Author: Bernard Baker

WALTER TROUT: ALIVE IN AMSTERDAM

Bernard gets to grips with the blues legend's latest live effort For me Walter Trout has always been about the live performance. His albums, of...

REVIEW: RED SPEKTOR – RED SPEKTOR (2016)

Stoke on Trent's stoners are loved by Bernard Red Spektor are from Stoke-On-Trent and this is their first full-length release. Describing themselves as Stoner Rock...

REVIEW – THE JELLY JAM: PROFIT (2016)

The supergroup with a mission The Jelly Jam come under that awful categorisation of a ‘Super Group’ – far too often that tag seems to...

REVIEW: FOGHAT: UNDER THE INFLUENCE (2016)

Foghat are back and Bernard? Well, he's thrilled Foghat are back and listening to this album it’s hard to believe they ever went away. To...

REVIEW: MISSISSIPPI BONES – SONGS FOR REJECTS, SLACKERS & RABBLE-ROUSERS

It's a perfect ten for Bernard, as The Beautiful South might have said If you took a tall glass and filled it halfway with Corrosion...

REVIEW: SHE BROUGHT ME GASOLINE – PATHWAY/SOUL MADE IN CHINA

A former band of the day, Bernard gets his banjo out This is something a bit different for the Maximum Volume listener. Not only are...

THE BACKSTREET ANGELS – SATURDAY NIGHT SHAKES (2016)

Shake it, baby The Backseat Angels make no secret of their influences on this album of summer sounding, New Wave influenced pop songs. I don’t use...

REVIEW: THE RIDES – PIERCED ARROW (2016)

When Steven Stills and Kenny Wayne Shepherd get together everyone at MVM is interested. Bernard reviews it, though I always felt that Stephen Stills was...

20 WATT TOMBSTONE/LEFT LANE CRUISER -DEATH BLUES VS THE DIRTY SPLIFF (2016)

Bernard just loves this new split album of dirty blues Maximum Volume followers will be aware how much we loved the Left Lane Cruiser ‘Dirty...

REVIEW: 20 WATT TOMBSTONE – WISCO DISCO (2016)

Bernard loves this new mean blues Left Lane Cruiser got themselves some press and profile last year with the release of their excellent ‘Dirty Spliff...

THE GOLDEN GRASS: COMING BACK AGAIN (2016)

Bernard finds hidden depths in Classic Rock's hotly tipped new breed The first listen of this album from Brooklyn band The Golden Grass suggested a...

REVIEW: THE MAD MAD ONES – DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Wisconsin mob tickle Bernard's fancy The Mad Mad Ones are a twin guitar four piece hailing from Wausau, Wisconsin. I believe this is their debut...

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