Paul Black- Beautiful Sin review

Paul Black Beautiful Sin PaulBlack.ca Blues-rock from Vancouver Island. It has been 14 years since Paul Black released an album (Blue Words), and Beautiful Sin has a lot going for it. With ten original songs and a clever reimagining of The Commodores’ “Brick House,” Beautiful Sin is a strong collection of sharply envisioned electric blues.…

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René Huard Project- Blues Calling review

René Huard Project Blues Calling René Huard, a guitarist, vocalist, and harmonica player from Southern Ontario’s Niagara region, appears to approach the blues from a perspective of mood and feel: Huard’s music is a reflection of his mood, communicating insight via the various ‘feels’ contained across Blues Calling. Produced by blues veteran Jack de Keyzer—I…

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Joyann Parker- Roots review

Joyann Parker Roots JoyannParker.com What an album this is! Powerful blues-influenced, roots bordering on roots rock, with horns and dramatic approaches to singing. The title track (“I put my roots down, down in the ground”) and the explosive duet with Mark Lamoine “Faintly Optimistic” are just the start of an enjoyable musical journey that is…

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Robert Connely Farr- Pandora Sessions review

Robert Connely Farr Pandora Sessions https://robertconnelyfarr.bandcamp.com/ RobertConnelyFarr.com The prolific bluesman Robert Connely Farr is back with another album of his patented, rough ‘n’ tumble blues. RCF is as much a lover of the blues as are his followers; you can hear and feel his appreciation for the artists originating from his Mississippi, hometown roots. This…

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The LH Express- Painting Stars review

The LH Express Painting Stars LHExpress.ca One of Central Canada’s many blues-based, roots rock bands, The LH Express (formerly Lucas Haneman Express) return this summer with a new album that strengthens their position within Canada’s relatively crowded blues scene. Painting Stars sees the band further honing their craft. Ten Haneman originals with powerful co-lead singer…

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Michael Jerome Browne- Gettin’ Together review

Michael Jerome Browne Getting’ Together Borealis/Stony Plain Records Michael Jerome Browne has been producing quality, Canadian blues longer than most of us have been listening. An undisputed master of the slide guitar, Browne’s albums usually feature a unifying theme, and Getting’ Together is no exception. Revisiting the songs that brought him to the blues when…

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Barbara Blue- From the Shoals review

Barbara Blue From the Shoals BarbaraBlue.com Up-tempo blues firmly rooted in Muscle Shoals soul is Barbara Blue’s stock-in-trade, one in which she is firmly and obviously masterful. Gritty honesty pervades Memphis-based Blue’s music on From the Shoals, follow-up to the ‘Reigning Queen of Beale Street’s’ 2018’s Fish in Dirty H2O.  The 65-minute set opens with…

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Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Roots Albums of 2022

I have no idea how many roots albums I bought, received for review, actually wrote about, listened to through a brief flirtation with a streaming service, and sampled via Polaris Music Prize jury membership, as well as other industry-provided downloads during 2022. But when I review other lists, I see a lot I am familiar…

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Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Blues Albums, 2022

I do enjoy blues music. Of all the roots styles I feature at Fervor Coulee, blues is the music I reach for when listening for enjoyment the least: I listen to it intently while reviewing and writing, but I just don’t often go to the shelves searching for blues music. That changed a bit this…

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Spencer Mackenzie- Preach to My Soul review

Spencer Mackenzie Preach to My Soul SpencerMackenzie.ca Go for what you know. For youthful blues-guitarist Spencer Mackenzie, that appears to be rockin’ blues. During my formative, high school musical years listening to mainstream rock FM stations, I could hear Powder Blues, Downchild, and David Wilcox alongside a Rumours track, the next chart-climber from Pat Benatar,…

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