We fished out an unknown band on CD Baby, The Charles Walker Blues Band. The five musicians can be compared, with regard to music style, to the more heavier work of Koko Taylor and Shemekia Copeland, to W.C. Clark with the mellow work of BB. Nevertheless, they preserve a style all their own. As a guitarist they, chose a Turkish man who has traditional training with a great blues riffs. “The World And Things” stand full with its own compositions and are numbers which were written with attention to all instruments, particularly the organ because I uphold that keyboards always give a special flair to a number, which can also affect the music direction. That these musicians are well at home in this blues world is made immediately clear with the swinging Hand Clappin in which Charles Walker, tenor and alto sax, steal the show. As well, there is no number on this album for someone to sit quietly on a chair. Fortunately for us, there is the slow song, Gamblin On Love, a song of approximately 10 minutes follow that was incorporated from a live recording in the Cuda Cafe. The Hammond organ plays a distinguished role but is assisted by the guitar of Emre Alp. Shining solos appear throughout the album, some of which strike out violently (and appropriately). The best numbers, besides all the slow numbers, of course, are, in my opinion, Queen Bee and Dog Catcher.

- Alfons Maes