Wentus Blues Band - Agriculture (2007)

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On the heels of their excellent Family Album, the new Agriculture shows again that the Wentus Blues Band deserves greater attention. With a snappy version of Lonnie Brooks’ “Brand New Mojo Hand” the lone cover amid 11 originals that span upbeat shuffles (“Moonshine”), push-pull soul (“Take It Away”), slow-drags done Muddy Waters-style (“Passenger Blues”), roots rock (“Love Bug”), uptown slow blues (“Here in the Night”), and raging country-blues boogies (“Biscuit Roller”), these Finns play an electrifying brand of blues not far from Omar & the Howlers. Juho Kinaret’s vocals are appropriately wild, and the guitars of Niko Riippa and Kim Wikman are crisp, clean, and penetrating. ~ by Tom Hyslop, Blues Revue

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While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi, lovers of the devil's music may be surprised to hear that there is also a thriving scene in Scandinavia. At the heart of this Nordic blues explosion are the Wentus Blues Band, who hail from Kokkola in central Finland. Established in 1986, the band have acquired a reputation as the hardest working in Scandinavia and play around 150 gigs a year. The Wentus Blues Band has toured in 15 different countries, released 7 albums, done several TV-shows, headlined festivals and toured with many great bluesmen.
The band has played over 2000 gigs at festivals and clubs in England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux-countries, Italy, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Faroe Islands.
Without a doubt, the artistic quality of Wentus Blues Band is supernatural with the impressive voice and the energy and charisma that are unrestrained. They have demonstrated this on the stages on their successful performances in a multitude of festivals and special events all over Europe.
Expect explosive blues and frantic rhythm and blues, played with laid back stylishness!

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Track List:

01. Down the line [03:59]
02. Moonshine [03:59]
03. Take it away [03:56]
04. Biscuit roller [03:18]
05. Times getting hard [03:55]
06. Passenger blues (Devil is turning up the heat) [04:10]
07. Explorer boogie [03:51]
08. Country love [02:59]
09. Brand new mojo hand [03:38]
10. Here in the night [04:26]
11. Love Bug [02:15]
12. My kind of people [03:03]