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Adam Sweet Built a Studio in a Victorian Mortuary — Then Recorded “Mortuary Blues” in It

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October 12, 2026

Every album has a story. Adam Sweet’s third studio album Mortuary Blues has a building: the Exeter blues-rocker bought a derelict Victorian mortuary and converted it into his own recording space, The Mortuary Studio — then named the record after it.

Released October 2 on CD, vinyl, digital and streaming via his own Mortuary Music label, the album was tracked live with his touring band — Garry Kroll on drums, Paddy Blight on bass and Tom Hughes on organ — at Momentum Studios in Plymouth with engineer Josiah J Manning. Singles “Backstop,” co-written with Nashville songwriter Hugh Moffatt, and the title track preceded it; the title track is playlisted on Joe Bonamassa’s “Cutting Edge Blues” Spotify playlist.

The songs take on the cost of living, burnout, a changing planet and the future of the creative industries — heavy subjects from a guitarist who records in a beautiful room with a heavy history. Sweet is currently touring the UK in support of the album.

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Joanne Shaw Taylor Wrestles With Love on New Album “The Trouble With Love”

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October 23, 2026

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British blues-rock guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor has never hidden from a hard feeling, and her new studio album The Trouble With Love — out now via Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records — walks straight into the hardest one.

Produced by longtime collaborator Kevin Shirley, the 10-track album explores love, heartbreak and everything in between. Bonamassa himself joins her on the title track, and Orianthi guests on “What Good Is My Love?” The track list runs from “Hell Or High Water” and “Bad Boy” to “Tired Of Being Right” and “You And Me (Rachel’s Song),” a tribute to her best friend. The new single “Never Gonna Please ‘Em All” arrived alongside the album with an official music video.

Discovered at 16 by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, Shaw Taylor has stacked multiple No. 1 albums on Billboard’s Blues Albums chart. American fans get their turn next: her Fall 2026 U.S. Tour runs October 28 to November 21, from Albuquerque to Monterey, with Bywater Call and Robert Jon & The Wreck supporting.