Big Bay Allen is probably not an artist widely known among roots music fans, and this is a miscalculation. More than thirty years of making music, a large number of albums released, and years of proven experience touring the circuit have turned Allen into a songster who demands more than intuition to recognize that we are in the presence of a musician whose full greatness as a composer and performer of exquisite songs deserves to be discovered. A multi-instrumentalist, his range allows for a subtle complicity between blues, folk, including licks from traditional Irish songbook, immersing the roots music tradition in a profound display of avant-garde musical artistry. On his latest album, Blues Music, he dispenses with the accompaniment of his The Extended Hand Band and takes on all the instruments and vocal tracks himself, and without turning it into a risk, he makes explicit his great musical ability to transform complexity into pure creative talent. This is an honest and sincere album, free of unnecessary sweeteners and completely emotional.