Blues Blast One of the busiest artists on the blues scene today, Memphis-based Mick Kolassa poured on the heat with the electrified I’m Just Getting Started last summer but returns to his acoustic roots in style with this follow-up, mixing six clever originals with five covers culled from other fields. A Michigan native who’s released […]

Blues Matters Eleventh album for Mick Kolassa, I’d have said he is well seasoned by now. There is a whole lot of good Blues on this album as well as some fine soul. From the opening title track through to the last notes of How Much Can I Pay You? you just get good music […]

Downbeat Unheralded bluesman Mick Kolassa, who lived for three decades in Mississippi before relocating to Memphis, makes good albums on a regular basis. His first Xmas one is better than good; it has the stuff to become a minor classic. Inventive makeovers of the usual Xmas picks and some strong original songs show the value of Kolassa’s slow-and-easy approach to singing lyrics. His […]