Category Archives: Albums

Soul Fixin’ Fan: Luther’s Songs from the Road

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Mike

Listening to and watching Luther Allison‘s Songs from the Road (Ruf Records), it’s pretty difficult to believe that the bluesman had only a month to live at the time of its taping. Less than a week after this July 1997 appearance at the … Continue reading →

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Luther Allison: live again

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Mike

I’ve long been a fan of the live Luther Allison albums. Whether recorded in Chicago, Paris, or Montreux (Where Have You Been?, which chronicles his performances there over nearly a 20-year period), these albums to me capture the essence of the blues, as well as a true … Continue reading →

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I Got Blues for You

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Mike

I still don’t know quite how it happened, but somehow I managed to miss ever hearing the 2008 debut album from the Homemade Jamz Blues Band, a much-acclaimed trio of siblings ages 11 to 17 who burst onto the national blues … Continue reading →

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Blues had a baby…

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Mike

And they named it the BluesPowR Blog, where we’ll be confessin’ the blues and bringing you the latest and greatest from the blues music world. So without further ado – and in keeping with the theme of this inaugural post around … Continue reading →

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