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Category Archive for "Top Blues Albums"

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1#5 on Stingray’s “Best Blues Albums” for 2015

#5 on Stingray’s “Best Blues Albums” for 2015

Jan 16, 2016

Congrats to my friends who made Stingray’s top 10! Here is the top ten list. Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar: Send The Nightingale Michael Jerome Browne: Sliding Delta Rick Fines: Driving Home Blackburn: Brothers In This World Roly Platt: Inside Out (featuring: Steve Strongman and Jordan John) Bernard Allison: In The Mix Brad Hatfield: For […]

2Roots Music Report: “Best of 2015”

Roots Music Report: “Best of 2015”

Jan 2, 2016

CD “Inside Out” lists at #75 of 200. See Report:

3Stingray’s The Blues channel: Airplay Report

Stingray’s The Blues channel: Airplay Report

Sep 1, 2015

Airplay report for the month of August, 2015 1 — SAMANTHA MARTIN & DELTA SUGAR — Send the Nightingale — Independent 2 — MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE — Sliding Delta — Borealis 3 — ROLY PLATT — Inside Out — Independent 4 — RICK FINES — Driving Home — Independent 5 — THE BROS. LANDRETH — […]

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#34 Root Music Report: Roly Platt’s Inside Out

Jun 18, 2015

Still tracking great on the Root Music Report for Roots and Blues.  

5Blues Matters! UK’s Blues Magazine: CD Review

Blues Matters! UK’s Blues Magazine: CD Review

May 5, 2015

Nice quote from “Blues Matters!” UK’s Leading Blues Magazine “…he [Platt] is very brave in tackling the 1930’s classic Over The Rainbow, virtually playing solo with just a small dose of piano … technically his most accomplished playing on the album. Read full Review at Blues Matters! – Issue 83

6Roots Music Report’s: Top 50 International Blues Chart

Roots Music Report’s: Top 50 International Blues Chart

Apr 9, 2015

Début CD: Ranks #23 This Week Internationally. CD “Inside Out” continues to be very well received internationally. View the Chart:  

7Stingray Music’s “The Blues” Channel: Playlist Report

Stingray Music’s “The Blues” Channel: Playlist Report

Apr 8, 2015

Nice to be among some good friends in this playlist report from Stingray. Great to see that Inside Out is still doing well on “The Blues” channel.        

8Top Blues Albums This Week: Inside Out #6

Top Blues Albums This Week: Inside Out #6

Feb 19, 2015

Top Blues Albums This week, Inside Out rises to #6 on “AirPlay Direct’s” Global Radio Indicator Charts. AirPlay Direct’s global radio station membership now exceeds over 9,300 stations from around the world. Inside Out, which features Steve Strongman and Jordan John, has steadily climbed the “Blues” Charts on AirPlay Direct. The album is currently sitting […]

9Top Blues Albums – Roly Platt: Inside Out – #16 on Global Radio Indicator Charts

Top Blues Albums – Roly Platt: Inside Out – #16 on Global Radio Indicator Charts

Feb 15, 2015

Inside Out rises to #16 on “AirPlay Direct’s” Global Radio Indicator Charts. AirPlay Direct’s global radio station membership now exceeds over 9,300 stations from around the world. During the month of February, Roly’s recent release – Inside Out, which features Steve Strongman and Jordan John, has steadily climbed the “Blues” Charts on AirPlay Direct. The […]

10CD Review: Roly Platt / Thorbjorn Risager

CD Review: Roly Platt / Thorbjorn Risager

Jan 23, 2015

Nice to be in such great company as here with Thorbjorn Risager. Thanks to: Mike Rick at BluesPowR for this review. Read the Review   If you don’t know of Thorbjorn Risager, he is just KILLER. Do yourself a favour and check him out.

11Interview for SPAH: “Harmonica Happenings”

Interview for SPAH: “Harmonica Happenings”

Jan 14, 2015

I’ve just spent a couple of hours chatting with renowned harmonica historian – Manfred Wewers. Besides being the Convention Seminar Coordinator for SPAH (the largest harmonica organization in North America), Manfred regularly writes articles for SPAH’s “Harmonica Happenings” – its popular newsletter. Manfred has long been a true harmonica historian so it was very much […]

What They Say…

“He was a good boy – always polite and well mannered.”
Mom....
“Roly is simply the greatest harp player anywhere.”
Tim Thorney – Writer / Producer
“Roly, your harmonica playing, it is outstanding! Simply amazing. You are a wonderful musician. Thank you for your beautiful contribution to our film.”
Aamir Khan: Producer Bollywood Film “Delhi Belly”
“Roly is my first go to guy on harmonica. While being great at blues, he is also capable of much more. Melodies, accompaniments etc. I highly recommend him.”
Lou Pomanti – Lou Pomanti Music Toronto, ON
“I have worked with Roly Platt for over 30 years in many different musical situations. He is a first class musician and a first class human being. He’s worked for me on a wide variety of recordings (records, jingles, tv shows) and is always an inspiration and a positive influence on whatever project he’s involved with. He is, simply put, one of the best musicians I have ever worked with. He’s blessed with amazing technical skills but he also has great taste, feel and musical instincts that can… Read more
Mike “Pepe” Francis – Guitarist / Producer / Music Director
“The most versatile harp player I’ve ever worked with. Blues, Jazz. Country, he does it all”
David Clayton-Thomas
“I’ve only recently discovered Roly and his fantastic playing. I needed a harp session in a hurry here in the UK, and although half a world away, Roly did the most amazing e-session for me in superquick time, recorded a superb performance, and I now have his number on speed-dial ! I can’t recommend him highly enough.”
Matthew Cang – Guitarist, Writer, Producer Bath, UK
“I’ve only recently discovered Roly and his fantastic playing. I needed a harp session in a hurry here in the UK, and although half a world away, Roly did the most amazing e-session for me in superquick time, recorded a superb performance, and I now have his number on speed-dial ! He was extremely easy to communicate with, and very easy to work with regarding arrangement directions. I can’t recommend him highly enough and I know we’ll work together again soon.”
Matthew Cang – Guitarist, Writer, Producer Bath, United Kingdom
“Roly is one of Canada’s best harmonica players! Any style!”
Jack Semple – Guitarist / Producer Regina, SK , Canada
“When it comes to harmonica I don’t use anybody else, period!”
Orin Isaacs Owner / Music Director – Swing Low Productions Toronto, ON
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Testimonials

“He was a good boy – always polite and well mannered.”
Mom....
“Roly is simply the greatest harp player anywhere.”
Tim Thorney – Writer / Producer
“Roly, your harmonica playing, it is outstanding! Simply amazing. You are a wonderful musician. Thank you for your beautiful contribution to our film.”
Aamir Khan: Producer Bollywood Film “Delhi Belly”
“Roly is my first go to guy on harmonica. While being great at blues, he is also capable of much more. Melodies, accompaniments etc. I highly recommend him.”
Lou Pomanti – Lou Pomanti Music Toronto, ON
“I have worked with Roly Platt for over 30 years in many different musical situations. He is a first class musician and a first class human being. He’s worked for me on a wide variety of recordings (records, jingles, tv shows) and is always an inspiration and a positive influence on whatever project he’s involved with. He is, simply put, one of the best musicians I have ever worked with. He’s blessed with amazing technical skills but he also has great taste, feel and musical instincts that can… Read more
Mike “Pepe” Francis – Guitarist / Producer / Music Director
“The most versatile harp player I’ve ever worked with. Blues, Jazz. Country, he does it all”
David Clayton-Thomas
“I’ve only recently discovered Roly and his fantastic playing. I needed a harp session in a hurry here in the UK, and although half a world away, Roly did the most amazing e-session for me in superquick time, recorded a superb performance, and I now have his number on speed-dial ! I can’t recommend him highly enough.”
Matthew Cang – Guitarist, Writer, Producer Bath, UK
“I’ve only recently discovered Roly and his fantastic playing. I needed a harp session in a hurry here in the UK, and although half a world away, Roly did the most amazing e-session for me in superquick time, recorded a superb performance, and I now have his number on speed-dial ! He was extremely easy to communicate with, and very easy to work with regarding arrangement directions. I can’t recommend him highly enough and I know we’ll work together again soon.”
Matthew Cang – Guitarist, Writer, Producer Bath, United Kingdom
“Roly is one of Canada’s best harmonica players! Any style!”
Jack Semple – Guitarist / Producer Regina, SK , Canada
“When it comes to harmonica I don’t use anybody else, period!”
Orin Isaacs Owner / Music Director – Swing Low Productions Toronto, ON

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