Matti Norlin 2010 Live - Blues 3 Trappor Upp

Genre: Blues
Rate: 320 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 01:10:20
Size: 160,92 MB



This is the latest album from Sweden's Matti Norlin. It's his 4th blues CD and his first since 2002. The album was recorded live at Blues 3 Trappor Upp (3 Stairs Up) in Tranemo Sweden and features a number of Matti Norlin originals with a smattering of blues classics from the likes of Robert Johnson and Charlie Patton.

A couple of things stand out on this CD. The first is the camaraderie between Matti and his audience. Although the dialogue is in Swedish, there is obvious humour apparent and the participation between artist and fan is quite extraordinary. The second is Matti's astonishing guitar playing. As well as his picking, he also plays quite a mean slide. His forays into rag time are also quite sensational.

The set kicks off at a brisk pace. Two Norlin originals, "Mind Your Own Business" and "Mainstream Blues" split by Robert Johnson's "Up Jumped The Devil" and by now the audience are really lapping this up.

A change in tempo, any one for ragtime?. I've found another way to live and "Airy Man Blues" are brilliantly played. The Big Bill Broonzy number "How You Want It Done: is the albums highlight. Controlled tension at it's very best. A trio of Norlin originals are next up. "Biscuits" (I've never heard a blues number with references to baking powder before), "Not Allowed" and "Groovin" are real rootsy, gutsy numbers before we return to some more rag time in the shape of "Milkcow Blues Boogie" and "Piccolo Rag". Two Charlie Patton numbers, "Shake It and Break It" and "Bird Nest Bound" follow before Matti is joined by Fredrik Haake on assorted kitchen utensils (baking trays, saucepan lids and cymbal) The disc closes with a rabble rousing "Emigration Blues".

This has to be one of he best solo live albums I have ever heard. Those who were present witnessed something quite special. The rest of us will have to hear the CD, It's indispensable.. (Mike Lightfoot)



Tracklist:

01 - Presentation 01:22

02 - Mind Your Own Business 03:28

03 - Up Jumped The Devil 04:05

04 - Mainstream Blues 03:11

05 - I've Found Another Way To Live 04:03

06 - Airy Man Blues 03:53

07 - Airplane Blues 03:49

08 - How You Want It Done 07:11

09 - Biscuits 03:10

10 - Not Allowed 04:37

11 - Groovin 02:50

12 - Milkcow Blues Boogie 03:00

13 - Piccolo Rag 02:33

14 - Mellansnack 01:18

15 - Shake It And Brake It 02:07

16 - Bird Nest Bound 02:57

17 - Big Road Blues 04:20

18 - Mellansnack 2 01:18

19 - Ragtime Walks In Golden Shoes 04:51

20 - Emigration Blues 06:17





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Matti Norlin 2002 Slidin Out

Genre: Blues
Rate: 192 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:41:43
Size: 57,32 MB



Crazy. This guy is crazy. See (hear) what his guitar is put up to! Matti Norlin? I didn't know until a friend of mine mails me this CD. Crazy about guitar, this Matti Norlin sure is!

I don't know why, I didn't play the CD right away. It stayed there, on the living room table, scoffing at me with its title: Slidin' Out. And then I put it in the player ... and ... it exploded!

"What I like the most of playing in different tunings is that most of the time I don't know which notes I play". This is what Matti says in the liner notes. The first number, Not Allowed, tells it all: it tousles one's hair with the slide! And everything that follows is of the same kind, even if the beat (sometimes) slows down. In addition to the furious slide (Groovin' for instance), Matti Norlin also plays a breathtaking finger picking (Cool Down is a good sample of it). Slidin' Out is a tune "hard to play, especially since I tend to play it fast". oh yeah??!! But amongst those 14 songs (all originals), there are a few moments of relative respite, with pure jewels such as Rooftop Jive or This Day Will Never Return.

Recorded in Stockholm (didn't I tell you? Matti Norlin is swedish) in his own flat, alone with his guitars (6 and 12 strings, National, banjo) and his stomping foot as a rhythm section, you alredy have understood this CD is a little chef d'ouvre of acoustic guitar.


Tracklist:

01 - Not Allowed 04:23

02 - Distant As A Star 03:51

03 - Groovin 02:17

04 - Cool Down 03:04

05 - Slidin' Out 03:32

06 - Lack Of Knowledge 02:52

07 - Rooftop Jive 00:50

08 - Midnight Drive 01:55

09 - Forgive Me 02:42

10 - This Day Will Never Return 03:52

11 - Sweet Angel 02:50

12 - Sugar 02:26

13 - Torture Of Silence 04:37

14 - Empty 02:32





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Matti Norlin 1998 Kitchen Sink Blues

Genre: Blues
Rate: 320 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 01:05:50
Size: 150,71 MB



Bluesguitarist, songwriter and singer Matti Norlin has released his second solo album. For those who have heard Matti Norlin before are soon to recognize themselves. A skillful picking on the guitar combined with his trademark, screwdriver sliding. On the song Retarted rag Matti is joined by Fredrik Haake (drums, pots and pans and kazoo) and Lennart Zethzon (screams),then you can easily imagine what it sounds like. You can also find calmer notes, on for instense Hear my soul cry, a song which directly touches me with it's sadness. "Kitchen sink blues" remain good songs and good playing, which resulted in a great CD. (Tony Berg)


Tracklist:

01 - Emigration Blues 03:12

02 - Happy Home Blues 02:14

03 - Separation Blues 03:28

04 - Sun's Goin' Down 04:03

05 - Retarted Rag 01:57

06 - Hey Hoe Silver 01:39

07 - Low Down Blues 02:51

08 - I've Found Another Way To Live 03:43

09 - Leave This Town Behind 02:59

10 - Hear My Soul Cry 05:05

11 - Keep On Tryin' 02:44

12 - Swingin' Kazoo 01:53

13 - Learn From Others Mistakes 03:05

14 - Suitcase Blues 03:19

15 - Set My Ship On Fire 03:57

16 - Bullshit Blues 03:27

17 - Layin' Down Blues 03:27

18 - Sidewalk Rag 01:24

19 - Mule Kickin' Blues 02:48

20 - Hangover Blues 01:17

21 - Pickin' My Blues Away 03:17

22 - Catch The Frog Rag 01:13

23 - It's A Lonesome Road 02:48





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