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powerful Hammond-based track. 'Dancer' is a number built on pounding drums with slide guitar

and harp, 'Black Dog Moan' starts with acoustic resonator guitar before the Hammond slams in and
'Revelator (Reprise)' features the same resonator guitar taking the lead on this reworked track with
the Hammond taking a back seat this time.

I'd guess that the band are named after the Tom Waits song, they have a slightly similar vibe. I
found their style very original and I was impressed that all the songs here are originals and are in
the main well-played, although I found the vocals and the harmonica playing a bit one dimensional

and not distinctive enough. I'll be interested to see what the band do next.

Graham Harrison

Adam Norsworthy—Infinite Hotel—Park Hall Pho 322

(www.adamnorsworthy.com)

Still probably best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist with

UK blues band The Mustangs, as well as being guitarist/ co-
composer with The Milkmen, Adam has a notable if less high
profile solo career. This is his fourth solo album, and although it
is not a blues set, it does show how Adam incorporates blues and
blues-rock elements into his music. Take a listen to the guitar
break and fills on ‘Now I’ve Got Your Love’ for a good example, or
to the very bluesy ‘Turn Your Love Around’.

Of course, it helps when you have accompanists of the calibre of Wayne Proctor on drums, Oli
Brown on bass, keyboards players Bennett Holland and Ric Young, and for one track only, Amy
Heggart on violin. Oh, and blues-rocker Oli does take a couple of lead guitar solos.

‘In Time I Will Forget’ has been reviewed in these pages as single release (a good one it is too), and
many of the songs on this set exhibit influences from blues, rock and folk (the latter applies to ‘I

May Not Be Here In The Morning’), with a strong dash of a singer-songwriter approach. There is
even occasionally a dash of vintage David Bowie to Adam’s warm voice.

The blues is most certainly a strong factor though, and those familiar with his music previously
may well deservedly want to check out this release.

Norman Darwen

Mark T—Blues @ Zero—Circle of Sound COS335CD

(www.marktmusic.co.uk)

Mark T’s previous album “From Blues To Rembetika” is one of the
more individual sets to be released across the blues spectrum in
the last few years. Rembetika has sometimes been called “Greek
blues”, as, although musically it bears little relation to the blues
itself, the content can often reflect the less salubrious aspects of
life that can be present in the Blues. Mark’s approach was to play
both, and to look at how the two might complement each other.