Bound Ekram

Julian Sas’ new studio album is called Bound To Roll. Like a big freight train the Dutch blues-rocker adds in the album’s title track and that’s a pretty accurate description of his approach to making music. Honest, unstoppable, never looking back, accelerator on the floor With a Gretch, a Fender or a Gibson, using fingers or a pick, a moving ballad or a heavy rocker, Julian and his musicians Tenny Tahamata (bass) and Rob Heijne (drums) only recognise one level of commitment and that is always much more than 100%. That drive combined with great musicianship made Sas and his compadres into a phenomenon; a top act with a large fanatical following, respected by fellow musicians and a welcome guest in sold-out venues and on festivals throughout Europe. And Sas himself arguably into Europe’s best blues guitarist and a very soulful lead-vocalist…..

When vocalist-guitarist Roger Hodgson left Supertramp after 1982's …famous last words…, few could have guessed that the band would continue and solidify its pop-oriented songcraft, let alone re-embrace its progressive-rock roots on 1985's underrated Brother Where You Bound. With vocalist-keyboardist Rick Davies firmly in control – he wrote all the music and lyrics – the album examined tensions at the tail end of the Cold War…