Category Archives: Albums

Guitarist Walter Trout turns away death, embraces the music with The Blues Came Callin’

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Mike

Blues-rocker Walter Trout certainly has a lot to celebrate these days, with a new album, biography, and documentary all slated for release in the coming weeks as part of a long-planned celebration of Trout’s 25th year as a solo artist, … Continue reading →

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Post-Bluesbreakers, John Mayall still leading A Special Life

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Mike

It’s been five years now since British multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and singer John Mayall broke up his storied Bluesbreakers for good and put together a new five-piece line-up for his 2009 album Tough (which probably describes pretty well the decision to … Continue reading →

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Twenty years on, Kenny Wayne Shepherd still quite at home playing the blues on Goin’ Home

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Mike

Here at The BluesPowR Blog, we like Kenny Wayne Shepherd‘s stuff like “Blue on Black” or “True Lies” just as much as the next guy or gal, but for us, his band has never sounded better than when they’re fully … Continue reading →

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Keb’ Mo’ serves up slice of BLUESAmericana

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Mike

Last week, we gave you something of a preview of singer/songwriter Keb’ Mo’s new album BLUESAmericana (Kind of Blue Music) with a Blues Lyrics of the Week post on the project’s opening track, “The Worst is Yet to Come”. In … Continue reading →

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Harping on the Taboo: Bob Corritore offers up album of blues harmonica instrumentals

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Mike

We’ve written here before about a few projects involving harmonica ace Bob Corritore, including some pretty impressive recent collaborations with the likes of one-time Muddy Waters Band guitarist John Primer (Knockin’ Around These Blues) and veteran blues singer Tail Dragger … Continue reading →

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Canada’s Matt Andersen soars again on Weightless

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Mike

If, as he sings so soulfully on the opening track of his new album Weightless (True North Records), Canadian singer and guitarist Matt Andersen has indeed lost his way, you wouldn’t be able to tell it by this project, which … Continue reading →

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Johnny Winter box set chronicles nearly 50 years of blues rock legend keeping True to the Blues

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Mike

With five decades worth of hard-driving rock and blues under his belt, it’s hard to believe that there hasn’t been a definitive box set of Texas blues-rocker Johnny Winter‘s music before now. Perhaps it was precisely the daunting nature of … Continue reading →

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Robert Cray Band digs deep on In My Soul

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Mike

One of the most accomplished blues guitarists over the past three decades, five-time Grammy winner and Blues Hall of Famer Robert Cray sometimes gets a bit of a bad rap. While no one can argue his technical abilities on guitar … Continue reading →

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Nick Moss’ time has come today with Time Ain’t Free

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Mike

Last fall, we gave a little preview of Chicago guitarist Nick Moss‘ latest project Time Ain’t Free when we told you about a Kickstarter campaign aimed at helping to defray the costs of the album. That campaign never did see … Continue reading →

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Joe Louis Walker kicks up some stinging blues on Hornet’s Nest

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Mike

After delivering all kinds of Hellfire on his 2012 album, blues singer and guitarist Joe Louis Walker is back with another terrific offering on Alligator Records in Hornet’s Nest. Like that prior project, Hornet’s Nest was again produced by Tom … Continue reading →

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