Category Archives: Albums

Quick takes: Volker Strifler, Tail Dragger & Bob Corritore, and Mac Arnold & friends

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Mike

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 →

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Heavenly new blues from Pinetop Perkins, Lurrie Bell

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Mike

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 →

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Live from New York, it’s Joe Bonamassa!

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Mike

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 →

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Joe Louis Walker unleashes some Hellfire on Alligator Records debut

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Mike

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 →

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Canadian Matt Andersen mines some deep blues on latest CD

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Mike

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 →

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Sean Costello Lives On with At His Best – Live

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Mike

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 →

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Nick Moss makes another bold statement on Here I Am

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Mike

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 →

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Louisiana Red gets Memphis Mojo working on latest CD

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Mike

We’ve talked here before about the Pittsburgh roots of the bluesman called Louisiana Red, who’s logged countless miles since leaving the Steel City for Chicago many decades ago. Having spent 20 years living in Germany, Red’s latest project actually finds him in yet … Continue reading →

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Samantha Fish casts a wide net on Runaway debut

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Mike

We’ve talked here before of the vocal and guitar prowess of Kansas City blueswoman Samantha Fish, who you may recall as one-third of Ruf Records’ Girls with Guitars Blues Caravan along with U.K. blues/soul singer and guitarist Dani Wilde and … Continue reading →

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Johnny Winter recalls blues roots on latest CD

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Mike

There’s an old Willie Dixon adage you might have heard that “The blues is the roots, and the rest is the fruits.” One timely example of that sentiment is Texas guitar slinger Freddie King‘s inclusion among this year’s nominees for the … Continue reading →

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