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WTJU Feb 8th, 2021 | By Dave Rogers New Blues Adds: Selwyn Birchwood – Living In A Burning House (Alligator): “The rising guitar and lap steel player calls his original music “electric swamp funkin’ blues,” defined by raw and soulful musicianship played with fire-and-brimstone fervor. His gritty, unvarnished vocals draw his audience deep inside his unforgettable tales of love, passion, pain and pleasure. No other band on the current blues scene is built quite like Birchwood’s. In addition to Selwyn’s electrifying guitar and lap steel playing, the other featured instrument is Regi Oliver’s driving baritone sax. The group is rounded out by bass, drums and, for the first time, keyboards…. “I write and sing what I know,” says Birchwood, whose musical innovations are as expansive as his influences are deep.” (https://www.selwynbirchwood.com/bio) This is solid electric guitar and straight-forward lyrics that provide a wide set of themes. C ....