Courtenay based musician Luke Blu Guthrie blends blues and country music on his new CD “Routes and Blu.”
His excellent new CD begins with the catchy dobro powered “Southern Time,” a laid back southern rocker.
A mournful harmonica leads the listener into another catchy number, “Blood From a Stone.”
While the third track “Helping Hand” begins which what sounds like a jet taking off. it is one of the stranger, more swampy tracks with distorted vocals, a sinister slide guitar.
The dobro is back o another, catchy roots number on “Clearly Canadian.”
“Slow Burn is an uplifting, very ’60s pop influenced song blended with folk which has some addictive vocal harmonies.
“ Outta Tha Blu” also has a melody and rocking groove right out of the ’60s early ’70.
He ends the Cd on an optimistic, bluesy note “Hold On To Heaven,” which has a slinky slide guitar riff giving it a Hawaiian feel.
Artist: Luke BluGuthrie
Genre: blues/ folk
