Category Archives: Mojo Risin’

Mojo Risin’: Belfast singer and guitarist Dom Martin delivers blues without borders on debut album Spain to Italy

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Mike

You may remember us posting recently about the latest album from the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, in which we praised the band for its ability to strike just the right balance of gritty and smooth on its albums. Another great example … Continue reading →

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Mojo Risin’: Mike Ross explodes onto blues/roots scene with help of Dark Powder

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Mike

We haven’t had the chance to check out UK roots musician Mike Ross‘ solo debut album Spindrift, but we certainly like what we hear on the follow-up to it in Jenny’s Place (Taller Records), out tomorrow. While the slow blistering … Continue reading →

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Mojo Risin’: Tyler Morris steps up among blues-rockers with Next in Line

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Mike

Recently, we told you about a rising young Massachusetts guitarist named Seth Rosenbloom. Tyler Morris is another, even younger guy from the same neck of the woods, but with a bit heavier of a style, as you can hear on … Continue reading →

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Mojo Risin’: Gambling on the future of the blues with Seth Rosenbloom

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Mike

Here’s some more sneaking slow blues for you, this time from a young guitarist and singer out of the Northeast U.S. named Seth Rosenbloom, who shows his chops both musically and vocally on this delightful cover of B.B. King’s “Gambler’s … Continue reading →

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Mojo Risin’: Time-trippin’ with Bette Smith’s Jetlagger

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Mike

On the opening track of her debut album Jetlagger (Big Legal Mess Records), Brooklyn-born soulstress Bette Smith promises “I Will Feed You” and that’s exactly what she proceeds to do musically, moving from the haunting, Macy Gray-ish sound of that … Continue reading →

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Mojo Risin’: UK pianist Tom Bell blends boogie woogie blues, classical on debut album Face to Face

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Mike

Here at The BluesPowR Blog, we frequently receive albums that either incorporate elements of or cross more fully into such other genres as rock, jazz, soul, or country. But it’s not often that we encounter an artist who attempts to … Continue reading →

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Mojo Risin’: Robert Finley evokes old soul on debut Age Don’t Mean a Thing

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Mike

It doesn’t matter what other soul-blues albums you’ve heard this year; chances are, Robert Finley‘s debut Age Don’t Mean a Thing (Big Legal Mess Records) will have most, if not every single one of them, beat, with the 62-year-old Louisianan … Continue reading →

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Mojo Risin’: Fantastic Negrito pushes blues to the brink on Last Days of Oakland

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Mike

Last summer, we told you about the Muddy Waters 100 project, on which former Waters band guitarist John Primer and a collection of friends paid tribute to the late blues master with a set of updated takes on a number of … Continue reading →

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Mojo Risin’: Billy the Kid & The Regulators

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Mike

We haven’t yet had the chance to catch either of the first two artists featured in our new Mojo Risin’ series – Scottish singer and guitarist Lewis Hamilton and New England vocalist Julie Rhodes – live, but the next act we’re spotlighting … Continue reading →

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Mojo Risin’: Julie Rhodes

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Mike

A few weeks back, we premiered our new Mojo Risin’ series with a spotlight on Scottish blues-rocker Lewis Hamilton. For our next profile in the series, we return to the northeast U.S. for a listen to a new vocalist on … Continue reading →

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