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energy and riding a strong riff, and ‘Shake It’ has elements of supercharged rock and roll. The
remade ‘What The Funk’ does indeed have funk tinges, and ‘Baby Cries’ is a rock ballad.

The last three songs balance the album nicely - another three high energy blues-rockers, with
‘Highway Jammin’’ a southern rock-tinged instrumental, with some fine organ playing from
Moses Andrew III adding a strong underpinning to fierce guitar work from the leader. Blues-
rockers should check out this release - and do play loud!

Norman Darwen

(www.pszennyproject.com)

Matt Edwards—Out In The Wild—Self Release

I must admit that Matt Edwards is a new name to me despite
him having been on the British blues scene for some time.

Based in the south of England “ Out In The Wild” is his fourth
solo album.

The album opens with some nice country blues riffing on
‘Never Get To Sleep’. ‘Swamp Street’ is a swing twelve bar
blues with a hint of the Fabulous Thunderbirds in there.
‘Time To Pay’ is a laid back minor blues, I quite liked this one.
There’s some more snappy guitar riffing to be had with ‘The
Tide’ whilst ‘Home’ had more of a light jazz feel to it.

‘Robbery’ for some reason brought to mind the style of Elvis Costello which ain’t a bad thing.
‘When’s It Going To Be’ has that British blues boom sound to it, something like an early Savoy
Brown if you will which once again ain’t a bad thing! There is a nice gutsy guitar riff to
‘Underground’ before the album closes with hints of Americana on ‘Say Please’.

There is some really good guitar work here from Matt, he has a good guitar vocabulary taking
in all the blues styles and quite refreshingly does not over indulge on solos. However, I did find
the vocals a little unconvincing and a bit disjointed at times or maybe they just don’t sit right in
the mix but overall a good blues rock album.

Ged Wilson

Albert Castiglia—Righteous Souls—Gulf Coast Records
Albert Castiglia is well known on the blues circuit having

started out in Junior Wells backing band and more recently
working with Mike Zito. Albert was raised in Miami USA and
has become a blues award winning artist and here he has
assembled a fine list of guests for his latest album, “ Righteous
Souls”.

The album opens with a great guitar driven blues rocker,
‘Centreline’ which features Popa Chubby on guitar. ‘Get Down
To The Nitty Gritty’ is a straight forward blues shuffle that
hits the spot. Things slow down with the more sombre heav-
enly tale, ‘Mama, I Love You’ with Kevin Burt hitting some great vocals. Christone ‘Kingfish’