5, as its title suggests, is the fifth studio album by J. J. Cale, released in 1979 and was his first album in three years.By 1979, Cale had recorded four albums, his debut Naturally being his most commercially successful and containing the minor hit "Crazy Mama". While his albums did not sell well, Cale enjoyed great success as a songwriter when other artists recorded his songs, such as Eric Clapton's […]

Caravanserai is the fourth studio album by Santana, released on October 11, 1972, and marked a significant turning point in the career of Carlos Santana, as it was a departure from his first three albums. In contrast to the fusion sound of salsa, rock and jazz that had become the band's trademark, the album focused primarily on jazz orchestral pieces. All except three of the songs are instrumental. The album […]

Brothers In Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 13 May 1985 through Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It spent a total of 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart (including 10 consecutive weeks between 18 January and 22 March 1986), nine weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United […]

Before The Flood is a live album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and the Band, released on June 20, 1974, by Asylum Records in the United States and Island Records in the United Kingdom. It was Dylan's first live album, although live recordings of earlier performances would later be released. It is Dylan's 15th album and the seventh by the Band, documenting their joint tour in 1974. It reached number […]

Toby Lee is the real deal – a mind blowing guitarist with a voice to match. Some might say born in the wrong era, multi award winning Toby has been performing since the age of ten. Toby’s music oozes class and sophistication that belies his age and he boasts a musical resume to die for. The self-taught guitar slinger has appeared on countless TV shows around the world, performed in […]

Projections is the second album by American blues rock band Blues Project. Produced by Tom Wilson and released by Verve/Folkways Records in November 1966, the album was their first studio release to feature a more rock-oriented sound. The album cover features the band in a photo by Jim Marshall.Shortly after the release of this album, Al Kooper left the band in the spring of 1967 to form Blood, Sweat & […]

Every now and then we stumble upon a new release that is a little different than the usual. It is not so often that we like it from the first to the last song. Cat Wells Blues Band, Brand New Shoes EP  is one of these cases that we cannot press the stop button on the player. Modern Blues at it's best, combined with the deep colorful voice of Cat […]

Hiatt Comes Alive Αt Budokan? is the twelfth album by singer-songwriter John Hiatt and his first live album, released on November 22, 1994. The recordings were made during the artist's tour from February 26 to May 30, 1994 in the United States, with the title a parody of Peter Frampton's album title, Frampton Comes Alive! and albums released by many artists that contained Live At Budokan in their title, such […]

The Howlin' Wolf Album is a 1969 album by Howlin' Wolf, with members of the Rotary Connection as his backing band. It combined blues with psychedelic rock covers of several of Howlin' Wolf's classic songs. Howlin' Wolf did not particularly like the album, a fact noted on the album cover, which instead of a photo has the phrase "This is Howlin’ Wolf’s new album. He doesn’t like it. He didn’t […]

The Sky Is Crying is the fifth studio album by American blues rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble, released on November 5, 1991 by Epic Records, approximately 14 months after Stevie Ray Vaughan's death, featuring tracks selected by his brother Jimmie, who spent months researching the tracks, demonstrating how important it was to select only tracks that resonated with his brother's legacy. In the end, he […]

This week on The Flower Power Hour with Ken & MJ, interview with Hawk from the Owsley Stanley Foundation about the release of the John Hammond 3-CD set, “You’re Doin’ Fine - Blues at the Boarding House – June 2 and 3, 1973 San Francisco.” In a career spanning more than 60 years, John Hammond played with just about everyone and seemed to influence everyone else. You’re Doin’ Fine showcases […]

Sticky Fingers is the ninth album by The Rolling Stones, released on 23 April 1971 by Decca Records, while in the United States it was released by London Records, with the LP being their eleventh studio release on the other side of the Atlantic.Although the official recordings of "Sticky Fingers" began in March 1970, the band had been at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama since 1969, recording "Sister Morphine". […]

Nightingales & Bombers is the sixth and final album recorded by the original quartet of Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The album was also released before the cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded By The Light" with the band's new lineup that propelled them to greater commercial acceptance. Despite the replacement of singer Mick Rogers by Chris Thompson and the addition of another guitarist, Dave Flett, to widen the gap between Nightingales […]

Pulse is a double album and the second live album by Pink Floyd, released on 29 May 1995 by EMI in Europe and Columbia in the US. It has also been released on video and DVD.Recordings for this release took place from August to October 1994 during the tour in support of their album "The Division Bell".Pulse topped the charts in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Australia, etc. […]

Real Macaw is Graham Parker's second studio album since his split from Rumour, released in 1983.Rolling Stone magazine described The Real Macaw as "a propulsive, brilliantly sung LP." Trouser Press, on the other hand, called it "a softer-sounding record that should have been harder" while PopMatters wrote that "even with the keyboards with an expiration date, it ranks among the best pop-oriented rock albums of all time."Graham Parker must have […]