Gone

Released on Mute on Friday July 28th 2017, the seven track extended single also features remixes of "World Be Gone", "Oh What A World" and "Just A Little Love" alongside the b-side "I Need You Now".
Established in London, England in 1985, enduring alternative dance duo Erasure combine the talents of emotive, broad-ranged vocalist Andy Bell and synth idol Vince Clarke, previously a founding member of Depeche Mode and Yazoo. Like those bands, Erasure is a synth-based group, but with stronger, more house-oriented dance inclinations, as well as a sharp, accessible sense of pop songcraft.

For Otis Taylor's new release, Mato Nanji from Indigenous, joins him on six of the tracks. In addition to adding his dynamic guitar playing to the songs, Nanji joins in on vocals a first for Otis Taylor albums. My World Is Gone features Taylor's trance-like reflections on subjects of social injustice, including the early injustices of the Native-American plight.

This disc by John Mooney stretches his boundaries without compromising his music at all. He adds some New Orleans rhythm & blues/funk to the solid, deep Delta blues foundation on which his music is based. It works yet he doesn't seem quite comfortable with it all yet even though he wrote nine of the 13 songs (some of his strongest songs yet). Of course, he has enlisted some of the finest, such as Dr. John to plink the ivories, and some friendly familiar faces like Jeff Sarli on bass, to assist him in this endeavor. This is more a group-orientated effort and it is excellent in that respect, however, that means Mooney's guitar work is not as prominent in the mix and, thus, it requires more attention by the listener because he has not lost any of his ferocity at all. His guitar playing is some of the most savage and ferocious ever. A big plus on this disc is Mooney's singing because he is sounding more comfortable each time out and he has a voice perfectly matched in passion to the raw and fervid nature of his Delta-based material.

Germany in the Mid-Seventies was one of the musically most active melting pots, producing a number of fine musicians and innovative bands. Dominant bands of that time were playing mostly jazz-rock or tried to find new ways to develop electronic music. Part of that hot music scene was Frank Fischer. Originally Frank started in 1961 as a trumped player. He changed to guitar in 1965, played in the usual array of High-School Bands, Big Bands and ended up with Büdi Siebert's band "Puppenhaus". Büdi also helped out on Frank's first solo-album "Gone With The Wind", as well as his second album "Tales of Mullumbimby" and "West of Fantasy". "Gone With The Wind" is a musical homage to an mediterranean island in autumn.

Real Gone is 23-year-old Texas blues/rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Ally Venable’s fifth solo album. Ally co-wrote all but four of the twelve cuts on the album. Venable first burst on the scene at the age of 16 and since that time with each new album she has matured to the point of sharing the stage with legends like Buddy Guy and Joe Bonamassa. In fact, Buddy Guy appears on the album to contribute his vocals and guitar on “Texas Louisiana” and Joe Bonamassa on guitar for “Broken and Blue.”

Released 23/03/09. Ten Years Are Gone is a double album by John Mayall, released in 1973. Disc One was recorded at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles and Disc Two includes 5 lives songs recorded in Boston and New York City in 1973. Like it's predecessors, "Jazz/Blues Fusion" and "Moving On," it features Freddy Robinson on guitar and Blue Mitchell on trumpet. For the first time on CD, this sought-after John Mayall album is endorsed by John himself. Mayall has contributed a new interview for the notes, with additional notes by classic rock's Malcolm Dome.