt cover.
Black Eyed Sons – Cowboys In Pinstriped Suits
A tribute to the glam-glitter bands of yore, most notably Mott The Hoople, “Cowboys In Pinstriped Suits features Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Chip Z’Nuff, and Ryan Roxie.
Video of the Day: Grace Bowers and the Hodge Podge – Wine On Venus
18-year-old Grace Bowers along with vocalist Esther Okai-Teneh should definitely be on your ones-to-watch list based on this lead single from their latest record alone.
What We’re Listening To (August 17, 2024)
Phil Mogg – Sunny Side Of Heaven
Sure, he’s lost a bit off his vocal fastball, but he can still bring it full-on U.F.O. style when he needs to. And, if 70’s rock is your jam then this blast from the past should be right up your street. A fully formed record, Moggs Motel, is scheduled for release soon.
Bywater Call – Colours
With a rootsy New Orleans vibe written all over them, they are actually from Toronto, this Americana Blues Rock painting uses the brush strokes of Tedeschi Trucks, Warren Haynes, and the Allman Brothers.
Bones Owens – Get It On
With his latest record, Love Lut Of Lemons, Bones Owens combines an alternative rock edge with a Classic Rock groove in the Creedence Clearwater Green River mold.
Sadler Vaden – Staying Alive
The main guitar Slinger for Jason can lay the rock groove down a bit more with this, his side-piece band. on his latest solo effort, Dad Rock, Vadler opines on the life of a touring dad in the music business.
Red Clay Strays – Wasting Time
These Alabama based Country rockers wear their Southern rock influences loudly and proudly. “Wasting Time” is a real shit-kicker of a record. Think Hank Jr. in his reckless prime fronting a band that is part Lynyrd Skynyrd and part Cadillac Three before they went all Nashville. And, we almost forgot. There is a bit of Molly Hatchet thrown in there for good measure.
Video of the Day: Otis – Last Fool In Line
This ZZ Top endorsed band is loose, boozy, and woozy with a touch of the Faces thrown in for good measure. Keep your ears peeled for the proper release in August.
Video of the Day: Troy Redfern – The Calling
A Blues Rocker who wades in the waters of Mississippi Fred McDowell, Frank Zappa, Van Halen and W.A.S.P, Troy Redfern’s new record, Invocation is set to be released May 17. In the meantime, send your senses down a blues rabbit hole in search of any of his 14 prior releases. You can thank me later.
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