Category Archives: Songs

Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen keep things bouncing with new single “Uptown Downtown”

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Mike

You may recall us telling you last month (to the day, in fact) about the first single off Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen’s upcoming album: a very uptempo take on the Cleary classic “So Damn Good”. The lyrics … Continue reading →

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Janiva Magness sounds mighty good to us on single “I Was Good to You Baby”

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Mike

Blues soulstress Janiva Magness is back with a new album this month that we’ll tell you more about soon, but here’s a quick taste for you in the meantime, in the form of a slinking, edgy, “you done lost your … Continue reading →

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Louisiana bluesmen Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush easily recognized — and playing at their best — on single “Who Was That”

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Mike

Speaking of cross-generational collaborations (as we were in last week’s post on Kenny Neal and son teaming for a new single), we were pretty excited to hear about the upcoming album from two other Louisiana bluesmen, who were born more … Continue reading →

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Kenny Neal and son Micah Willis collaborate on devilishly good new single Devil’s in the Delta

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Mike

Here’s some swampy blues released last week from Louisiana bluesman Kenny Neal and his son Micah Willis, with Kenny’s brothers Frederick (keyboards) and Darnell (bass guitar) helping to make it even more of a family affair (along with Amos Singleton … Continue reading →

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Jon Cleary and band offer fresh, flying take on old favorite

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Mike

Here’s another single we’ve been digging recently, released this week, and that will really get your feet moving and you feelin’ good…the lead track from New Orleans (by way of the U.K.) pianist Jon Cleary‘s upcoming The Bywater Sessions album, … Continue reading →

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TajMo returns with inviting new single Room on the Porch

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Mike

We’ve heard some great new blues singles these past few weeks and thought we’d share a few of them with you through a series of quick, no-fuss weekly posts, so that you can get right to enjoying them too! Here’s … Continue reading →

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“Hold On” for this powerful take on Odetta classic from Misty Blues

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Mike

We probably haven’t paid as much attention to the Massachusetts band Misty Blues in recent years as we should have, but that doesn’t mean we need to keep living with that mistake! Here’s the latest single from the band from their upcoming … Continue reading →

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Tune into the Weekend: Murali Coryell unfurls Ukraine War Cries

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Mike

Guitarist and singer Murali Coryell, the son of late jazz fusion guitarist Larry Coryell, delivers a subdued but powerful message on his latest single, “Ukraine War Cries”. Along with Coryell’s usual emotive playing and soulful vocals, the slow blues grooves of … Continue reading →

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Tune into the Weekend: Ghost Hounds unleash Smokestack Lightning, announce upcoming blues album

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Mike

We’ve been meaning to write something about the Pittsburgh-based blues-rockers Ghost Hounds for some time now, and for once procrastination may actually have worked in our favor: not only do we get to tell you about the band, with whom … Continue reading →

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Tune into the Weekend: Joe Louis Walker remembers B.B. and Lucille with some Regal Blues

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Mike

Veteran blues guitarist and singer Joe Louis Walker has a new album out this month on Cleopatra Records, which, as acknowledged by its title of Eclectic Electric, is indeed an eclectic collection of tracks ranging from originals like the chugging … Continue reading →

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