Fool Moon

Full Moon over Dallas is a fun set of driving roadhouse blues and R&B, highlighted by Mike Morgan's piercing guitar and Lee McBee's hard-edged vocals. The set may be a little to predictable for some tastes – they rarely deviate from the standard Texas blues formula – but their songwriting is good and their sound is tight, even if it is a bit too polished.

Il ne suffit pas d’être deux pour faire une rencontre. En amour même, cela contrarie souvent l’esprit de la rencontre. Cette "séance" est jouée jusqu’au bout. La musique s’y pose comme un oiseau de paradis sur la queue du piano. Moon and Sand, qui donne son titre à l’album, a cette grâce d’incertitude, cette fragilité, la démarche intimidée et souple qui en font le charme. Les premières notes de Tom Harrell, son entrée en jeu, sont un des moments d’émotion de la vie. C’est la musique même, son affirmation sans roulement…

Conjuring a next-generation fusion of folk, soul, gospel, country and transcendental blues, The Moon and Stars, Prescriptions For Dreamers, Valerie June’s third full-length album for Fantasy Records is a deeply affecting work of genuine beauty and unassuming wonder. Produced by Jack Splash (Kendrick Lamar, Alicia Keys, John Legend) and Valerie June and recorded at Fresh Young Minds in Los Angeles, CA and Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, FL., the new album is her first release since 2017’s highly acclaimed The Order of Time and features 11 songs and three musical interludes, all written by Valerie.

There are moments that you — even when listening to blues — hear music that you do not yet know. In other words, you hear music you did not know existed. What makes it even more special is that then also the music turns out to be a band with four (yes, only four) musicians. The instrumentation is not very special: two guitars, bass, drums. The clue lies in the guitarists: they both play slide. Redundant, would you say, one “normal” guitar and a slide provides more combinations. Not in the case of the American band Delta Moon.

Runestone is perhaps one of the last, great new age bands out there. Their music is melodic, thought provoking keyboard compositions. If you like old Yanni, David Arkenstone and such artists, then this cd is for you. When everyone else jumped on the commercial band wagon and started adding all of the Middle Eastern and jazz influences to their music.. Runestone stayed true to form with what this kind of music was meant to be all about. Some of their albums are a bit more mellow and relaxing, but these guys have some exellent albums that are sure to satisfy the die hard new age music fan.