'Broadside' - Ian Siegal Band

Latest C D from the Ian Siegal Band - this C D was voted No 1 blues C D of 2009 in Mojo Magazine. Highly recommended. Your blues news and reviews are welcome. Please send to berylguru@yahoo.co.uk Another virtuoso display of genre-busting versatility... More than a blues album, but no less than we have come to expect of the prodigiously talented Siegal. **** MOJO BROADSIDE is rooted in familiar Siegal territory - the blues - but broadens to reflect his love of all things Americana. The result is his most exciting and perhaps most commercial release to date. "I approached this recording with an open mind and few plans," says Ian. "I had a bunch of lyrics and ideas, some of which had been festering for a while, but most had formed over a fairly short period of time. The sounds and styles that developed were dictated by the mood, environment and personnel at the recording (and lots of caffeine!)." "As we worked towards the recording sometimes one song split into two, or several separate ideas joined forces to become a single, mongrel hybrid. At times entire verses or bridges were written seconds before recording - I find instinct and pressure to be a great inspiration – and it has given the album a certain energy." Of the album's ten tracks, eight were written by Ian, with one each contributed by Sam Hare and Big George Ross Watt. Ian Siegal vocals, guitar, slide guitar Nikolaj Bjerre drums, percussion Andy Graham bass plus Jonny Henderson piano/organ tks 1, 2, 6, 9 Matt Schofield guitar tks 2, 6 Produced by Matt Schofield