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HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND/Pay Me No Mind: Hey, move over Hanson. Here’s three sibs, with the youngest 9, that not only play the blues, they play it so that cats like B. B. King find their jaws dropping. With way more attention than a novelty act could ever muster, these kids, one of which plays a guitar made out of a car muffler, have got the blues! in a good way. A high octane experience, this certainly opens the blues to ears of a new generation. The kid’s pop writes the material but they play it with genuine heart and soul. Be sure to give this a spin, you can get a taste on You Tube that’ll convince you to jump in.
48 (Northern Blues)
MICHAEL BLOOM MEDIA RELATIONS
CALABRIA FOTI/A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening: A type A, over achieving LA studio rat that was raised by musical parents that loved her and gave her a love of the kind of Americana music that was extant before it came to mean the hybrid country music we call Americana today serves up a grand vista of adult jazz/vocal pop ala Peggy Lee and the rest from that era, calling upon songs from that era that haven’t been beaten to death even of they were popular standards in their time. An accomplished, sure footed, sexy album, if she wants to spend her time as a vocalist, she’s sure to hit the heights in very short order. Pass this gem up at your own risk.
23-002 (MoCo)
TERRI HINTE PUBLIC RELATIONS
ART PEPPER/Unreleased Art V. 3-The Croydon Concert: One of those great 50s jazz cats that was his own worst enemy, this twofer finds Pepper a year before his death with his comeback band letting things really fly in high gear. Playing out at a time when he was recording like crazy and doing great stuff in his “Hollywood” sessions, these sets find the crew cooking on a lot of originals. Playing with the passion to leave a legacy behind, fans old and new will enjoy this find that bubbled up from English fan’s basement collections.
8001 (Widow’s Taste)
BOOK SUPPLEMENT
ANDREWS McMEEL
SCOTT ADAMS/This is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value: Now that Ellie Idol is turning her film making prowess to comic book adaptations, until she works out something with Adams we can only dream about what would come out of it and enjoy the mutual torture that goes on between the Dilbert crew and the pointy haired boss. Book #31 in the series picks up where we left Dilbert in March of last year and continues through the rest of 2007. Of special note to comic fans, even the daily strips are in color here giving some added value against the ubiquity tide of the web. Since the economy was sucking last year, Adams was in his youthful, malcontent high gear. Whether you read it in order or pick a page at random, there’s a laugh everywhere you look and at least there’s still something funny about the workplace, beside the size of the paychecks. Big fun ahead.
Volume 31/Number 215
June 2, 2008
MIDWEST RECORD
830 W. Route 22 #144
Lake Zurich, IL., 60047
CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
©2008 Midwest Record
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