Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2015
Time:42:26
Size:97,5 MB
Label:Mighty Tight Records Ltd
Styles:Blues
Art:Front
Time:42:26
Size:97,5 MB
Label:Mighty Tight Records Ltd
Styles:Blues
Art:Front
Tracks Listing:
1. Built for Comfort - 3:48
2. Statesboro Blues - 3:59
3. Key to the Highway - 3:44
4. Hesitation Blues - 4:09
5. Living with the Blues - 4:21
6. Monday Morning Blues - 4:51
7. Come Back Baby - 3:59
8. Big Fat Woman - 3:28
9. Freight Train - 3:00
10. Dust My Broom - 3:47
11. The Easy Blues - 3:15
1. Built for Comfort - 3:48
2. Statesboro Blues - 3:59
3. Key to the Highway - 3:44
4. Hesitation Blues - 4:09
5. Living with the Blues - 4:21
6. Monday Morning Blues - 4:51
7. Come Back Baby - 3:59
8. Big Fat Woman - 3:28
9. Freight Train - 3:00
10. Dust My Broom - 3:47
11. The Easy Blues - 3:15
Sunjay is a multi award-winning, critically acclaimed artist who effortlessly straddles the musical worlds of Americana, Blues, Folk & Country.
Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Nominee 2012.
Winner of the Wath Festival Young Performers Award 2012.
British Blues Awards Nominee 2014/2023.
Black & Blues Revisited produced by Sunjay and Josh Clark at Get Real Studios in Bath, UK marks a significant passage of time in Sunjay’s life. “I’d just started recording the album when my mother suddenly and tragically died,” says Sunjay. “There was so much to deal with, the shock was huge, and it took me a long time to recover. Thankfully Josh enabled us to keep the momentum going as he continued to work on various things until I could record again. Music has always been my catharsis. I’m grateful that I’m now in a much better place both personally and musically.
......Opener ‘Built For Comfort’ is the Willie Dixon penned track which was first recorded in 1959 and features Lee Southall on a blistering bluesy harmonica that complements Sunjay’s guitar. This is followed by the emotive ‘Statesboro Blues’ as he sings “Daddy died and left me reckless, mama died and left wild“.
Sunjay admits that he sung this song quite a lot when his own mother passed so the heartfelt vocal delivery pours out of the speakers.
‘Key To The Highway’ features fluid Hammond Organ from none other than Bob Fridzema (King King, Joanne Shaw Taylor) whilst ‘Monday Morning Blues’ is not overcomplicated but rather stripped-back to a degree as the first minute and a half is simply Sunjay soloing in a finger-picking style. Interestingly, he first learnt how to play the song aged seven.
‘Big Fat Woman’ hears Josh Clarke on both bass and drums finding the groove and it mixes well with the other songs.
Closer ‘Easy Blues’ was adapted from a Jelly Roll Morton piano piece called ‘Jelly Roll Blues’ with Sunjay and the band recording it in one take with three mics to create a raw lo-fi production. It is different from its predecessors but sits comfortably alongside them.
Overall, Sunjay has taken his love of the genre which has developed from a young age and worked with a band of first-class musicians to deliver them in a thoughtful way. Granted, the material on here are blues standards that are not over-exciting or in your face but that’s not what Sunjay is going for – it seems like it is his way of thanking his parents for exposing him to the blues and all of their support. Extremely powerful listening.
Radio 2 Young Folk Awards Nominee 2012.
Winner of the Wath Festival Young Performers Award 2012.
British Blues Awards Nominee 2014/2023.
Black & Blues Revisited produced by Sunjay and Josh Clark at Get Real Studios in Bath, UK marks a significant passage of time in Sunjay’s life. “I’d just started recording the album when my mother suddenly and tragically died,” says Sunjay. “There was so much to deal with, the shock was huge, and it took me a long time to recover. Thankfully Josh enabled us to keep the momentum going as he continued to work on various things until I could record again. Music has always been my catharsis. I’m grateful that I’m now in a much better place both personally and musically.
......Opener ‘Built For Comfort’ is the Willie Dixon penned track which was first recorded in 1959 and features Lee Southall on a blistering bluesy harmonica that complements Sunjay’s guitar. This is followed by the emotive ‘Statesboro Blues’ as he sings “Daddy died and left me reckless, mama died and left wild“.
Sunjay admits that he sung this song quite a lot when his own mother passed so the heartfelt vocal delivery pours out of the speakers.
‘Key To The Highway’ features fluid Hammond Organ from none other than Bob Fridzema (King King, Joanne Shaw Taylor) whilst ‘Monday Morning Blues’ is not overcomplicated but rather stripped-back to a degree as the first minute and a half is simply Sunjay soloing in a finger-picking style. Interestingly, he first learnt how to play the song aged seven.
‘Big Fat Woman’ hears Josh Clarke on both bass and drums finding the groove and it mixes well with the other songs.
Closer ‘Easy Blues’ was adapted from a Jelly Roll Morton piano piece called ‘Jelly Roll Blues’ with Sunjay and the band recording it in one take with three mics to create a raw lo-fi production. It is different from its predecessors but sits comfortably alongside them.
Overall, Sunjay has taken his love of the genre which has developed from a young age and worked with a band of first-class musicians to deliver them in a thoughtful way. Granted, the material on here are blues standards that are not over-exciting or in your face but that’s not what Sunjay is going for – it seems like it is his way of thanking his parents for exposing him to the blues and all of their support. Extremely powerful listening.
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