Blues News Germany Review: The Road

03.07.2016

The german Blues News reviewed in the July 2016 number:

10.04.2022	Blues & Roots Jamboree 2022
28.10.2019	Bluesblastmagazine.com - Great review
30.07.2019	Blues Matters!- magazine (UK) Superb review
23.06.2019	Blues News Norway- Review 6/6
05.06.2019	UK IBBA Most Played Albums May 2019
27.05.2019	Blues Matters!- magazine (UK)
11.05.2019	UK IBBA Most played Albums Top 40 April 2019
07.05.2019	Levyarvio Karjalainen 5.6.2019
30.03.2019	Helsingin Sanomat keikka-arvio 30.3.
07.02.2019	The fourth album "IV" out on March 29th 2019
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"Band namesake Lena Lindroos has a fantastic voice…. Lena has a powerful clear delivery that is very much her own. Her singing voice is reassuring; never a sour note or mis-handled phrase."

"A band calling themselves “The Slide Brothers” had better deliver some first rate slide, and these folks do."Bluesblastmagazine.com (U.S.A) 9/2019 (IV)

”Here is true quality of song writing on the album, what to me, is a first class collection of well written songs, enhanced by some superb musicianship..." Blues Matters!- Magazine (UK) 8/9-2019 (IV)

"Mightily impressive set with an individual sound, but also deeply rooted in the traditional blues." bluesinthesouth.com (UK) 10/2019 (IV)

"...Songs that immediately blow open the dusted blues doors with a fresh wind. As if they were born in the delta of the north..." Rootsville.eu (NL) 9-2019 (IV)

"Each and every song is a small pearl. I'm singing, I'm swinging, I'm digging and enjoying... a solid winner from Finland" ****** 6/6 - Blues News Norway 6/2019 (IV)

"Their music is completely nuanced and at the same time very refined and above all professionally presented. And "IV" is a really enjoyable, fully crafted piece of music." sound guardian.com (Croatia)11/2019 IV

"Lena has a very pleasant raw vocal timbre that is very easily guided by Matti Kettunen's slideguitar. Highly recommended!" (4,5 / 5) keysandchords.com (Belgium) 8/2019 (IV)

" ..A beautiful vocalist, excellent musicianship and lyrics that draw from the traditions of the blues and that are geared toward today’s crowds make “IV” a red-hot set of boogie and blues!" donandsherylsbluesmusicblog.com (U.S) 11/2019 (IV)

"Overall, this well produced CD provides original tunes that are scrumptious and well written and the musicianship top notch." Boogety Shoe Blues (U.S.A) 9/2019 (IV)

"The sounds are sonic, skillful and solid, the songwriting is well crafted and the production is expansive and sophisticated yet still with that raw edge that makes it a great blues album." -thebluesmusicblog 5.6.2019 (IV)

"...Kaikkia levyn kappaleita en tilan puutteen vuoksi ala kehumaan, vaan kehotan kuuntelemaan ne itse..." - Honey Aaltonen, Blues News 3/2019 (IV)

"Lena & The Slide Brothers on laadultaan ja monipuolisuudeltaan ainutlaatuinen Suomessa - bändi, jollaisen yleisö tarvitsee ja ansaitsee." - Blues-Finland.com 14.5.2019 (IV)

"Vaatii pokeria nimetä albuminsa yhden maailman parhaan rock- levyn kaimaksi, mutta Lena & The Slide Brothersille on annettava kiit- tävät paperit." **** 4/5 - Karjalainen 6.5.2019 (IV)

"On silti, ja aina yhtä mukavaa, todistaa vilpitöntä soittamisen riemua ja hyvää tuulta ympärilleen luovaa, ammattitaitoista ja tyylitajuista tekemistä." -Matti Rinne RIFFI (Malmitalo) 1.4.2019

"Kahden slidekitaran duetointi iski kipinää Malmitalossa" -Arto Pajukallio HS 30.3.2019

"Studiopoliittista tulivoimaa ilmentävä IV tulee varmasti listautumaan lajissaan vuoden parhaitten kärkeen." -Arto Pajukallio HS 30.3.2019

"There is a big future for this band...a consummate back to basics release." - Blues Matters Magazine UK (The Road 2016)

"A brilliant piece of work" ***** 5/6 Blues News Norway (The Road 2016)

"Very much substance" - Blues News Germany (The Road 2016)

"A Handsome creation" - Blues News Finland (The Road 2016)

"A musical Cadillac on the lane of it's own" - Blues-Finland.com(The Road 2016)

"Levy on soitannollisesti luokkaa erinomainen ja myös sävellyspuolella on näkemystä" - Riffi (The Road 2016)

"Itse asiassa koko bändi osoittautui julmetun kovatasoiseksi ja silti otsa rypyssä puurtaminen loisti poissaolollaan. Lena & The Slide Brothers osaa musisoinnin lisäksi viihdyttämisen taidon ja siitä Down Home Kiven keikka antoi vastaansanomattoman todistuksen, kymmenen plus!" - Jyrki Kallio (Rytmimusiikkia-blogi 10/2017)

"Blues av högsta klass, kan ju inte bli bättre." - Jazzklubben Sundsvall 2/2018