"He feels like black coffee and milk"
               "He sounds like sandpaper and silk"
Andy Cowan is one of Australia's most experienced and
talented singer/songwriter/pianists in the Soul-Blues-RnB
idiom, Andy has been described justifiably as the "King of the
Keys". He ripples, rolls and rocks through original compositions
with passionate and soulful vocals, wrapping the audience in
his energy and weaving an emotional and spellbinding magic.
Andy has evolved into a refined and sophisticated
songwriter/performer, arriving at his music after a long and
winding journey - the resulting confidence, maturity and taste
are well earned and deeply embedded.

If you love traditional blues, then this album is for you.
Dutch is the Grand Daddy of Australian Blues and is one of the founders of the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society.
Dutch has worked solo and toured with John Mayall, Taj Mahal, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry.
In 1976, having only heard Dutch, B B King assumed that he was black. Brownie and Dutch became best mates simply because Browney believed that the Dutchman was a genuine bluesman, regardless of his racial origins.
 

On The Level

This CD has a real texture! Deep kick, snappy snare, heart
starting bass lines, electric rhythm & distorted
wailing harmonica. Combine this with the mixing talents of
Tom Thorpe, at Bonzai recording studios, you have a rich
sounding cd that you just can’t sit still to.
Front man Dave Gillam’s strong husky vibrative vocals suits
this rockin boogie outfit. Hot Texan boogie lickin guitarist
Dave " Tex" Bates will keep you electrified, and with
Steve Connolly as dedicated harp player, Now with the inclusion
of Jim Awran on Bass & Ian Bones Ironside on Drums,
the band now has the solid backline which evident on this CD.

Watch Me Work It is the title song of Andrea Marr's latest
album of raunchy Soul/Blues. Without pretension, Watch Me
Work It encompasses the full emotional range of what it is to
be a woman: fearless and unapologetic at times.
Andrea Marr takes her gospel-influenced vocals from the likes
of Etta James. Her emotionally gutsy phrasing is reminiscent
of KoKo Taylor. However, Watch Me Work It is distinctly
Australian Soul/Blues and features Lloyd Spiegel on guitar.
Critically acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Andrea Marr lives
in Melbourne Australia and has made a huge impact on the
Australian Blues community. She won Female Blues Artist of
the year in 2002 and in 2005 won the coveted "Blues
Performer of the Year Award" representing Australia in the
International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee.
If you like Sassy, Soulful Blues, with Raw Passion and great
delivery that makes you a part of every song then you are
going to love Andrea Marr.

Nick Charles has been a standout artist on the blues,folk and jazz scene in Australia for over 20 years.
His dazzling guitar skills have taken him in recent times to numerous
tours of the UK and the USA where he has recently signed with the world's foremost acoustic guitar label.
In 2006 he was the MBAS "Blues Performer of the Year",
"Solo Artist of the Year" and "Male Blues Artist of 2006", coinciding
with his 4th album on Australia's Blackmarket Music and over 250
shows around the world.
Nick's influences are the great ragtime and Piedmont fingerstyle acoustic guitarists of the 1920's and 30's with more than a dash of Doc Watson
and Merle Travis. A unique and melodic approach to acoustic roots music.

Hailing from Perth, Western Australia the "Doodaddies" are a four piece Chicago style blues band featuring the red hot guitar chops of
Dave Brewer and the sensational harmonica playing of
'Diamond' Dave Billing.The 'Doodaddies' cover a solid selection
of uplifting grooves including swinging shuffles, soul, boogaloo,
cry in your beer' blues and more.
With a number of live shows and two cd releases including the recently released (Jan 2006) 'Lonely Part of Town' the 'Doodaddies'
prove not only that the roots of the blues are strong and far
reaching but that the future of the blues is bright!
 

Paul Yates

A boilermaker/ welder by trade Paul travels and works in remote locations around Australia.
His electrifying guitar and silky vocals instantly connect to blues lovers all over the world.
Mr Bowman his debut CD is a tribute to those blues masters that have travelled the road before him.
Special guests on the Cd Dave Hole blues slide master and Matt Taylor Australian Blues Ledgend
 

Mississippi Shakedown contains 12 fine blues compositions. The recording and Mixing (Jeff Cripps) and Mastering (Paul Bryant) is superb, the musicianship is clean, tight and hard hitting, and the vocals are clear and distinct. Through it all is the omni-present slide guitar. The songs range from straight-8 Blues, to Mambo Blues to Rockin' Blues, to Fast Shuffle Blues and Slow Shuffle Blues.If you get a chance to go to Australia, make sure you check out Mississippi Shakedown...Jeff Cripps and the Shakedown Boys: John Gannon on Bass and Derek Smith on Drums.
When you get this album make sure you heed the warning: This Album was not created to be played quietly.
 

Men In Blues are reinventing the genre for a modern audience.
Combining modern blues with a groove-based dynamic, this
three piece band are playing their songs to ever increasing
audiences. With vocalist guitarist, Mike Beale up front and a truly dazzling rhythm section they are sliding, grooving and Infusing their way into the worlds of audiences everywhere.
At a fill in gig in late 2003 Mike struck a common cord with
some local players, a love of groove based blues and roots
music. Once together they began the process of musical fusion
- a coming together of ideas and styles - out of which the band
Men In Blues was formed. "We take the traditional blues style
and twist it, finding a groove and keeping the music up".

Craig Sinclair (acoustic and lap steel guitars, vocals) combines
crisp finger style slide guitar playing with soulful vocals and
contemporary original folk-blues songwriting.
The rootsy and distinctly Australian angle on these songs is
always at the forefront. Craig’s playing style has been likened
to blues players like Kelly Joe Phelps and Jeff Lang.