B.B. & The Blues Shacks Lonesome In The Moonlight (CD)

(Rhythm Bomb Records) 14 tracks, digisleeve

Europe's top blues band returns 34 years after its founding with another top-notch studio album. CD in three-piece digisleeve and limited LP on Rhythm Bomb.
Around 4,000 live performances worldwide, multiple winners of the German Blues Awards, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, 17 albums, voted "best band" or "artist of the year" not only by German but also British and French media, shows in more than 20 countries - the Hildesheim quintet around brothers Michael and Andreas Arlt has achieved incredible things. After "Breaking Point" (2021), the quintet with the stunningly lively vintage cocktail of blues, rhythm & blues and soul doesn't take long: of the 14 brand-new numbers, seven are amazingly sovereign original compositions, furthermore Ray Charles, Chick Morris, B.B. King, Albert King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Johnnie Taylor and Linda Ronstedt are put in the spotlight in great new interpretations. Furious brass players complemented by Tom Müller and Simon Hartl put the icing on the cake of this emotional and stylish round trip through the golden age of US light music. Insane solos and fantastically grooving rhythms shake out of this world-class troupe's shirt sleeve as if in passing. Europe's most successful blues band once again impressively puts itself in pole position!