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Listen to a selection of New Zealand Blues music featuring Albums from Hammond Gamble, The Garage Swing Band, Noel Coutts, Nigel Spiers, Jon Hooker & Billy Vallance, Steve Gainsford, The Remarkable Beat Roosters, Handsome Giants, Mike Garner and Susan de Jong.
This month Susan de Jong & Friends
release a new CD.
What the critics are saying:
This is a great sounding track with all the elements I personally like.
Outstanding groove and tight band with nice chord structure and finally some top vocals. Familiar chords take on a life of their own. The lyrics fit the sounds perfectly and she hits every note...This is top top stuff for me.
Upstate, New York - 29Apr2008
Soooothing and lovely, I am now in the mood... you say I got no money too for you for you YEEESSSSS!
Waukegan, Illinois - 29Apr2008
Nice Smooth Guitar Intro Funky and Bluesy and Oh so Sweet to the ear. Excellent Blues Female Vox in fact I think I reconize it, would that be Susan de Jong, Im pretty sure it is ... doing her thing so Fine and in STYLE... Awesome with feeling and Blood Honey... Sweet as Ya got me swaying
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 28Apr2008
Featuring: Carmel Courtney - Soprano, Alto & Tenor Saxes, Nigel
Spiers - Songwriter and Synths, Susan de Jong - Lead Vocals
Mike Arthur - Guitars and The CPIT 'Ooh Ya Ya' Gospel Choir.
Meet Susan & Friends and
Listen to Tracks from U.S. Odyssey
Mike Garner's Been In The News - Twice!
International Song Competition - Mike entered the song "Louisiana Hurricane" into the International Song Contest in Nashville, and it has got through to the finals of the
'Americana' section.
House of Blues Hour - syndicated Blues Radio - USA. - The cut from Cad's Alley - "Leaving Blues (All Around The World)" - that is also on the "Harmonica Masters of NZ" compilation was featured 2 February 2008 on the House of Blues Hour, syndicated throughout the USA and hosted by 'Elwood Blues' (Dan Aykroyd).
Further details and links to these tracks on Mike's Steppin Out page.
If you are visiting New Zealand and fancy a night of New Zealand Blues why not visit the venues listed on our New Zealand Blues Scene page and with an ounce of luck you might also catch one of the featured New Zealand Blues artists.
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