The Picnic Sessions

Every one of those I've met recently are raving about this album. A group of bluesmen sitting in a circle, chatting and playing some pretty fine music. It feels like you've dropped in on a private party, but the music is totally welcoming, Ian Siegal surely the finest blues man the UK has ever produced, and this set recorded in the USA, ammounts to a real cherry on the cake. Alongside Ian we have Alvin Youngblood Hart,Cody Dickinson,Luther Dickenson and Ian;s recent touring partner Jimbo Mathus in North Mississippi's Zebra Studios just outside Oxford. After a festival everyone had a free day so this album was recorded. It's raw, but it's as good as the blues gets, lots of different instruments and ideas but most of all a superb set that any blues lover will play again and again, no wonder those I meet like myself love this amazing set.Sixteen tracks, add a bit of banter and a slew of great some. A must get release !

Good delivery and product

Just fantastic, a great feel to this recording.

Excellent work by the UK's top blues man.

Very down-to-earth and genuine. Appropriately titled!