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May 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Don Bryant: Don’t Give Up On Love

Don Bryant Don’t Give Up On Love Fat Possum Records How timely to receive this at almost exactly the same time as the fabulous new Robert Cray album. Both records use the same rhythm section – those magical players from Hi Records; responsible for the magic across records by Al Green and Ann Peebles and […]

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November 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Eric Clapton: Live In San Diego (with Special Guest J.J. Cale)

Eric Clapton Live In San Diego (with Special Guest J.J. Cale) Reprise He’d be wise – with the recent retirement news – to leave this as his final offering. For it never really got better for EC than this. I saw one of the shows on this same tour and, having seen him previously at […]

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May 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Cyndi Lauper: Detour

Cyndi Lauper Detour Sire/Warners I’m a huge Cyndi Lauper fan – but I couldn’t tolerate Memphis Blues, she hiccupped her way through a range of blues classics that was, at best, comical but mostly just insulting. It undersold Cyndi’s true talent too – she’s a great singer, a strong character voice with an innate theatricality. […]