Note: The video is no longer available. A force in Blues, Rock, and more, the Spencer Vaughn Band based in Edmonton Alberta seem ready to take off. Let’s hope so! Sweat (seen here) is from a video shoot done back in 2014, but the band has a new 2-song EP, SVB (July 2016) which promises more to come and is currently available on bandcamp.com. Fronted by the velvety smooth vocals of Spencer Vaughn and his rhythm guitar, the Spencer Vaughn Band is still a sum of the parts; including on lead guitar, Derek Wiens, on bass, Ali Mirzaie, on keyboards, Jazz Nipp, and on…
Read MoreDrake White may be a country singer, but his music is steeped in rock and blues and minus all of the irritating things that the connotation of “Country” brings to mind; most notably, twang! With just a handful of tracks to his recorded collection to date, Mr. White has nonetheless exhibited a real talent for music-making. Released this year (February 2015), the single It Feels Good will have you dancing at your desk, in your car, or while you clean house. To say that the title is an apt…
Read MoreIf you can’t rock out to Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, then there is something absolutely wrong with you. S.O.B. is delightfully irreverent, raucous, energetic and fun, and it is from the band’s self-titled debut long-player (August, 2015). This song reaches into your soul and exposes the real you. The remainder of the long-player is a study in the rich, soulful, bluesy and raw, each song rife with emotion. Truth be told, lead man in this troop Nathaniel Rateliff,…
Read MoreSara Niemietz has a luscious, rich voice, that serves these jazzy, bluesy, lounge numbers with great affect. Here on Taxi Outside, from Sara’s latest six-song EP, Fountain and Vine (September 2015), you hear that fullness, that richness, along with a touch of humor and play. This is Sara’s second EP, and it shows some musical growth from her earlier effort, Push Play (June 2012), which was itself a wonderful collection. Born in Chicago, IL and transplanted to California, Sara Niemietz has done a…
Read MoreThe incredible Mike Dignam single, Addict, from the forth coming long-player, Fight to Forgive, is available digitally from Bandcamp.com for about a buck. If the single is any indication, this long-player will be excellent! There is a pre-order for the long-player available on i-Tunes and you can get physical CD’s and other bundles from Mike’s web page. The i-Tunes site also has 4 of Mike Dignam’s EPs that date back to 2012. Check this guy out now! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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