New York State of Blues

Michael Hill's Blues Mob | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 23, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alligator Records
• ASIN: B000007O7E
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,193 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #78 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > New York Blues

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Something old, something new, something borrowed ..., June 25, 2001

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John Lilley (Duffy, ACT Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New York State of Blues (Audio CD)

This is the third album from Michael Hill whose 1994 award-winning debut Bloodlines had critics slavering. The New Yorker was instantly dubbed as the man to take blues into the next century. That's quite a label to carry, but he carries it well here.

Hill's brand of blues is sleek and shiny enough to be MTV friendly while still chugging along sufficiently for the purists. As if to demonstrate his feet's occupation in both camps, the old and the new, Hill follows the traditional melancholy of "Soul Doin' Time" with the upbeat "Young Folks' Blues".

Hill points to Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana as his guitar influences while his vocals display an equally impressive depth and feel.

One of the album's two cover versions is a highlight: a slide guitar treatment of Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars State-of-the-art NY blues., February 23, 2000

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Bete Noire (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New York State of Blues (Audio CD)

A passionate and utterly compelling singer,songwriter and guitar virtuoso and his band at work...better watch out!Gritty blues,streetwise vocvals,funk leanings,soul, Stevie Wonder,'Papa Was a Rolling Stone'-name your topping.If there ever was a NY school of blues,this is the founder.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New York Stat of Blues, Michael Hill's Bluses Mob, January 11, 2000

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Kelly Hughell (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New York State of Blues (Audio CD)

This is the first time I have every felt compelled to write a review. But, I love this CD. The power and soul of this music forces me to find out when they will be in chicago and do what ever I have to, to be there!