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Tony Joe White

Jack Broadbent: the Road to Success Started on the Street

by Alan Bryson
December 19, 2020

It's a good bet that most of us have heard people say they don't like jazz, or even worse, drop the H-bomb, “I hate jazz." If you choose to engage, the key is to tread lightly and tailor an approach that considers the tastes and sensibilities of the other person. The “So You Don't Like Jazz" ...

Rory Gallagher: Blues - Deluxe Edition

by Doug Collette
June 9, 2019

The Chess Records logo appears prominently on the cover of Rory Gallagher's Blues, seemingly a mere cosmetic touch, but in fact a telling facet of the graphic design adorning this handsome three-CD set that underscores the authenticity of the music inside. The glossy fold-out insert inside the slipcase of this Deluxe Edition also hearkens to the ...

Bad Mouthin'

By Tony Joe White

Label: Yep Roc
Released: 2018
Track listing: Bad Mouthin'; Baby Please Don't Go; Cool Town Woman; Boom Boom; Big Boss Man; Sundown Blues; Rich Woman Blues; Bad Dreams; Awful Dreams; Down the Dirt Road Blues; Stockholm Blues; Heartbreak Hotel.

Tony Joe White: Bad Mouthin'

by Chris M. Slawecki
November 25, 2018

You might not recognize Tony Joe White by name but chances are you recognize his songs. A musical lone wolf born and raised on a Louisiana cotton farm about twenty miles from the nearest town (Oak Grove), White's unique blend of country funk and blues proved fertile for soulful singers from Elvis Presley ("Poke ...

Tony Joe White: Bad Mouthin'

by Doug Collette
September 15, 2018

If Tony Joe White's seventeenth album, Bad Mouthin', proves anything, it's how deeply evocative of his Southern heritage are his own songs, even as they stand next to--and sound of a piece with--those of Jimmy Reed, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker and Charlie Patton. Appropriately, virtually all twelve tracks on this LP find the author of ...

ESL Music Announces Shawn Lee "Synthesizers in Space" July 24

July 12, 2012

“For me, being creative is a natural bodily function, like breathing and eating,” Shawn Lee says from his London studio as he reflects on the whirlwind effort and inspiration he experienced in developing his latest album, Synthesizers in Space. It began at a music store called Switched On in Austin, TX and the discovery of a ...