Category Archives: Albums

Tedeschi Trucks Band keeps on growing with Live from the Fox Oakland

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Mike

By now, we probably don’t need to tell you how terrific the Tedeschi Trucks Band is. If you’ve heard any of the band’s three studio albums, you’re already aware of just how nicely the sounds of this now-dozen member ensemble … Continue reading →

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Mojo Risin’: UK pianist Tom Bell blends boogie woogie blues, classical on debut album Face to Face

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Mike

Here at The BluesPowR Blog, we frequently receive albums that either incorporate elements of or cross more fully into such other genres as rock, jazz, soul, or country. But it’s not often that we encounter an artist who attempts to … Continue reading →

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New recording offers glimpse of what you’ve been missing at annual International Blues Challenge

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Mike

You may have seen that the 2017 International Blues Challenge (IBC) took place in Memphis recently, with the Dawn Tyler Watson Band (Montreal Blues Society) and Al Hill (Nashville Blues Society) taking top honors in the band and solo categories, … Continue reading →

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The King Brothers get on up with Get Up and Shake It

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Mike

You can almost tell by listening to them that brothers Sam and Lee King have blues royalty in their blood. While Lee’s guitar licks might at times sound like those from Albert King – coming, as some of them do, … Continue reading →

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Blues-rocker Devon Allman rides on with Ride or Die

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Mike

Rock legend Gregg Allman had some good things to say about his son Devon Allman‘s musical abilities in the Allman Brothers Band co-founder’s biography My Cross to Bear a few years back, perhaps none more to the point than that … Continue reading →

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Featuring both solo and collaborative tracks, latest record from blues master Taj Mahal is true Labor of Love

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Mike

Last week, we gave you an early listen off blues legend Taj Mahal‘s newest album Labor of Love (Acoustic Sounds) in the form of a delightful “Shortnin’ Bread” that paired Mahal with the late one-armed harmonica player Neal Pattman, a … Continue reading →

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Guitarist Harvey Mandel slithers back onto scene with Snake Pit

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Mike

Back in October, we gave you a preview of Chicago blues guitarist Harvey Mandel‘s new album Snake Pit (Tompkins Square) in the form of the tasty title track. Now, we’re happy to report that the rest of the album is … Continue reading →

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Sugar Ray and the Bluetones offer reason to believe with Seeing is Believing

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Mike

They say that “seeing is believing”, and far be it for us to argue that seeing Sugar Ray and the Bluetones perform live when you have the chance is the smartest way to go. But the good news for blues … Continue reading →

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Lurrie Bell just Can’t Shake This Feeling on latest release

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Mike

If the title of this post were a Jeopardy! clue, the question would of course be “What is the blues?”, not only because Lurrie Bell is one of the best-known of those second-generation blues players about whom we frequently talk … Continue reading →

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Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters take sentimental stroll down Maxwell Street

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Mike

Guitarist Ronnie Earl and his band The Broadcasters deliver another superb offering in this latest release, dedicated to the memory of their longtime friend and former Broadcaster, keyboardist David Maxwell, who died in February 2015. Like previous albums from The … Continue reading →

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