Michael Roach - Tryin' Times (Feat. Sadie Roach)

Size: 93,7 MB
Time: 39:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01. Tryin' Times (4:32)
02. Take This Hammer (3:28)
03. I'm Not Stepin (6:00)
04. Casper (2:41)
05. A Vote For Me (3:18)
06. You Can't Come Round Here (1:51)
07. Hey, Mr Basketball (3:25)
08. Taking A Knee (2:40)
09. Negro (4:04)
10. A Good Time (4:07)
11. Strang Things Happening Everyday (3:25)

The album is a departure from his solo acoustic blues context. He is recording original material with a band that features his daughter Sadie on vocals and piano.

Join father and daughter duo Michael and Sadie Roach for a rich programme of jazz and blues. Michael Roach, of Washington D.C., USA, performs in an East Coast Style of blues dating back to the 1920s. After spending several years learning directly from such well-known figures as John Jackson, John Cephas and Jerry Ricks, Michael has developed his own style and is now an exceptional, seasoned performer. For over 35 years, Michael has conducted numerous workshops throughout the USA and Europe and is the Director for the annual Blues Week 2000 – 2019 programme held at many presitigious establishments since its inception.

Michael also presented ‘Deep Blue’, a three part series on blues music featured on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. It is Michael’s communication skills together with his musicianship that has enabled him to bring about a greater understanding of blues music and the Black experience. He has recorded 7 albums dating from 1993 and is well established in traditional blues music circles around the world.

Sadie Roach is in her 3rd year as a student attending the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London studying jazz piano. As the daughter of Michael Roach, she grew up on the blues and is familiar with the piano styles of all the great players. Sadie is featured as a pianist and vocalist on Michael’s 2019 album called ‘Tryin Times’ with original songs and covers by Ledbelly and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Tryin' Times

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Michael Roach Band - I Betcha

Size: 113,8 MB
Time: 48:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. I Betcha (2:38)
02. Baby No No No (2:46)
03. Over & Over (2:46)
04. People Get Ready (2:50)
05. I Pity The Fool (3:06)
06. Rich Man's War (5:21)
07. Revolution (3:27)
08. Say The Wrong Thing (4:52)
09. She Said (5:02)
10. Straight Up (2:41)
11. 3 Long Years (3:48)
12. Tumblin' Down (3:01)
13. Downtrodden Woman (3:03)
14. Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go (2:59)

Michael Roach, one of thirteen children born to Ted and Sadie Roach of Washington, D.C., USA, sings and plays guitar in an East Coast style of blues that dates back to the 1920s. After spending several years learning directly from such well known figures as John Jackson, John Cephas and Jerry Ricks, Michael Roach has developed his own style and is now an exceptional performer. He interacts with his audience and entertains as he plays.

For the past 25 years, Michael has conducted numerous workshops throughout the USA and Europe. As a cultural arts performer, Michael has promoted African-American culture through the use of blues music. He has lectured for the Smithsonian Institute (USA), Oxford University (UK) and more recently at the University of Metz (France). In July 2004, he was involved in the organization of a conference held at the University of Gloucestershire (UK) called ‘Overseas Blues–European Perspectives on African American Music’. The University Press of Mississippi published the papers from the conference in 2007.

Michael is the founder of the European Blues Association and currently serves as its Director of Development and Secretary. He is the Director, Guitar Instructor and Vocals Teacher for the annual Blues Week 2000 – 2017 program (a week of lectures, guitar, harmonica, piano/keyboards and vocals tuition) at Exeter University (2000/2004), the University of Northampton (2005/2013), the University of Worcester (2015), the University of Northampton (2016) and Hartpury College (2017). Michael also presented ‘Deep Blue’, a three part series on blues music featured on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. It is Michael’s communication skills together with his musicianship that has enabled him to bring about a greater understanding of blues music and the Black experience.

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I Betcha MP3
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Michael Roach - Innocent Child

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 42:05
Size: 96.3 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[2:01] 1. Be A Man
[2:32] 2. Dc Girls
[2:17] 3. Didn't It Rain
[3:29] 4. Got The Blues And Can't Be Satisfied
[1:59] 5. Honky Tonky Blues
[2:59] 6. Innocent Child
[2:55] 7. Jesus Knows I'm Coming
[2:20] 8. Midnight Train
[3:08] 9. Music At The Close Of The Day
[3:14] 10. Mystery Train
[4:12] 11. Noah
[2:52] 12. Remember Me
[3:08] 13. Staggerlee
[1:57] 14. What Shall I Do
[2:55] 15. What's The Matter Blues

All acoustic blues and spirituals. Robert Tillings writes: “There are equally heartfelt tributes to two of his late friends and mentor’s, on his traditional arrangement of ‘Remember Me’, which he dedicates to John Cephas, and on his original title ‘Close of the Day’ he fondly recalls Jerry Ricks.”

"In 1986, we started then Washington, D.C. Blues Society. John Cephas was the President and Barry Lee Pearson was the Chairperson. After the first year, I worked so hard they elected me to be the Chairperson and later the President. I served 5 years. During this time, I started the DC Blues Festival and was Director of the festival for the first three years (1988, 1989 and 1990). I was fortunate to meet a lot of the living legends of the blues such as Robert Jr. Lockwood, Henry Townsend, Sammy Price, Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Etta Baker and Dr. Ross among others.

In 1990, I met ‘Philadelphia’ Jerry Ricks and we became best of friends as he lived in Baltimore, Maryland. Jerry was, and still is, the most fascinating and imaginative guitarist I have ever met. He was taught by a lot of the original blues men and women in the early 1960s. He, in turn, passed a lot of the same knowledge of the blues bestowed upon him, on to me. It was during this time I developed my style of playing. When asked why I play the style of music I do, I reply, “Cephas, Jackson, Edwards and Ricks amongst a host of others, told me to do it this way and their way is the only way I know how to do it. If it was good enough for them, then it’s good enough for me”.

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