Where delicacy was essential in conveying the gratitude and oneness of the opening song, boldness and rhythm and volume are key aspects of raising the bar for I Dare You, and in both cases D’Alessio executes faultlessly.
Blues Rock
Reimagined in an almost freestyle manner, blending the broadly recognisable with the unexpectedly expressive and pure, The Midnight Shepherds take on the mighty Ain’t No Sunshine.
Introducing the highly-anticipated new album from one of modern Americana’s most authentically gripping artists, the blues-rock rasp and swagger of Mat D reaches peak embrace, throughout the stylish highs and lows of Jericho Gap.
“I would have loved to hit the road with Kerouac – in that day in age and that time in place. That would be one hell of road trip.”
Turn this one up loud – t.Roy & the Smoking Section capture the mood beautifully, for the aptly-Americana-soaked anthem Southeast Texas Son.
An ideal album for the blues-rock fans as much so as the deep thinkers and those who need a little nudge in the right direction sometimes.
Piercingly seductive blues-rock hits with an ever-authentic raw presentation, as live-show extraordinaries The Midnight Shepherds release their latest ode to the organic musicality and passion of times past.
Emerging complete with an equally captivating set of visuals, Mexicana Blues really does take you there – delivering a sense of timeless escapism, which proves as cinematically vast as it is simple and appealing for its live, raw musicianship.
Introducing an album with a sensational opening track that naturally creates an addictively rhythmic, poetically captivating and creative realm of appeal.
Promising more than a few moments of sultry, alluring guitar solo-work, and that ongoing blues-rock rhythm that grips the listener and sways them from start to finish.
The Company I Keep has the makings of a timeless hit, but with a genuinely heartfelt sense of pain and longing. It effectively becomes an alternative indie force on its own unique trajectory.
When a band whole-heartedly embrace the process and even lose themselves within it, so too can their audience.