Show Me the Way Home, Honey

utorak, 25.02.2014.

Lil' Red & The Roosters - Out Of The Coop!

Size: 111,8 MB
Time: 47:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: Lil' Red & the Roosters
Art: Front

01. Sugar Coated Love (3:35)
02. The Come Back (3:25)
03. Shake Your Hips (2:49)
04. Don't Lose Your Cool (3:39)
05. Slow Down (1:58)
06. Hound Dog (3:54)
07. Trouble In My Way (3:16)
8. Gritty Pretty (3:35)
9. Fever (2:41)
10. Sneakin' Up On You (3:57)
11. Ain't Your Pet No More (3:52)
12. Keep On Lovin' You (3:51)
13. Trouble No More (2:52)
14. Why Don't You Do Right (4:05)


The line-up: Jen “Lil’ Red” Milligan vocals and percussion, Pascal Fouquet on guitar, Thomas Troussier on harmonica, Denis Agenet on drums, Jeff Vincendeau on upright bass. Denis leads all the Roosters on background vocals. Mix - Jen Milligan, Mastering - Blaise Barton, Cover Art - Jen Milligan, Photos - Maureen Piou.

“This CD was inspired by two acoustic CDs by Lurrie Bell, "The Devil Ain't Got No Music" and "Second Nature" with his father Carey Bell. It isn’t just the music that moves me in these CDs. The sound of the recording and mix has an atmosphere naked and natural that lets me sink into the beauty of the blues. I wanted to create the feeling that you’re in our home listening to us live. I also wanted the music to have a natural in the moment groove. We recorded songs when we were inspired and encompassed all aspects of our diverse international group. The simple duo & trio roots blues and the subtle edge between it and old jazz, as well as full band Electric and Jump Blues. We all stretched a little out of our comfort zones to give each artist a moment in their niche, the result being rich surprises. Given by the flexibility of an auto-production, we took risks in the recording process. “Trouble No More” was recorded at Twins Studio all live in one take, “Fever” was recorded sitting on the edge of the bathtub and you may hear an occasional train pass on “Slow Down”. We took our time to get it right with what we had to work with which was mostly creativity and experienced musicians. There were many doubts as to whether I could match the sounds of many spaces and microphones, put different genres of blues and jazz side by side or create a CD with songs in duo and trio with a very fat sounding band, but that’s what our group is, so I had faith. The mix took a lot of work, but I knew the mastering would be the key. By chance, Blaise Barton the Grammy winner who did the engineering, mixing and mastering for one of the CDs that inspired this process was available to bless our CD with his talents, and that he did. We learned a lot through this process. You have to take some risks to find rich surprises. “ Lil’ Red

We'd like to thank our friends and family for their never-ending love and support and a special thanks to Diunna Greenleaf & Lurrie Bell for paving a path of inspiration for this CD.


Out Of The Coop!



Shari's 3 A.M. Sessions & The Nite Owls- Late Nite Specials
Half Deaf Clatch - A Road Less Travelled

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Oznake: Lil' Red & The Roosters, Acoustic Blues, france

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petak, 21.02.2014.

Les Blouzayeurs - Blues De La!

Size: 101,1 MB
Time: 42:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: Les Blouzayeurs
Art: Front

01. B.B., Albert Et Freddie (2:21)
02. Blanc-Bec (3:53)
03. Mon Nez La-Dedans (2:36)
04. Pis C'est Tout (4:34)
05. Que Le Rose Nous Grise (3:52)
06. I'm Tore Down (3:39)
07. Bien Sur, C'est Facile (3:34)
08. Hector A Bien Raison (2:12)
09. Les Filles Septentrionales (4:16)
10. Ma Chopine (3:32)
11. Ok, Tu Te Casses (3:17)
12. On Ne Vit Qu'une Fois (5:06)


Les Blouzayeurs
Accordéon et guitares, duo de choc ! Les Blouzayeurs réveillent le blues made in France, dans la lignée de Benoît Blue Boy et de Bill Deraime... en voiture Simone !

Trempé dans le Zydeco, ce blues noir de Louisiane, Pascal Rosiak nous montre que l’accordéon est parfaitement à l'aise en eaux troubles.
Car les créations de ZU balancent et remuent !
Avec le zuwing d’un blues original dans la langue de Bashung, Fauque ou Bergman, les Blouzayeurs ont ce petit quelque chose qui sait vous réjouir… Blues de là !

Si ZU et Pascal Rosiak sont de solides briscards, le duo fête bientôt sa première bougie.
Les compositions existent (et en nombre !), Les Blouzayeurs les font déjà sonner
sur de belles scènes (Accordéons-Nous, Trentels - Jazz sur les Places, Lyon - Roubaix à l'Accordéon
- Jazz en Revermont, Jura…) !
A suivre.


Blues De La!



Sam Chatmon - Blues When It Rains
Ross Neilsen & The Sufferin' Bastards - Live At The Acoustic Grill

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Oznake: Les Blouzayeurs, Acoustic Blues, france

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nedjelja, 24.11.2013.

Mountain Men - Hope

Styles: Contemporary Blues, Harmonica Blues
Released: 2012
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 142,4 MB
Time: 62:02
Art: front

1. Egoistical - 4:06
2. Tick Tock - 4:21
3. Imidiouane - 4:00
4. Give It Back To Me - 5:12
5. Sefore I Sleep - 3:53
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit - 3:41
7. Kiss Me - 6:18
8. I Believe In Me - 6:25
9. I Hope - 4:37
10. Nothing Zero None - 5:35
11. Travailler C'est Trop Dur - 5:34
12. Move Up To The Door - 8:13


Notes: 'Hope’ is the second-album by Mountain Men. A duo featuring one man on guitar and vocals, and another member playing the harmonica, I’d argue that Mountain Men are one of the most underrated acts in the world today. Their country music has such an original slant on it, drawing on all the formalities of country music, but expressed in their own style. What makes Mountain Men’s music so great to listen to is the complete chemistry between its two and only members. Whilst the foreground of the music is occupied by the vocals, it is the instrumentation in the background that makes their music so impressive.
The harmonica playing on each song is at an insanely talented level. It acts like a voice of its own, and accompanies the acoustic riffs perfectly helping to add a dense layer to each and every song. This was present on the first album ‘Spring Time Coming’, and there was a wonderful mixture of upbeat songs and more slower songs. It was a highly impressive début album, that seemingly went unnoticed in the musical world.
With ‘Hope’, we see Mountain Men continuing to do what they do best. Their music is still twinged with the dense layers of harmonica, which helps to add so much more emotion to the music. The album feels as though it is split into two parts, with the first half containing more darker and slightly more aggressive songs, and the second half featuring much lighter and delicate songs. There’s a few surprises on this album, including a rather unconventional cover of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. It is an interesting version, and it is interesting to hear the band putting their unique slant on the song, using their own style to present it in a much different way.
Musically, this album is wonderful. The delicate songs feature beautiful acoustic riffs, accompanied by incredibly impressive harmonica playing. The vocals are as strong as they’ve always been, and in these delicate songs the lyrics are crooned compassionately and emotionally, giving the songs depth and emotion. The harmonica adds to this depth, as like I said, it feels like its own voice in the song, singing its own parts. The harmonica in Mountain Men’s music has always been highly impressive, and it hasn’t faltered for a second on this album.
‘Hope’ is a very impressive second album. From a band who remains relatively unknown, their music is still of such a high quality, with lots of effort being put into the writing, recording and presentation of each song. The band uses their strengths very well on this album, and you can see it in the songs that are the highlights on the album. As it is, I feel that the inclusion of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ is an unnecessary one, as whilst it has merit of its own, I feel that it personally draws the listener out of the album due to awareness of the song itself. When the album plays its songs by Mountain Men, it draws you in and you can get lost in the dense layers of harmonica and guitar. I felt that as soon as I heard and recognised Nirvana’s lyrics on the album, that I was drawn out of this immersion quite suddenly. The awareness of the song was too much, and it is a shame because the music Mountain Men write are good enough in their own merit. That being said though the cover is good, don’t get me wrong. In conclusion, I feel that ‘Hope’ is a worthy second album, being every bit as good as ‘Spring Time Coming’. It is a shame with a band so unknown that not enough people know of them, as Mountain Men are a band worthy of recognition. ~ Cd Critic
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Hope



Terry Garland - The One To Blame
Cotton Belly's - This Day...



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Oznake: Mountain Men, Contemporary Blues, Harmonica Blues, france, australia

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nedjelja, 17.11.2013.

Cotton Belly's - This Day...

Size: 97,8 MB
Time: 42:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Blues Folk
Label: Believe Digital
Art: Front

01. Greatness (3:30)
02. Uncle And Aunty (3:20)
03. Nothing (3:19)
04. Nineteen Forty Nine (4:39)
05. Wild Camels (4:22)
06. Mr. Bedman (3:47)
07. Three Times (2:54)
08. Feel Down (4:39)
09. Old Blossom (4:39)
10. This Day... (7:18)


The group "Cotton Belly's" is a formation of acoustic / electric "festive" blues. Their approach is to highlight the jovial facet of blues.

Grooving between old old blues and rock n 'roll of the 70’s, this young band was schooled by the street, bars and jam sessions. The Cotton Belly’s know how to play with talent and originality old standards by providing them with colors and freshness specific to the young generation. The "Cottons" also create their own songs… by the way you’re currently listening to them.

With their original compositions, between Blues and modern music, the Cotton Belly’s make every age dance. Their concerts bring happiness; as soon as « the little fellows of cotton » start playing, a great vibe radiates from the audience thrilling to the sounds of guitars and a gut-wrenching harmonica play.

Being among the eight finalists of the « Blues sur Seine » springboard 2007, the Cotton Belly's won three awards, including the Montreal OFQJ FestiBlues which enabled them to go play in Montreal in August 2008 and in many prestigious blues festivals in France (Cahors Blues festival, Blues sur Seine, Rendez-vous de l’Erdre, etc.)

The year 2009 was full of events since the group performed over 50 concerts of which famous openings (Calvin Russel, Mac Arnold…) and prestigious festivals (Montereau Confluence, Jazz à Vannes, l’Europa Jazz). They recorded their first album in October.


This Day...



Harrison Kennedy - Soulscape
Steve Howell & The Mighty Men - Yes, I Believe I Will

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Oznake: Cotton Belly's, Acoustic Blues, Folk-Blues, france

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