Tag: Blues
Day 4 – New Music Challenge – Blues from Marcus Malone
Better Man – Marcus Malone
Once again as I perused albums recommended by Spotify based upon artists I have listened to I came across blues artist Marcus Malone. And since I have never heard the music of Marcus he fit my New Music Challenge perfectly. A quick listen to the album convinced me that this guy is someone I should be listening to. Better Man, his 2017 release, was the album that was recommended. I listened to the album yesterday and again today on the way to and from work at Target. And the more I listen to the album the more I like it. It really does have everything, some great vocals coupled with some fine instrumentals. I think this one is going to be in my music rotation for a while!! In his Get Ready To Rock Review Pete Feenstra writes the following about Better Man
New Blues Albums from Mayall, Karp, Ellis and Morvan
A Good Workout, a Good Run with Great Blues from Laurie Morvan.
Okay so I will find out today if I over did it yesterday How you ask? Well maybe you didn’t ask or even want to know how. But I am going to tell you anyway!
The Morning Workout
It all started with my morning workout. It was intended to be a 46 minute workout using just about every piece of workout equipment I own. At the start of the workout I was feeling pretty good so I was moving a little quicker than normal and that continued throughout the workout.
A Six Pack Playlist of New Blues – (Dec 3-9 2017)
Tommy Castro’s Stompin’ Ground Kicks off a Playlist of New Blues
So last week after I made the John Gorka playlist I visited the Roots Music Report’’s Blues Chart. I scanned down the list. There were new releases from a few artists I know and like and several new artists. I decided to make a playlist to see which albums I would like to explore in more detail, I.e. listen to the full album. Here are the albums and artists, the playlist and my thoughts on the albums.
Blog My Day – EdK Date 24,020 – Workouts, Zoe – Steve Krase’s Blues!
My Morning Workout – Master Your Domain
So since it was fairly cool and mostly cloudy this morning, I thought maybe I would run. But when I got up and started to move around I noticed a pain in my left calf. The pain made me contemplate not running. So even though I was thinking about not running, I exercise as if I was going to run.
The Dirty Truth – Joanne Shaw Taylor
The Dirty Truth from Joanne Shaw Taylor rocked my morning commute to Paulsboro!
On Thursday I babysat Oliver, In anticipation of the long day that lay ahead of me, I decided that some rocking blues would make a nice soundtrack for the commute. Through the years I’ve never had to worry about a commute to work. My workplace was a whole 4 minutes away from our house, 3 if you hit the lights! Any commuting I did was from the office to wherever I was digging a hole or delineating a wetland. Most of our work was in Burlington County, but occasionally those commutes were as far north as Lafayette, NJ in Sussex County or Cape May, so I’ve pretty much covered the state, not that there’s a lot to cover!
It’s Monday – Here’s a Blues Playlist to Ease Us into the Week!!
The Safari Finally Discovers – Britain’s Aynsley Lister – Home!
So in 1984 across the pond in Leicester, England an eight year old Aynsley Lister was given his first guitar. By the time 1989 rolled around the 13 year-old played his first gig and had a band. When he turned 18 he opened for Buddy Guy and had self-released two albums of his own material. He also caught the eye of Thomas Ruf and he was signed to Ruf Records a union that would produce seven albums and two DVDs over the next ten years!
