Category Archives: Albums

Nine Below Zero revisits last two decades of blues with Blues Power Volume 1

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Mike

A collection of Nine Below Zero‘s best blues tracks recorded over the last two decades, you say? Entitled Blues Power Volume 1? Ok, that’s probably something we here at The BluesPowR Blog are going to need to tell you about… … Continue reading →

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Make some space on your music shelf for this delightful live recording from Dave Specter

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Mike

We don’t get to Chicago as much as we’d like, so we’re always glad when we can get Chicago to come to us, be it in the form of a touring Chicago act coming to our area, a weekend livestream … Continue reading →

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Joe Bonamassa/Josh Smith-produced B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 shows the thrill is not gone from King of the Blues’ legacy

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Mike

We mentioned this project on our social media channels earlier this week, but couldn’t resist coming back for a bit deeper of a dive. As terrific as this centennial birthday tribute collection to the late B.B. King looks on screen … Continue reading →

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New Englander Ryan Lee Crosby visits Bentonia with At the Blue Front

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Mike

We don’t know that the Bentonia style of blues would ever have been considered exactly popular, although folks were probably at least a bit more familiar with it back in the days of Skip James. Only a few others have … Continue reading →

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Antone’s celebrates 50 Years of the Blues with killer five-disc box set featuring artists from throughout club’s history

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Mike

We’ve spent a bit of time here already  previewing the Antone’s 50th anniversary box set through listens to singles from Gary Clark Jr., Doyle Bramhall II, and Ruthie Foster. And yet, that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it … Continue reading →

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“Braille Blues Daddy” Bryan Lee pays Homage to 4 Kings of the blues on posthumous release

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Mike

Though we’d already heard him several times, most notably, providing lead vocals and some stinging guitar to complement that of his much younger counterpart on a rocking “Tina Marie” on Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s 2007 Grammy-nominated, Blues Music Award-winning (Best DVD) … Continue reading →

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Alligator Records displays Queen of the Blues’ Crown Jewels on collection honoring one of label’s all-time greats, Koko Taylor

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Mike

It’s been more than a decade-and-a-half since the passing of blues great Koko Taylor, but her old friends at Alligator Records, the label with which she spent three-and-a-half decades after getting her start on Chess Records, aren’t about to let … Continue reading →

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There’s no heartbreak with Larry McCray’s new album Heartbreak City

Posted on July 17, 2025 by Mike

Guitarist and singer Larry McCray has long been one of the most underrated, or at least under-discussed, bluesmen out there.  McCray’s sturdy, soulful vocals and chops on guitar are among the very top in the business, and have been for … Continue reading →

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New album from Willie Buck and Bob Corritore will have you, too, saying Oh Yeah!

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Mike

We’re keeping things focused on Chicago after our last post with a look at the latest collaboration from harmonica ace Bob Corritore, who, although he’s called Phoenix, Arizona, (where he owns and frequently plays at the legendary Rhythm Room blues … Continue reading →

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D.K. Harrell is Talkin’ Heavy about the blues on Alligator Records debut

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Mike

Rising bluesman D.K. Harrell keeps on rolling with his sophomore album–and Alligator Records debut–Talkin’ Heavy. Released last week, the album includes another dozen extremely impressive original tracks that demonstrate why the 27-year-old Harrell is one of the hottest acts on … Continue reading →

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