-
Recent Posts
- TajMo returns with inviting new single Room on the Porch
- Tune into the Weekend: British guitarist/singer Mick Clarke still churning out Homework when it comes to the blues
- Tune into the Weekend: Curtis Salgado’s latest album much more than Fine By Me
- Bluesman Lurrie Bell teams with fellow Chicago musician Frank Catalano on liberating Set Me Free
- Blind Pig Records returns with smoking debuts from Jovin Webb and Sonny Gullage
Tags
- Albert Castiglia
- Anthony Geraci
- B.B. King
- Billy Branch
- Billy Flynn
- Billy Price
- Bob Corritore
- Bob Margolin
- Bob Stroger
- Buddy Guy
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
- Doyle Bramhall II
- Eric Clapton
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Gregg Allman
- James Cotton
- Joe Bonamassa
- Joe Louis Walker
- John Mayall
- Johnny Winter
- John Primer
- Jonn Del Toro Richardson
- Keb Mo
- Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Kim Wilson
- Lurrie Bell
- Mike Zito
- Monster Mike Welch
- Muddy Waters
- Mud Morganfield
- Nick Moss
- Robert Cray
- Ronnie Earl
- Samantha Fish
- Shemekia Copeland
- Sugaray Rayford
- Sugar Ray & the Bluetones
- Taj Mahal
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Tom Hambridge
- Tommy Castro
- Walter Trout
- Willie Big Eyes Smith
Categories
Archives
Category Archives: Albums
Quick takes: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Royal Southern Brotherhood offer great examples of blues power in numbers
Recent events and travels have prevented us from writing about much of the great new music that has found its way to our doorstep lately, but here are a couple of the releases that have caught our ear in recent … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Cyril Neville, Derek Trucks, Devon Allman, Jim Gaines, Mike Zito, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Susan Tedeschi, Tedeschi Trucks Band
Comments Off on Quick takes: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Royal Southern Brotherhood offer great examples of blues power in numbers
The Mannish Boys pack double the dynamite on latest release
There’s perhaps no better way of describing blues supergroup The Mannish Boys than as written in the liner notes to their latest offering, where they’re portrayed as “a virtual blues festival in a single band.” As applicable as that statement could be … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Bob Corritore, Elvin Bishop, Finis Tasby, Franck Goldwasser, Jackie Payne, James Harman, Jason Ricci, Jimi Bott, Junior Watson, Kid Ramos, Kirk Fletcher, Mike Finnigan, Mud Morganfield, Randy Chortkoff, Rod Piazza, Sugaray Rayford, The Mannish Boys, Willie Campbell
Comments Off on The Mannish Boys pack double the dynamite on latest release
Quick takes: Volker Strifler, Tail Dragger & Bob Corritore, and Mac Arnold & friends
We’ve had the pleasure of reviewing some pretty terrific albums in recent weeks, including new releases from Mud Morganfield, Curtis Salgado, the Phantom Blues Band, Pinetop Perkins, Janiva Magness, and Lurrie Bell, among others. But those aren’t the only ones worth adding to your blues music … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Bob Corritore, Bob Margolin, Chris James, Henry Gray, Kim Wilson, Mac Arnold and Plate Full o' Blues, Patrick Rynn, Tail Dragger, Volker Strifler, Willie Big Eyes Smith
Comments Off on Quick takes: Volker Strifler, Tail Dragger & Bob Corritore, and Mac Arnold & friends
Heavenly new blues from Pinetop Perkins, Lurrie Bell
It’s been just over a year since the blues world bid farewell to one of its true masters in pianist Pinetop Perkins, who died at age 97 only weeks after receiving a Grammy Award for his Joined at the Hip project with former Muddy Waters … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Billy Branch, Joe Louis Walker, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Lurrie Bell, Matthew Skoller, Otis Clay, Pinetop Perkins, Roger Hurricane Wilson, Willie Big Eyes Smith
Comments Off on Heavenly new blues from Pinetop Perkins, Lurrie Bell
Live from New York, it’s Joe Bonamassa!
There’s no question that Joe Bonamassa puts on a superb show, as evidenced on both his earlier Live from Royal Albert Hall DVD and our own report from last March’s concert at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall. This week, Bonamassa is back with another live DVD, … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa, John Hiatt, Paul Rodgers
Comments Off on Live from New York, it’s Joe Bonamassa!
Joe Louis Walker unleashes some Hellfire on Alligator Records debut
The last we heard from the guitar-slinging Joe Louis Walker, he and some friends were caught up in quite a Blues Conspiracy aboard the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. After the switch to a new label and a little time in studio with … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Joe Louis Walker, Reese Wynans, Tom Hambridge
Comments Off on Joe Louis Walker unleashes some Hellfire on Alligator Records debut
Canadian Matt Andersen mines some deep blues on latest CD
As much as I’d like to say I accomplished everything I wanted (and more) by the ringing in of the new year, a small stack of unreviewed new releases decorating my home office might suggest otherwise. Among the albums I … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Colin Linden, Matt Andersen
Comments Off on Canadian Matt Andersen mines some deep blues on latest CD
Sean Costello Lives On with At His Best – Live
Sadly, we’ve written quite a bit about death lately, with the passing of both Texas bluesman Doyle Bramhall and the great Hubert Sumlin in recent weeks. It’s been three years now since the blues world lost the guitar and vocal talents of Philadelphia-born, Atlanta-bred … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Sean Costello
Comments Off on Sean Costello Lives On with At His Best – Live
Nick Moss makes another bold statement on Here I Am
Anyone who didn’t much care for the direction Chicago blues-rocker Nick Moss took on his previous album Privileged – a bit heavier on the rocking side, sans his band the Flip Tops – can probably stop reading here. For the rest of us though, … Continue reading