Jon Allen, “Blue Flame” (Monologue Records)-The sublime creative talents of this rare throwback to the golden age of music-making in the late sixties and early seventies were first discovered by no less a luminary than Mark Knopfler in 2006, and the great man later offered to play guitar for him too. “Blue Flame” represents the Winchester born singer-songwriter’s most soulful offering to date as he strives to recapture the appealing earthiness of the classic Stax and Atlantic recordings of the past via life enhancing gems such as the title tune, “Stay” and his current single, the joyous “Jonah’s Whale.”