Music of the World

OFFICIAL: http://chrismurphymusic.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/chrismurphymusic1/ TWITTER: https://www.facebook.com/chrismurphymusic1/ Written by Raymond Burris, posted by blog admin Renegade jazzman Chris Murphy and his dead aim band The Blind Blake Blues Band tackle winding instrumental passages, dirt road country, rock n’ roll and even a sing-a-long little ditty or three on their debut together Water Under the Bridge .   Murphy (a current LA resident) has been at it awhile and is a true troubadour with a huge back catalog of solo and collaborative work that’s well-worth a look.   You can tell that everybody was feeling inspired on this record because the chemistry was magnetic, or certainly appears that way because you can feel all of the individual passages of music free-flowing in and out of one another.   It begins with the catchy quirks of “Moveable Feast;” a free-wheeling, feet moving zig-zag jazz swing sort of song kept glued ...

OFFICIAL: http://www.alphamulemusic.com/ BANDCAMP: https://alphamule.bandcamp.com/ Written by Mike Yoder, posted by blog admin It’s apparent from the cascading acoustic guitars and bourbon bashing banjo of “Corpus Christi” that with Alpha Mule you’re in for a trip down memory lane.   Those golden days when country was country, rock was rock, rap was rap and we didn’t have to crisscross 20 different genres together in the name of experimentation.   Sometimes, you just want a style of music to be what it is.   Experimenting can be a good thing, don’t get me wrong but in an ol’ Americana type of sound, well, just save it or you’re going to end up sounding disjointed.   The debut, Peripheral Vision , from country/folk duo Alpha Mule was written, arranged and mostly played by just two gentlemen; Joe Forkan on acoustic guitar/lead vocals and Eric Stoner on banjo and additional acoustic guitars.   They get some help with the auxiliary instrumenta...

OFFICIAL: http://www.kaloband.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/kaloblues TWITTER: https://twitter.com/kaloblues                       Written by Frank McClure, posted by blog admin KALO, led by singer/guitarist extraordinaire Bat-Or Kalo, is based out of Oklahoma and has earned a reputation in recent years as one of the most individual roots based music acts working today. They’ve advanced deep into numerous music competitions as well as headlining or being featured on a number of festival bills. This is a band that makes long-standing forms like blues, R&B, and funk sound like they are the first band to tackle it thanks to the rocking, two-fisted passionate approach they take to the music. There’s a wonderfully visceral live quality to the performance as well – it sounds like they recorded this album with all the musicians in the room and the combustibl...