Showing posts with label Della Grants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Della Grants. Show all posts

Sunday, November 19, 2017

The Della Grants - Live Room Sessions

Size: 110,7 MB
Time: 47:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Lay My Head (4:29)
02. The River (4:00)
03. Sunrise (4:53)
04. Too Fast (5:03)
05. Fairground Soul (5:16)
06. Midnight Special (5:03)
07. William Clay (3:14)
08. More Than Pray (5:35)
09. Weaker Man (5:35)
10. Red Mist (4:14)

The Della Grants are an English band whose self-penned songs seamlessly bridge the gaps between Blues, Rock, and Americana. Since their inception in 2014 The DGs have made a name for themselves among industry professionals and fellow musicians alike; for their song writing ability and on-stage performances.

The DG’s are, above anything else, a group of close friends. Max Manning and Tom Best front the band on stage; sharing out the vocal, guitar, and harmonica duties. The band’s rhythm section (now in its seventeenth year) consists of Andy Boulton on bass & Tom Walker on drums. When it comes to song writing and arrangement (something the band prides itself on) all members are included throughout the process – although having said that, more often than not it’s Manning who proves to be the catalyst.

As of 2017 the band have been frequently joined on stage by highly accomplished musician & good friend Tony Robinson; who provides organ, piano, & trumpet. Over the years Tony has worked with a number of popular artists including: The Beautiful South, The Specials, Gomez, The Boo Radleys & Manic Street Preachers.

The DGs most current release; ‘Live Room Sessions - Vol 1’ (2017) was a must-do project for the band. So much had changed since the writing and recording of ‘First Fix’ and this live session was a way to showcase it all. Whilst recording their 2015 EP The DG’s had discovered their preferred recording method and felt the need to revisit a few songs from their first album. Couple this with the arrival of Tony Robinson; and the ‘session’ was booked in. The band chose to work with producer Jez Burns and the sessions took place at Yellow Bean Studios, in the band’s hometown of Leicester in the June of 2017.

Featuring a mixture of songs from their previous two releases and three brand-new tracks; the album ticks a number of boxes. It serves as a greatest hits so far – detailing just how far the band has come in terms of live performance, and the new material featured provides a window towards the bands future.

Live Room Sessions

Monday, November 6, 2017

The Della Grants - Time For Change

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:48
Size: 91.1 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:54] 1. Too Fast
[3:35] 2. Weaker Man
[4:15] 3. Lay My Head
[3:28] 4. Truth Don't Cost A Penny
[4:34] 5. Fairground Soul
[3:38] 6. But You Don't
[3:15] 7. Circus Debut
[3:25] 8. Greed To Feed
[3:51] 9. Keeping Me Away From You
[5:49] 10. Awkward Feeling

How refreshing to find a blues band that brings original BLUES material to the genre, instead of an album full of retreads heard a million times over in all pretty much the same way. The Della Grants serves up blues-rock just right in their independent release of Time for Change. With their blues roots solidly evident on every track of this debut album, The Della Grants bring a contemporary (crossover blues) sound to the blues world that it is uniquely their own.

Three of the members of the Della Grants (Max Manning [lead guitar, lead vocals], Andy Boulton [bass] and Tom Walker [drums]) spent fourteen years together in the cover band The Mokats. Breaking off in early 2013, they reformed with old friend and blues aficionado Tom Best [vocals, guitar, harmonica] to form a new foursome as The Della Grants.

Time For Change

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Various Artists - UK Blues 2Day Vol. 2 (A Dave Spark Music Compilation)

Size: 132,9 MB
Time: 57:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion - Beatitudes (5:21)
02 Blue Horizon - Big House (3:19)
03 TBelly - Respectable Man (4:24)
04 Ali Clinton - Lost Me (4:42)
05 Blues Engine - Danse Macabre (3:21)
06 The Della Grants - Too Fast (3:54)
07 Mark Harrison - Floating Around (4:06)
08 Gav Hamilton & The Jayhawkers - Bad Trip Tent (3:55)
09 Angela Lewis Brown - Ice Cold Tears (4:55)
10 Mat Walklate - So Long (3:52)
11 Red River Hogs - (You) Set Me Free (3:29)
12 Ruby Tiger - Best Friend (4:06)
13 Lol Goodman Band - Highway (4:10)
14 Husky Tones - Uncle Walter (3:35)

The whole gamut of the Blues spectrum is represented – from the traditional sounding ‘Uncle Walter’ by Husky Tones; to the Rock end of the genre, courtesy of Ali Clinton’s ‘The Lie 24-96’. There is the dulcet voice of Zoe Schwarz on ‘Beatitudes’; contrasting with the gravelly vocals of T Belly’s ‘Respectable Man’. We have the R’n’B of Rev. Ferriday’s ‘Red Painted Lips’; compared to the Country influenced vibe of Mat Walklate’s ‘So Long’. Several artists, such as The Della Grants; and The Blue Horizon, have a song on both volumes. And there is a lot more besides: Dave is keen to especially point out ‘Layla’ by FutureBlues: ‘…it is a strange bed-fellow with the other tracks…’ he told me ‘… but with a new twist on the modern side. I felt it deserved a place on the album’.

But being a big fan of female vocal, I was especially pleased to see that tracks by several ladies that I have been very impressed with lately have been included; ie: Ruby Tiger’s ‘Best Friend’; Tanya Piche’s ‘Blues Child Woman’; and Angela Lewis Brown’s ‘Ice Cold Tears’. Ruby and Angela were my recommendations; but Tanya was already known to Dave. In spite of the fact that there is lot of female vocal on these two albums (I’m glad to say); there is also some talk of a separate Women In Blues album too; so that sounds promising as well.

I’m recommending both volumes to long-term Blues fans; as well as those who are interested to find out what the UK Blues scene is all about. These albums are good samples of the genre as a whole. ~Phil the Music Quill

UK Blues 2Day Vol. 2

Monday, November 23, 2015

VA - UK Blues 2Day Vol. 1: A Dave Spark Music Compilation

Size: 135,7 MB
Time: 58:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 TBelly - Where's The Doctor (3:58)
02 Ali Clinton - The Lie 24-96 (4:45)
03 Blue Horizon - Zero Hour Contract (Uncut) (3:51)
04 FutureBlues - Layla (5:20)
05 The Della Grants - Lay My Head (4:15)
06 Mark Harrison - It's Not All Right (3:41)
07 Rev. Ferriday Blues - Red Painted Lips (3:56)
08 Mat Walklate - Cold In Hand (2:48)
09 Blues Engine - Valentine (4:28)
10 Sugarman Sam & The Voodoo Men - Virginia (4:48)
11 Rebecca Downes - Fever In The Night (4:24)
12 Trainwreckers - Got Me On The Run (4:00)
13 Kaz Hawkins Band - Shake (4:41)
14 Tanya Piche Blues Band - Blues Child Woman (3:26)

UK Blues 2Day Vol. 1

Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Della Grants - Time For A Change

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 39:42
Size: 90.9 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:53] 1. Too Fast
[3:35] 2. Weaker Man
[4:14] 3. Lay My Head
[3:27] 4. Truth Don't Cost A Penny
[4:34] 5. Fairground Soul
[3:37] 6. But You Don't
[3:14] 7. Circus Debut
[3:25] 8. Greed To Feed
[3:51] 9. Keeping Me Away From You
[5:47] 10. Awkward Feeling

The Della Grants have undergone something of a transformation since they started back in 2000, albeit in a different guise as a covers band. Today the Della Grants have found their soul… and its colour is blues!!!

A 4 piece outfit, as blues as they come, comprising of Max Manning and Tom Best on guitar, harmonica and vocals respectively and Andy Boulton on bass, with Tom Walker on drums. The Della Grants have built-up something of a reputation as being the ones to watch. With cracking tracks like: ‘Truth Don’t Cost a Penny’ and ‘Weaker Man’ the Della Grants introduce a new generation to the beauty of RnB and American blues, not so much re-inventing the genre as moving it forward and enjoying the journey as they go.

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