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Mike Zito – Life is Hard

Wednesday, March 06, 2024 By Bill Wilcox

Mike Zito is dependable. If you’re looking for searing, intense blues-rock guitar solos, he’s definitely your guy. Zito, a St. Louis native now based in Beaumont, Texas, is a self-taught guitar player whose career, until recent years, was largely a do-it-yourself project. He self-released several albums, including Superman, America’s Most Wanted and Slow It Down, before gaining exposure to a wider […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Mike Zito

Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia – Blood Brothers: Live in Canada

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 By Bill Wilcox

As reviewers, and volunteer reviewers at that, sometimes we miss things. More than a few times I’ve realized that some music I overlooked was actually pretty good, and I wanted to take a “Mulligan” by reviewing something well after its release. When Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia released their collaboration album, Blood Brothers, early this […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Albert Castiglia, Mike Zito

Bill’s Blues Based Best of 2018

Thursday, December 27, 2018 By Bill Wilcox

Once again, I have compiled my inexpert list of the blues-based albums that I liked the most from the past year. Here we go: 1. Eric Bibb – Global Griot. I like experimentation, and that is something Bibb is not afraid to do, as his last several albums all include interesting collaborations and stylistic blends. […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Blues, Reviews, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Al Basile, Ben Harper, Bernard Allison, Beth Hart, Blue & Lonesome Duo, Buddy Guy, Cedric Burnside, Charlie Musselwhite, Colin James, Crystal Shawanda, Dave Keller, Eric Bibb, Joe Bonamassa, John Oates, Marcia Ball, Mike Zito, Ray Bonneville, Ry Cooder, Shemekia Copeland, Victor Wainwright, Walter Wolfman Washington

Mike Zito – Keep Coming Back

Thursday, December 10, 2015 By Bill Wilcox

Mike Zito throws all of himself into his music.  With Keep Coming Back, Zito & The Wheel has taken Zito’s gritty recipe of blues-rock and country and stirred in a bit more country than in his 2013 release, Gone to Texas, and some classic rock to cook up a strong collection of songs. A St. Louis native now […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Country, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Anders Osborne, Mike Zito, Mike Zito & The Wheel

Readers’ Pick: Keep Coming Back by Mike Zito & The Wheel

Friday, November 13, 2015 By Tom Osborne

Mike Zito & The Wheel, Keep Coming Back (cover art)

MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL, Keep Coming Back beats out RADICAL FACE, The Bastards as your favorite for the week of November 6, 2015. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Top 25 – […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Buck Owens, JD & The Straight Shot, Mike Zito, Peter Cooper, Radical Face

Samantha Fish – Black Wind Howlin’

Friday, October 18, 2013 By Bill Wilcox

Samantha Fish is a precocious young guitarist and singer with the wind – the howlin’ black wind – at her back. At 24, the Kansas City native already has a Blues Music Award under her belt for Best New Artist Debut for her 2011 album Runaway.  Along with British blues-rocker Dani Wilde and Otis Taylor’s […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Mike Zito, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Samantha Fish

Mike Zito – Gone To Texas

Friday, June 28, 2013 By Bill Wilcox

Mike Zito is an ambitious young blues rocker who brings a gritty yet soulful edge to his music. A member of Royal Southern Brotherhood (which also features Cyril Neville and Devon Allman), Zito is fast making a name for himself in the blues world. A St. Louis native now based in Beaumont, Texas, Zito is […]

Filed Under: Blues, Rock Tagged With: Delbert McClinton, Mike Zito, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Sonny Landreth

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