The 30 best British Blues Rock albums ever By Geoff Barton, Hugh Fielder, Sian Llewellyn, Paul Henderson, Scott Rowley ( Classic Rock ) published 19 February 2019 The best British Blues Rock albums: Direct from the Delta to Dartford and beyond, the Blues turned British rock on its head Review of Last Light On The Highway We Fly Free, released by One Road Records, is their follow up to EP, Innocence of Youth, also released in 2020, When Rivers Meet possess a clear talent for songwriting as well. Its recent Grammy nomination will hopefully see more people catching on. Page 2 of 11: The best blues guitarists of all time Intro + best rock guitarists The best blues guitarists of all time Early innovators Released by Blue Corn Music, the record was captured live January 26th, 2019 at the 105-year-old Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas and is an overwhelming mix of Ruthies blues and gospel skills and fully-orchestrated big band arrangements. We and our partners share information on your use of this website to help improve your experience. Vote for the best artists to see them graduate to the top of the list. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. This is a lesson he seems to have learned from the greats of the blues. Megan and Rebecca Lovell on the endless possibilities of slide guitar and playing 21st-century blues. I purposely left off widely celebrated names such as Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, John Mayall, and more. The Album sizzles most when it charges at full-speed, keeping up with rock and soul, but never leaving the blues behind. listeners: [], The best rock guitarists in the world right now, as voted by you. MusicRadar is the number 1 website for music makers of all kinds, be they guitarists, drummers, keyboard players, djs or producers MusicRadar is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Please Help Keep Rock & Blues Muse Alive, Marc Broussards New Single Features Joe Bonamassa Thats What Love Will Make You Do, Review: Feed the Wolf by Miss Velvet and The Blue Wolf. Great guitar blues with exemplary craft. Ordinary Madness may well be five-decade blues/rock survivor Walter Trouts finest recorded hour. If you buy it, enjoy at its best, but prepare for a release that doesnt always stay there. Gary Clark Jr. Gary Clark Jr. is another player who incorporates ostensibly alien elements into the mix and yet it's still the blues. All told, Royal Tea, is exactly what a fan of Bonamassa has come to expect. More surprisingly, the rest of the album sways just as sweetly and gallops just as hard. But then again, strange is a word the listener would likely use a lot when describing Fantasic Negrito. Review of Maverick #233 of 750. If you like to wash your rock n roll down with just a swig of blues, then youre probably going to dig these guys. But any listener seeking guitar wizardry would do no better than the wounded Heart so Heavy. Clearly, Fletcher wants us to feel every note and with the aid of his stunning technique, we do. Quarantine blues is about a good world feeling bad. With an underpinning of traditional blues and classic rock, their album We Fly Free boasts a genuine, gritty sound with a vintage vibe. Huge mistake to spell his name wrong..Shepherd. Tickets will be on sale in the near future at UKBlues Federation. 2021 saw Lee release his first full-length album and his vocal capabilities, although perhaps not as developed as his playing, stand him in good stead for a long career ahead as a killer frontman. We could go on, but you get the picture: the guy is scarily good. So, what are the best blues rock bands ever? Kings previous albums and EPs include Carolina Confessions, Due North, The Marcus King Band and Soul Insight. [38] This year, they performed a similar feat, claiming three more awards, including Blues Album of the Year for 2021's Saving Grace. We do not believe there is a best or least best. Since then, his YouTube channel has amassed millions of views, hes shared The Royal Albert Halls stage with Joe Bonamassa and been invited to join the Gibson Alliance a select group of musicians chosen to help shape the future of Gibson Guitars. Review of El Dorado { A portrait of Peter Green, guitarist and co-founder of rock band Fleetwood Mac, c. 1968. Think of her as a softer, more intimate Etta James. And he's there at only 21 years of age. This R&B nine piece band won the Best Live Band at the San Diego Music Awards in 2020. Zito is a blues/rock monster and this is arguably his best work thus far. The result is a searing collection of tunes that each carve their way into the listeners soul in a dazzlingly different way. Everybody knows the name . The Finnish blues supremo didn't let lockdown keep her down; she even released a Lockdown Live album from her rooftop show in Kuopio in June. A recent inductee into the Blues Hall of Fame, Bettye Lavettes name may not be as familiar to some as other greats, but make no mistake, this blueswoman is deserving of the highest praise available. The plaintive voice of Chris Smither has served him well for decades. Fascinating Stories From Stevie Nickss Love Life, The Best Bands & Artists That Start With Y, The Greatest Pop Groups & Artists of All Time, The Best Metal Guitarists and Guitar Teams, These Poetic Geniuses Wrote Your Favorite Songs of All Time. Joe shares some of his finest blues licks (opens in new tab). We dont expect youll need a full-blown introduction to the guitarist and songwriter who gifted the world Bridge of Sighs over 40 years ago, but you might not be quite as familiar with his more recent material. Fresh from scooping the awards for Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year and Blues Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2022 UKBlues awards, Northern Irelands Dom Martin is very much a musician breaking into his stride. The same can be said of the delightfully shuffling Old School.. Dions latest venture, Blues with Friends, features yet another change in direction. Just listen and let his sound wash over you. Although shes since gone on to craft a style very much of her own, the lasting effect of this early exposure to the scene can be felt in charmingly autobiographical tracks like Bluesmans Child. Peter Green (1946 - 2020) Peter Allen Greenbaum (29 October 1946 - 25 July 2020), known professionally as Peter Green, was an English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Mindi Abair & the Boneshakers (blues, blues-rock, R&B, funk, jazz) Saxophonist, singer-songwriter Video Website Josh Smith (blues, blues-rock, rock, funk, jazz) Guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer. All in all, Roomful of Blues (kind of) self-titled album would be a nice introduction to anyone unfamiliar with the band or anyone who doubts the sincerity of revival bands. Led by vocalist/guitarist Robert Jon Burrison, whose voice is one of the most ear-pleasing today, the band includes Andrew Espantman, Steve Maggoria, Henry James and Warren Murrel. Wille and The Bandits are UK festival favourites whose brand of uplifting, rootsy blues rock has been working fields full of music lovers into jubilant frenzies for over a decade. Still fairly new on the scene, its possible that theyll grow more consistent as time goes by. Troy Redfern } I cant believe that you left off The Heavy North; an absolutely fantastic British band with a retro sound. Contemporary rhythm and blues, rock and roll and funky rhythms weave their way through most songs on One Shot, brought to life by superb musicians and an electrifying vocalist. Zitos guitar work shines most on the hard-driving Dont Touch Me, but the standout track may be the closing track, What it used to be a soft and poignant ballad at a time when such a thing is desperately needed. Blues Artist of the Year - sponsored by Blues in the South Blues Instrumentalist of the Year - sponsored by Digital Blues Through All My Dues are Paid we learn of Beys humble and hurtful beginnings as a poor and black young man raised in the Jim Crow south. Memphis Loud is not album without flaws. Meanwhile, Hot refocuses the attention right back to Crays guitar playing as a scorching demonstration of his ability to set the fretboard ablaze. Known as The King of Slydeco, Mississippi-born, Louisiana-reared guitar legend Sonny Landreth is the rare blues musician who truly sounds like no one else. But then again, Stronger Than Strong isnt just an exercise in navel-gazing and indeed, the upbeat love ballad I Can See Your Light Shine offers the best illustration of the blues at its happiest. Son of Dave Among the albums best tracks are the Howling Wolf cover Smokestack Lightening and the surprisingly sensitive Honey Bee, Sail on. For the Bobby Rush fan Rawer than Raw is essential. #705 of 880. That brings us to his latest offering Thats What I Heard. Namesakes Devon Allman and Duane Betts along with group members Berry Duane Oakley, Johnny Stachela, John Ginty, R Scott Bryan, and John Lum tracked it at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama on two-inch tape, vintage style. All the top british blues bands named on the list also have discographies on their pages if you click on the british blues band names themselves. In fact it stays on its feet all the way through. Joe is always high in this list every year he's the biggest blues guitarist in the world, but also the hardest working. The set is a back porch session by two of the most famous blues players ever and lets Bishop and Musselwhite do it their own raw-boned way with minimal interference to disrupt the vibe. Youre Gonna Need Me may be both the albums funniest and saddest track. Until rudely interrupted by the global pandemic, Shaw Taylors touring schedule was one of the most tireless in the business, and her gutsy guitar playing and husky vocals are best appreciated live on stage. She'll be putting that back into action with live dates in her homeland next year . It was a tough year for blues its players win hearts and minds the old way, on the stage. This is an incomplete list of British blues bands and musicians . All important, significant and iconic names in british blues music history deserve your votes, so make sure to choose wisely. On El Dorado, King is backed by Gene Chrisman, Bobby Wood, and Dave Roe. The sound of hot valves and Strat single coils that characterised his sound early on is still very much his calling card, and its a reminder to all those starting out on the well-trodden path that cultivating your sound is far more valuable in the long run than reproducing the tones and licks of those who have come before no matter how accurately you might be able to do so. Great list. British husband and wife duo When Rivers Meet have been riding high since they cleaned up at the 2021 UKBlues Awards, taking home four trophies in one night. The 10 best folk albums of 2020 Jake Blount, Shirley Collins and Brna McVittie. For now, add every one of these albums to your listening rotation. Your access to this service has been limited. Denis, } For the non-fan, it is also essential and a likely tool for conversion! Blues With Friends boasts 12 tracks of strong songwriting, musical depth and mastery, along with Dions smooth vocals and skillful craft of blues. 2,625,527 listeners. If you think you have been blocked in error, contact the owner of this site for assistance. Toby Lee Picking a favorite would be tough, but the soft ballad Bell Bottom Blues (first made famous by Eric Claptain) is nothing short of heartbreaking. His guitar playing is both tasteful and energetic and he possesses a particularly wild vibrato, no doubt modelled on that of his hero, BB King. When two extraordinary Chicago bluesmen combine efforts, the results are predictably breathtaking. A vintage party that evokes the kind of old-school shindig where you could picture James Dean cutting the rug with Marilyn Monroe. By Ed Mitchell published July 30, 2010 Keeping blues music alive in 2010 Fatback Deluxe 1. Kingfish is a player who inspires while simultaneously makes us want to give up the Clarksdale-born sensation is just on that higher blues plain that few can ever ascend to. Lynne Jackaman website, 2020 Blues Music Awards nominee Albert Castiglia hits hard on his live album Wild and Free thanks to Gulf Coast Records. And thats very much a good thing. Song Starter Kit: The Razors Edge from No More Worlds to Conquer, United State of Mind from United State of Mind, Tide Of Confusion from Coming Closer To The Day. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { This is very much the case with Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhites deeply satisfying 100 Years of the Blues. The result is a kind of authenticity that smacks of hard graft and a lifelong love affair with the music. Fatback Deluxe Style: Classic American blues Influenced by: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker Gear: Gibson ES-335, Gibson Les Paul Pro, late 60s Ampeg AUB-1 fretless bass Meanwhile the equally rollicking I Thought She Wouldnt Do it adds some funky drums into the mix.
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