Jan Gerfast 2008 Still Out There

Genre: Blues
Rate: 188 kbps VBR / 44100
Time: 00:42:09
Size: 54,84 MB




Tracklist:

01 - Loving Machine 03:04

02 - Don't You Wanna Sing Along 03:43

03 - I'll Make You Mine 03:57

04 - Out In The Universe 05:00

05 - You Know The Deal 03:55

06 - Rocking In The Grave 05:34

07 - I'm Going Down 05:22

08 - On The Loose 04:38

09 - Wine Women And Blues 02:33

10 - A Lot To Say 04:23





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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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Patrik Jansson Band 2014 Here We Are

After some line-up changes the second full length album “Here We Are” was released in 2014, an album full of heavy, funky, groovy blues with a focus on strong melodies and great songwriting.

artists:

Patrik Jansson - Guitar & Vocals
Petter Stenberg - Organ & keys
Per Wallander - Bass
Patrik Thelin - Drums

Lisa Lystam - Vocals, Mikael Fall - harmonica

Horns by Daniel Bjurling - Tenor Saxophone
Adam Färnlöf - Trumpet
Andreas Olofsson Tuisku - Trombone


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Patrik Jansson Band 2011 Patrik Jansson Band

Patrik Jansson Band was formed in Stockholm, Sweden in late 2007. In the beginning of 2011 Patrik Jansson Band released their self-titled critically acclaimed debut album on the Sneaky Foot Records label.


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Patrik Jansson Band 2014 Never Make Your Move Too Soon (video)

My name is Patrik Jansson and I'm a Swedish blues musician. I just released my second record and it's gotten great reviews in Blues Blast Magazine, Blues News, Germany, Blues On Line etc. and teh record is being played on radio in Australia, USA, UK, Italy and Spain.

We now release our first music video and I just wanted to share it with you, Hope you like it.


For more info on the band please visit

www.patrikjanssonband.com

Kind Regards,

Patrik J

Ducks Can Groove 2009 Different Frogs, Different Times

Genre: Rock
Rate: 320 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:44:24
Size: 101,57 MB



Way-kool, Hendrix-inspired instrumental power trio from Sweden featuring authentic, retro-70's, cosmic, blues-based, Hendrix-ian heavy guitar jams that dig deep on the killer six string groove. (cdbaby)


Tracklist:

01 - El Vino Did Flow 04:24

02 - Sisters Probably 04:15

03 - What's The Vibe 04:38

04 - Come One, Come All 04:51

05 - When Cherrys Are Red 03:33

06 - The Melting Pot 05:55

07 - Anti Laugh 06:22

08 - In The Hot Seat 03:44

09 - Different Frogs, Different Times 06:42





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Totta & Hot 'n' Tots feat. Spencer Bohren 1989 Totta & Hot 'n' Tots feat. Spencer Bohren

Genre: Blues
Rate: 128 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:54:28
Size: 49,78 MB



Thorsten Naslund, aka Totta, has been the lead singer in an excellent Swedish Blues Rock band since 1970. The band led the way for a Scandinavian Blues scene, and had made several records of classic and obscure American Blues songs by the time Spencer Bohren met them at a Blues Festival in Florida in 1983. Totta’s Bluesband was a major factor in spreading Spencer’s music to audiences in Europe, and this record is a direct result of cherished friendships and musical camaraderie.

Most of the songs were written by Spencer, but the recording sessions took place in Goteborg, Sweden in during the summer of 1989. The album made the Swedish Top 40, and yielded two popular radio hits in the fall of the same year. This record may still be available in Sweden or Norway, but it has never been released in the USA. Amazingly, the album contains songs by Rolling Stone Ron Wood and John Fogerty, neither of which are recorded by the artists themselves. (http://www.spencerbohren.com)



Tracklist:

01 - Ain't Going Home 03:29

02 - Disappearing Nightly 03:28

03 - Deepest Thoughts 04:32

04 - Between The Lines 04:16

05 - Sweet Southern 03:09

06 - Like A Miner Loves Gold 03:15

07 - Nothing Was Delivered 04:42

08 - Witch Doctor 03:05

09 - Skin A Cat 04:11

10 - Must Be Love 03:13

11 - Everybody Needs Love 03:54

12 - Clap Your Hands 02:55

13 - Slow By Slow 04:44

14 - Fire Burns 03:26

15 - Thief Of The Night 02:09





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T-Bear & The Dukes Of Rhythm 2006 Let The Sweet Talk Flow

Genre: Blues
Rate: 279 kbps VBR / 44100
Time: 00:40:46
Size: 82,18 MB



Those cats come from the cold Sweden to warm up the dance floors around the globe, their first CD is full of great R&B sounds from the 50's and 60's era. (cdbaby)


Tracklist:

01 - Boogie And Soul 02:30

02 - Lipstick Woman 03:58

03 - Baby Please Don't Lie Me 03:31

04 - Don't Touch Me Baby 04:12

05 - That's What The Blues Is All About 03:24

06 - Do You Think I'm Wrong 02:45

07 - Let The Sweet Talk Flow 03:27

08 - T-Bear Blues 04:09

09 - She Moves Me 03:37

10 - Barefottin' 02:34

11 - Please Love Me 03:09

12 - You're Gone Need Me 03:30





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Lemon Bird 2010 Hangman And The Jury

Genre: Rock
Rate: 320 kbps CBR / 48000
Time: 01:01:19
Size: 140,36 MB



Album Notes

After the soaring first flight on the wings of Rara Avis comes a new flight. This is Hangman and the Jury; eleven new eggs in the Lemon Bird nest. Perfectly shaped and fully developed, they're ready to explode into your ears and beautify your mind with the sound that can only be Lemon Bird. The little Lemon Bird has indeed flown and now we find them bringing it all home after finding new adventures in the wild landscapes of rock and blues. Come listen to what the little Lemon Bird has discovered. We think you're gonna like it. We think you're really gonna to like it. Remember, the little Lemon Bird never disappoints; it only satisfies.


Tracklist:

01 - Look Out For Love 04:09

02 - Black Heart Woman 04:27

03 - Get You 06:15

04 - Market Street 05:52

05 - Down The Hatch 04:48

06 - Melodrama 07:58

07 - Joyride 03:54

08 - Shooting Star 03:57

09 - Good Times 05:05

10 - The Mole 05:02

11 - Hangman And The Jury 09:52





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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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Lemon Bird 2008 Rara Avis

Genre: Rock
Rate: 213 kbps VBR / 44100
Time: 00:45:32
Size: 68,22 MB



Album Notes

Lemon Bird – the band who should not be; four personalities converging in a musical project that unites the incompatible. With their guitar dominated hard rock, Lemon Bird originates from blues oriented rock. But thanks to their wide musical background Lemon Bird goes the whole hog—country, folk and unusual rhythms speak a foreign language in their arsenal of rock songs. Lemon Bird's ambition is to break the boundaries and tear down the walls that genre-loving people have been building the past thirty years. The most important criteria are, in studio or on stage, creativity, energy, improvisation and a passion for their music. Despite all this, Lemon Bird never loses focus on the audience.


Tracklist:

01 - Stepping Outside 03:33

02 - Looking For My Girl 03:47

03 - Come On 04:15

04 - I Need Your Love 03:39

05 - Keep On Moving 04:04

06 - Grab A Star 03:30

07 - Hole In My Soul 03:47

08 - Ain't Gonna Grieve 03:29

09 - Climbing 02:57

10 - Don't Hang Up (On Me) 03:44

11 - All His Stories 03:51

12 - (All The Little) Lemon Birds 04:56





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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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Anders Osborne 1999 Two Times

Genre: Blues
Rate: 320 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:55:39
Size: 127,22 MB



Penchant for fiery guitar leads and trenchant lyricism is present on "Two times". An album born of a tumultuous time in Osborne’s life, the 14 songs reflect his sense of triumph and tragedy as he deals with separation from loved ones, deaths in his family, and the struggles of everyday life. Though personally harrowing, his trials sparked an artistic rebirth in Osborne, and he used his art to bring himself out of depression, as well as create a lasting and profound statement.

“It’s really very simple,” Osborne says. “What I wanted to do was just tell my story -- to say what I’ve been going through without being depressing and all that, but to speak about it in a sort of uplifting way. To say this is what’s going on and what I think life is about right now.”

Osborne’s story comes through loud and clear in such songs as “Boxes, Bills, and Pain,” a stark, percussive exorcism, "Two Times," featuring Keb' Mo' on guitar and backing vocals, and “Had My Reasons,” a slide-guitar-fueled plea for deliverance. “Highway” is a serrated-edged rocker and a cautionary tale about cocaine abuse. The hushed “That’s All,” meanwhile, is Osborne’s tribute to his seafaring grandfather who passed away, but not before imparting his philosophy of simplicity and humility to his grandson.

The album is buoyed by the sweet, soulful “Jet Stream,” which offers a powerful curative for tough times, and a pair of funky, second-line throwdowns, “Greasy Money” and “Ya Ya.” Still another twist is offered by “Trippin’ in Montana” the story of a violent and megalomaniacal leader that seems ripped from today’s headlines. Another intriguing track is the album’s one cover tune: the rollicking “Coast to Coast Blues” was written by the unlikely triumvirate of country-music hitmaker Kostas, Brill Building vet Gerry Goffin, and Bob Dylan, writing under the pseudonym Barry Goldberg. Its appearance on "Two times" marks the song’s first official release.

Osborne credits the album’s extraordinary sound and cohesiveness to his co-producers, Leon Medica and Warren Dewey. “I really think that the three of us, working together, managed to somehow become another entity together,” he says. “We brought the essence of what I am and took it over there. When I listen to this album, it feels really personal, but at the same time I it has enough of a sense of perspective that anybody can listen to it and relate to it.”

Indeed they can. Step inside Osborne’s "Two times", and you’ll want to kick your shoes off, have a seat, and hang out for a good long while. (http://www.bluesweb.com)



Tracklist:

01 - Two Times 04:00

02 - Higway 03:22

03 - Love Don't Care 02:54

04 - Boxes,Bills And Pain 04:06

05 - Greasy Money 04:21

06 - Had My Reasons 04:41

07 - Coast To Coast Blues 04:10

08 - Trippin' In Montana 04:52

09 - Ya Ya 05:13

10 - Never Is A Real Long Time 03:43

11 - Home Coming 02:02

12 - Jetstream 03:23

13 - Takes Two 04:00

14 - That's All 04:52





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Anders Osborne 1995 Which Way To Here

Genre: Blues
Rate: 320 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:51:12
Size: 117,19 MB



Review by Larry Belanger

It is a rare event when an artist can deliver an example of what many would consider great American folk music; Anders Osborne does this with the ease of a true master. This is an album that serves well as an entertainment package, as well as a learning tool for those in search of roots based music.

Solid roots blues music is featured in the opening number, "Pleasin' You." The intro features some great fretwork along with Anders Osborne's soulful vocals. When the rest of the band gets into the action, there are some colorful nuances from the organ and electric lead guitar lifting the blend to another plateau. The mix for "Favorite Son" is a rock beat structured with a melody that could have easily come from the Jackson Browne camp. "Limestone Bay" has a strong Bayou country feel. Anders Osborne's vocal style also complements the melody, adding expressive color. "Don't Leave Me" features a beautiful acoustic presentation by Anders Osborne in a folk-rock style that rings out with genuine American heart and soul.

Performances of this magnitude, unfortunately, are quickly becoming a thing of the past. In the same circle as Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie and other great American folk singers, Anders Osborne fits the bill with ease. It is the perfectly crafed melodies, which are timeless pieces of art, that make this album truly appealing.


Tracklist:

01 - Pleasin' You 04:57

02 - Favorite Son 04:38

03 - Burning On The Inside 04:15

04 - Limestone Bay 05:04

05 - What's Going On Here (Big Lies) 05:59

06 - Blame It On A Few 05:34

07 - Don't Leave Me 04:21

08 - Brother, Brother 05:34

09 - Nothin On 06:45

10 - A Place Called Home 04:05





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