Supersonic Blues Machine Voodoo Nation (2-LP)

(Mascot) 12 tracks, gatefold cover

Supersonic Blues Machine release their new studio album Voodoo Nation. The album once again brings together icons and some of the most exciting names in blues: Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke), Eric Gales, Joe Louis Walker, Ana Popovic, Kirk Fletcher, King Solomon Hicks, Josh Smith & Sonny Landreth.

The core of the band is producer/bassist Fabrizio Grossi (Steve Vai, Alice Cooper, George Clinton, Slash) and drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, Meat Loaf, Brandon Flowers, John Fogerty, Red Hot Chili Peppers) with British rocker Kris Barras as vocalist and guitarist. Barras scored a Top 30 album chart hit in the U.K. himself in March and is leading the U.K. hard rock revival with several A-list singles, BBC radio appearances and sold-out shows.

Voodoo Nation is the band's third studio album. On their evolution, Fabrizio says, "Kris comes from that British school of hard rock and blues. It's a different sound than Kenny and I had with the Allman Brothers, Sly Stone & The Family & Mountain. On Californisoul (2017) we went more towards West Coast Funkadelic 60s and general jam vibe. Blues, but with more hippie flower power." "With Kris, we wanted to leave his mark, so you hear Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Gary Moore. Kind of a Union Jack imprint over a Star-Spangled Banner."