Category Archives: blues rock

SONG OF THE DAY Mike Edison & Guadalupe Plata – Who Ya Gonna Call

Posted on February 7, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

A very welcome return for Spain’s finest purveyors of raw, rock’n’roll blues comes in the form of today’s dusty refrain.  Announced two days ago, Guadalupe Plata have teamed up with US artist/blues singer, Mike Edison for new album, The Devil … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Walter Daniels & Guadalupe Plata – Ghost Rider (Suicide cover)

Posted on February 1, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

There aren’t many times you can wholeheartedly say that a cover version is as good as (or perhaps as authentic as) the original, but I’m going to propose this is one of those times? I was already sold on Spanish … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Abigails – Black Hell

Posted on July 28, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

Emerging from L.A sometime in 2012 in haze of dusty desert mystery, The Abigails make dark Country music.  Consisting of Warren Thomas, Kyle Mullarky, Ellie Mae, Shades Agrey, Eric Fisher, the band are led by the soft brooding voice of … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Mothers of Invention – Trouble Every Day

Posted on July 18, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

Producer Tom Wilson of MGM Records signed the Mothers of Invention to Verve Records on 1st March 1966 on the strength of today’s song alone! Without any shred of a doubt, I would’ve done too!! Backed with Who Are the … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Bonnevilles – Long Runs The Fox

Posted on June 11, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

Fusing their own blend of ‘gunpowder blues’, punk and garage rock, The Bonnevilles are an impressive duo from from Northern Island. I say impressive because their music is whoppingly-mammoth big!! Formed in Lurgan and Banbridge in 2009, the duo consists … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Canned Heat – Poor Moon

Posted on April 7, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

With the sky so wonderfully illuminated by tonight’s Super Moon, it would be rude not to pay homage to this majestic beast! In these weird times we find ourselves amidst, nature is the one constant and in nature we find … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Stud Cole – Hard Luck Games

Posted on March 23, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

Earlier this evening our Prime Minister advised us that the UK is now in lock down and, whilst everyday has felt like a surreal dream since this pandemic has started to creep into our daily lives, tonight its starting to … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Imarhan – Assossamagh

Posted on March 22, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

.…..Imarhan, meaning ‘the ones I care about’ Coming together in 2006, Imarhan are an Angerian Tureg desert rock quartet who formed in Tamanrasset, Southern Algeria.  The city of their birth is a place where the Tuareg community of Northern Mali, … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Gong Gong Gong – Some Kind of Demon

Posted on January 20, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

Consisting of Hong Kong-born vocalist/guitarist Tom Ng and Montreal-born bassist Joshua Frank, Gong Gong Gong create heady fusions of heavy guitar-based melodies and hypnotically deep bass-driven rhythms.  Swapping traditional percussion for lively string-based beats, their sound is both innovative and … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Charlie Megira – Smile Now, Cry Later

Posted on January 9, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

Discovering this Israeli artist yesterday was both amazing and bad; its not everyday you come across such a musical anomaly, but Charlie Megira was just that and no sooner had I discovered his existence did I then discover his tragic … Continue reading →

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