Blues and roots rock update today! Fantastic new album from Sunny War, debuting today at the show. Also introducing, Fantastic Negrito from around Boston, Jack Harlon and The Dead Crows from Australia. Also new for us, Leather Catsuit is a project by the New Jersey DJ Kim Olin. La Ratte come from the Netherlands and they are also new to us. More familiar, we have new tunes by Hipbone Slim, Daddy Long Legs and Dommengang. We also have a tribute to Jim Stewart, the founder of Stax Records and Barret Strong, first star of the Motown label. They both passed away recently.
Hambone Willie Newbern – Roll and Tumble Blues
Leather Catsuit – Piece Of The Pie
Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows – Roll & Tumble (Hambone Willie Newbern)
Dommengang – Earth Blues
Dommengang – Society Blues
Daddy Long Legs – Street Sermon
All Them Witches – L’hotel Serein
Duke Garwood – Maharaja Blues
Fantastic Negrito – Locked Down
Sunny War – Test Dummy
Deniz Tek – Speak of Ice
La Ratte – Ain’t My Business
Hipbone Slim and the Kneejerks – Bo Legged Woman
Geraint Watkins – Nobody
Carla and Rufus Thomas – ‘Cause I Love You
Barret Strong – Money (That’s What I Want)
Duwayne Burnside – Meet Me In The City
Every year around this time we look back. This year is again. We begin the new 2019 with a retrospective of best albums in last year. Next week I will present the lest top 12 albums last year. This week we focus on positions 25-12.
Just as we introduced the new John Paul Keith’s new single, his new album with The Motel Mirrors also came out. It also features Amy LaVere and Will Sexton in the line up. The rest of the new music today are all new introductions. First we have two new bands form Los Angeles: Dommengang and L.A. Witch. Clevelander and a hopeful in the comedy business Dave Hill teamed up with Chris Reifert from Autopsy and Death in a new band called Painted Doll. We also have Bad Moves. They come from Washington DC. Australian Rebecca Louise Chilcott goes by the name of Ruby Boots and another singer songwriter, Sue Foley comes from Canada. They both have new interesting albums. Rench is a guy from Brooklyn who mixes country with hip hop beats in his band Gangstagrass, but this time we check out his new solo record.